Friday, April 30, 2010

The District Annual Hjelpe Korps First Aids Competition

        Last weekend on the 24th of April I went to Molde to attend the District annual Hjelpe Korps First Aids competition, but actually we reached there one day before the competition. There were (6) groups from different parts of the district participating.
        Groups gathering abd the last instructions

      All groups are ready for the competition

       The entire participants got an orientation session a day before then they got the plans and instructions papers and guide lines in Molde Red Cross House by “Trond Inge” and “Irene Kvangarsnes” from the District office.
Trond Inge doing the orientation for the groups at the Red Cross House in Molde

    Irene explaning the competition rules to group
The idea of the competition is to refresh the knowledge of the participants of the groups in First Aids program every year. The (3) winning groups will get the prizes.

   Langevøg group declaring the challenge to other groups

  Me and Irene before the competition starts
The Ambulance we use to spervise the groups

       All the participant groups should pass through (10) points in which they should give the First Aids service to wounded people in different cases. These points distributed in different places in Molde Sentrum. The winning group will be that one who collects more points.


    Part of the competition practical activities 

    First Aids for a person after they took him fom the Sea

                First Aids to stab wound patient

        It was so interesting thing that to follow the groups from place to another and see them giving the help.


                         First Aids during car accident

                             First Aids for lost people

       At the end of the day we had dinner together with all participants in a nice restaurant where the (3) won groups (Rauma, Kristiansund and Langeråg).
   Rauma group the first winner of the competition

       Other groups recieving their presents


Amazingly I won small prize in the lottery that was done during the small party.
              I am.. the lucky guy who won the lottery

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The Annual Meeting in Geironger

       The annual meeting of Møre og Romsdal Red Cross is special occasion for the district office staff and for the entire local youth groups.
Union Hotel

 

Usually it holds on the last week of April of every year. This year it was at the 16th, 17th and the 18th of April but the preparations started long time before.

        The annual meeting got this importance because it is the only one chance for all the members from the different parts of the district to meet together; moreover it holds in Geironger, small tourist town in the western part of Norway in the region called Sunnmøre in the municipality of Stranda.


Nice ciene from Geironger




Geiranger is home to some of the most spectacular scenery in the world.


   
                 Brittt Elli from the youth and Sivert

                    The Gathering During The Elections

       At the first day we reached “Hotel Union” and booked in. the next day the program started after breakfast. All youths gathered in the meeting room for a presentation about the International Humanitarian Low (IHL) by Benedicte Olsen. It included many points and group discussion.

Benedicte Oslen During the Presentation

      
The elections of the district border took place to choose the new office. Brit Eli was chosen to represent the youths.


          Børge Brande with me after the Elections

Børge Brende, the general secretary of the Norwegian Red Cross talked about the achievements of the Red Cross during the previous period and talked about the efforts exerted during Haiti disaster and thanked all the Red Cross members for what they had done.


              Me & Lemi Chris During Our presentation

During the day me and my co-delegate had a presentation about what we have done during our stay in Norway in Møre og Romsdal District, then we played nice movie of some pictures of our activities.


                         Dinna Time Before the Party 

       At night it was nice Dinner we had, as Børge Brande honouered Elisabet Lønset for her great efforts with the poor families activites. After Dinner we all enjoyed the night party. Hope if I can attend the annual meeting next year, but actually I will be home Sudan.


                    Børge Brande Hounering Elisabet


Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Molde På Flukt

            The “På Flukt” Role Play is one of the most important activities in the Norwegian Red Cross Youth Program. It is a good experience for the youths and volunteers to feel the hard life and suffering of the refuges when they start their journey from their countries to another country seeking peace and a better life.


Group pictor for the facilitators


         During the Role play the participants act as refugees, and the facilitators play different roles as soldiers or migration office staff. They treat participants quite rough, typically like the normal treatment that refugees experience by soldiers and officials – both outside, in the nature as well as the migration office.


Different roles for participants.. me , Margret, Mari and Tone in soldiers role.
        More than 80 participants Red Cross members and 20 facilitators attended the “På Flukt” plat in Molde in Møre og Romsdal District in Norway, between the 26th - 28th of March.

The participants before the På Flukt.


         I had been invited as a youth delegate to participate in this program by Matilde Etholm, the coordinator of the På Flukt play. It was my 3rd participation in this role play, but this time I participated as a facilitator and not as a refugee like the others. This time it was a long På Flukt play, running for 24 hours.



Matilde Etholm, the coordinator explaining the program
          In the first day in Molde all the facilitators gathered together for arrangements and to give everyone their roles. I had three roles, the first one to be one of the staff of the migration office, then guide for the refugees to the refugee’s camp in a long journey about two hours of walking. My last role was to guard the participants after they finished the program during their sleeping.

Facilitator meeting at the first day to give them their roles


        

          The day of the play was on the 27th of March. All the participants came and were distributed into families and soon started their journey as refugees moving from Somalia to Norway.


Ida in the role of Somalian lady.


         During this long journey they passed through many stages before reaching the refugee camp, which were already organized by the facilitator to look like a real one. There they spent a horrible night and slept in a very cold rainy weather.

Teah and Mari arranging for their roles


        There were about (17) participants stopped and discontinued the program after they reached the refugees camps because of the bad weather and exhaustion.

Cold and hard weather for the participants.


        The next day we had the breakfast with all the participants and discussed the events of the På Flukt play and thanked everyone for their participation.

The participants having their breakfast with the facilitator at the last day.


        Absolutely it was an additional experience for me to add during my mission in Norway working for the Youth Exchange Program.
I am.. the bad soldier..