WHO WE ARE
Friends Society is a voluntary youth organization engaged in community service since August 1969 in Vadodara, India. It draws its members mostly from Maharaja Sayajirao University as well as other colleges in the nearby areas and other youth who wish to volunteer.
FS, as its members call it fondly, is run almost entirely by student volunteers. The idea behind FS is quite simple. It is to provide a meaningful alternative to the youth to spend their free time in a constructive manner – that is, by providing social services to people in the surrounding communities. For example, they organize visits to home for blind children or for physically disabled children. A benefit for the volunteers is that they realize self-development in many aspects of their lives, including leadership and communication skills.