Sunday, November 29, 2009

Welcome To Christmas

        Just 5 hours ago i was in the christmas manefistation celebration of this year in spelkavik in Ålesund in Norway. Alot of people gathered together to start the first celeprations of christmas from the local area. it was very nice ceine.It Was Cold But You Will Never Fell It For The Happiness..

      Children ,old people and even the Norwegian's friendly nice dogs celebrated with their woners the event. All people watched the lightening of the Christmas tree over one of the mountains in Spelkavik area.

The Gathering..

       It was the first time for me to attend Christmas celebration outside Sudan in. It was nice feeling indeed although Christmas main celebration has not comes yet. I can not believe how it will be.

Dancing Of One Of The Local Groups..

       Sana Cruz gave small children some gifts and fruits to make them happy during this day then they will be eager to attend it again every year..

Santa Cruz Giving Chidren Gifts..

Unforgoten Mment..


       I met nice Norwegian friends and some of other Sudanese friends there. Really it was memorial event in my life that it will be scratched in my memory forever.

Nice Friends..


Nice Picture With Santa Cruz For The Memory..

Ørsta AIDS Day Celebration

        Yesterday the youth local group in Ørsta organized their AIDS day celebration. As people in whole the world celebrate it at the 1st of December each year to remind people that AIDS has not gone yet and there are alot of to do.

The Stand In Sentrum

Condoms, membershib cards and pamphlets

        Ørsta youth group prepared for the program well, as they put posters and invited their members and even the new ones. The program started in one of the shopping centre in the Centrum as stand and distributing membership cards and free condoms then they came down marching from that place up to the Red Cross House holding fakklers with in one uniform.

Marcing With Faklers to The Red Cross House

        In the Red Cross House I did a presentation about the AIDS day. There was about 15 members but some of them went back and only seven attended the presentation.

Part Of The Presentatyion
Part Of The Attendants

After that we had pizza and some fun then slept there because it was so late to catch a bus back to Ålesund.

Some Fun After The Presentaion


        In the early morning we found the white colour covered everywhere. It was snow that invaded Ørsta and Ålesund as well.

Snow In Ørsta
Snow In Ålesund
Snow In Ålesund

Lastly I can say that the program was so successful not like others. So we were so satisfied.

Frustrating Day

          This Wednesday we went to Vanylven “Sevde” to talk about AIDS Day and to give them some ideas about how to celebrate that day as well as to help them to make some handmade paints to use it in the day of the celebration.
Inside The Ferry When We Are Going..


It was the first time in my life to travel to place and change the bus or the car of transportation many times like that day. Also we used different ferries to cross the sea.
Thinking About The Number Of Youth We Will Find..

We were so excited to meet the Red Cross members. But unfortunately they were not there, we just find “Lars”, the leader of the group and waited for long time in order to get some of them. Although Lars was invited alot of youth to attend the program but they didn’t come also.


Thinking About Some Games After The Presentation

At the end we made the handmade posters then come back home. For me.

Surprizing .. All What I was Thinking About Has gone Away..

     I was not angry of what hapened because I know well it is not easy to get the nerwegian youth easy. So we have to find new ways to attract them..

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Ålesund New Group And AIDS Day

One of our important targets is to establish Ålesund new youth group. As this group will help us to celebrate AIDS day.


The new members

 
Last Thursday we hold the second meeting in the Red Cross House in Sentrum after we failed the Thursday before it to get enough volunteers as we got only three. And this meeting the total number has been four, then we gave them some information about the Red Cross Youth activities and ate the pizza.



Enjoying Pizza

Then we discussed how to celebrate the 1st of December “AIDS Day”. We are going to do different activities. So we distributed the duties and we shall have stand in one of the moles.


Discussing how to celebrate AIDS Day

Also we will have condoms show and demonstration in addition to another things I will mention it when I write mycomming blog about that day.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Dogs Day

Sorry my dear reader for this strange title. But actually as I searched for another suitable one I could not find.
Last week we visited Kristiansund to meet the youth group there.



It was very long journey; it took about 4 hours by the bus. When we reached there it was so late where we met Daniel, Cecelia and Ann Christin, then went to the Red Cross House. We wrote a poster to use it when we go to find new members.

The program of the dog started after we went out with Daniel and his small black dog into the city centre. It was so cold night, my hands and feet were frozen.

Daniel & his Dog
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We saw some ships of the oldest transportation company in Norway


Most of Norwegians like breeding animals especially dogs and cats. So, that day whenever we met a woman or a man we found him walking with his dog or carrying a cat.
 

They had pretty rare species of dogs and cats.

 


We visited many places to see the nice old city and had fun.



My Futue's Wife


Before fore we go back we enjoyed pizza in that such cold weather me and Lemi and Daniel and our small friend, Daniel's dogs.

Daniel's Dog..

 


At Red Cross House when we went back we watched some movies then played games with An Christen and Cecilia.



Although it the first visit to Kristiansundal but I was not satisfied with that trip because we didn’t meet volunteers there, because the group leaders did not arranged well for the visit. So they know nothing about the program. But we hope we meet them and do some activities during the coming visit.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

One Night In Molde

         Yesterday we visited the volunteer in Molde. It was the first time for us to go there. We have to use the ferry to cross the sea, same as when we went to Volde, which can carry alot of cars on it.

Alot f Cars In The Ferry

         The funny thing is that my co delegate Lemi as usual was very hungry, he was annoying me whole the journey although he took with him some potatoes chips but it was not enough to satisfy his hunger.

Chris Struggling Hunger Inside The Bus In The Ferry



         When we reached Molde it was about 7pm. Elisabet and the volunteers were waiting for us in the bus station.
         Soon they suggested having something to eat before we go to Red Cross House. So my dear friend Chris was the happiest one and agreed immediately with the Italian pizza idea at one of the restaurant there.




Chris Enjoying The Pizza

          During that we talk about their activities in Molde and how they are going to celebrate ” AIDS” day.


          At the Red Cross office we had a presentation about our activities in Sudan and the voluntary system there.

Me and Chris Preparing For The Presentation


     Also we talked aabout our challenges in Norway (food, weather, language and Norwegian communiy).




The Volunteers Following The Presentation





Chris Was Very Sad For His Compter Which Stopped Working

         Still the bad luck was following my friend Chris, as his computer stopped working suddenly and he was very sad because he lost all his important files there.



After The Presentation We had A fun

        There was small girl, a sister of one of the volunteer. She gave us a gift, a nice candle and apiece of soap she used to make it herself. She collects old candles and soap and melts it then modifies it in different shapes.

Very Nice Candles And Soap


        We returned back but decided to visit Molde another day during our weekend to meet the volunteers again and do some other activities.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

October Gathering Of Red Cross Youth & Rescue Team

          Saturday the 30th of October was the first day of the gathering of the Red Cross Youth and Rescue Team Members. They gathered from different parts in Ålesund to attend this annual course.
       Irene Kvangarsnes, the Office District Staff Member,who in charge of the Rescue Teams, came and picked us to Ålesund.













The place of the course was Radisson SAS Hotel, one of the nicest Hotels I saw for its featured services. 410 was the number of my room.



 I like the Hotel although I was sure that I will suffer food where I went in Norway, because I am Muslim and eat only “HALAL FOOD”. But I was so lucky because I found very delicious fish in the first day so I enjoyed my meal with the others.



Astrid intrudused us for the presentation



        The first day me and my co delegate Lemi Chris had a presentation about Sudan and abut our challenges in Norway and our plans for the coming period in the district.



Part Of The Participating Volunteers From Different Areas




       Mr. Nils Christie was honored for his great efforts during his early voluntary life and for his mother, who was from the first women who started knitting art in Ålesund to distribute it for poor people.












 Other activities were done, and then we showed the volunteers the rules of the RAW WAR a role play.


I have never enjoyed my dinner in Norway before as that first day of the course. As we went to Teater Fabrikken Restaurant. Before and during dinner the staff of the restaurant had funny sketches. Everyone was happy that day.



Although it was in Norwegian language but the body language was enough to know what happening.

It was nice Simple style Restaurant and the staff having funn with every one ther..Even me.. i was grapped with this crazy funny man.













The last day we gave the volunteers some ideas about how to celebrate the 8th day (AIDS Day) this year.



As usual we had fun for some time especially with our dearest friend Britt Eli.



At the end of the course we received some invitations from other group in Ålesund and now we are preparing for it.