The Way To Norway: Ålesund Weekend Course

Ålesund weekend course was the first big and important activity that was achieved after establishing the local youth group there. Actually we prepared the course mainly for the new members to join them with the Red Cross activities and to feel the voluntary feeling and its fundamental principles.

The Participant of the Course

Otherwise we want them also to get some experiences from the other youth delegates from Nepal, Rwanda and our contact person “Lotte Katborg” the co-ordinator of the program.

Lotte and Durga Fixing The Comment

The course was hold on the period between the 5th – 7th of March in Vandrerhjemmet Hostel in Ålesund Sentrum, close to the Red Cross House of Ålesund local youth group.

Vandrerhjemmet Hostel in Ålesund Sentrum

We sent invitations to all the local youth groups to participate in the course with their volunteers. We had 7 groups.The total number of people who attended the course was 21 participants, the Rwandese youth delegates (Kenneth and Fify) from Lillestrøm an Nepali youth delegates (Sajan and Durga) from Arendal.

Part of The Profram

Lotte Katborg, Astrid Lindvik Velsvik “the youth leader in the district”, one from Volda, 2 from Ørsta, 3 from Molde and 8 from Ålesund included 3 from the asylum centre also were there. We invited some other youths from the asylum centre, but they also apologized the same day of the course.

Lotte and some of The Participants

The first day of the course started with welcoming and checking in for the participants. Social evening activities were done by youth delegates from Arendal and Lillestrom.

Me and The Rwandese and Nepali Youth Delegates

The second day me and my co-delegate had a presentation about Ålesund local youth group and what we have done and our strategy for the coming period. Active choice presentation and some games were done by the Rwandese youth delegates as well as we had enjoyed the Rwandese nice traditional dance that Fifi did.

Rwandese Youth Delegates During their Presentation

Astrid also talked about Red Cross school. Then it was Volda participation by Espen. The participants distributed into groups after gave them a news paper. Each group was supposed to use the pictures and the headlines and letters of the news paper to write an article about one of the activities of the Red Cross.

Astrid and Ruben Distriputing Posts Carts

Rules of war and the International Humanitarian Low were presented by Britt Eli, the leader of Ålesund local youth group.

The last day was completely about the human trafficking by the Nepali youth delegates, who are very skilled and have a lot of experiences about this activity.