17.mai er Nasjonal –dagen i Norge

May 17th, is Norway's National Day which is celebrated all across

the nation,from all levels of community, each community shows

parades, bands, flags and they was singing national anthem.

I met our contact person Cathrine in Oslo with my co-youth delegate.

We took the Oslo's main street, Karl Johan’s gate and she started

to explain us about what was going on that time. On that date

in 1814 Norway adopted the new Constitution.

People wearied different costumes so she told us each part of Norway

has the own color of traditional dress and we were observed it on the way.

The President of Parliament was also standing out side to the parliament

balcony and great the people had march parade and continue to the Loyal

Palace where the king and his family standing on the front balcony, waving

 to the crowd.

 

It was good to see the children having parade, and was so interesting

to see many women doing parade, bands and hands up flags.

I had a memorial picture with people dressing traditional dress so this will

remind me the Special day in Norway.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International day of Red Cross

On 7th May, around midday a lot of people tourist, Red Cross stuff, volunteers, children from school and student gathered in Oslo Opera House to join the word’s largest Human Cross.

Me with colleagues from Akershus

    Secretary General talked about the Red Cross activities and the 8th of May Campaign.

On 8th May, "Being in Action" I and my co-youth delegate we joined Oppegård youth group for door to door Campaign.   
The aim of the Youth red Cross was to raise funds to help the Vestby Asylum centre activities and for the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti, which devastated the country and left thousands dead and many more without basic provisions or homes.

We were also hanging out the brochures to sensitize and explain people about campaign of 8th of May 2010.

I was happy to participate in this humanitarian activity and always appreciate the Oppegård local branch because they are very active more than other local group in Akershus District so this was motivated us to work together many times.

The youth like to be in action and make the asylum people feel integrated in the Society.

Have you heard about Russ?

Russ in Norway

This is a program for the teenagers are going to finish the high school.
Russ Program they have to do it in three weeks before they start the
high school final exams. This part of student life means: being cool,
having funny, drinking lots of alcohol, smoking, stay out for longtime,
having sex and other crazy things.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






cool Girls and cool Boys.

They dress different colors depends of what they are studying: before
they used many different colors but this year they had only two like blue
 for higher education in economics and management, Red for courses
that are geared towards higher education. The Russ in Red cloths was so many
than the one in Blue.

 

The 16th May is the day before they end Russ program so this day is the

one most of them are doing a lot of funny things because they could not

sleep so everyone is allowed to do all crazy (I guess they said bye to the

crazy stuff so they become more serious for the exams and done it well).

They had also personal Russ card: Russ card where they wrote names,

school and other things they like to tell people because they gave those

cards to the people on the way anyone asks for them.but most of them

are small children it makes them happy to collect more of Russ cards.

Let me show you some of the Russ card.

It was amazing to see how many of them was looking on the National day;
they were so tired with duty cloths. After getting all information about Russ
 I found it necessary to let the young student experience all the different kind
 of life so that will help them to work hard and gain a better future.

Youth Week-end in Harestua

Youth Course in Årasund

From 5th to 7th March, i and my co delegate we went to attend a youth course organised by the Sudan delegates( Chris and Ahmed) and it was really good and the participant were inspired after having Information about the Movement of Red Cross and Red Crescent, Active choice and Human trafficking.
The aim of this activity was sharing of different activities of RRC with youth members and to involve also the new members.

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YBTC Course

YBTC Course in Soromalika( February 2010)

This was a Youth Basic Training Course wich was gathering the new youth delegates and other volunteers are interested to know much about Red Cross and Red Crescent.
we shared with the our experience and challenges we had from our home country and here in Norway.
It was pleasure to meet youth delagates from Rwanda, Pamela and Oswald.

Haitians needs you and me to help them!

The Red Cross and other International organizations are doing well to save the life in Haiti.
 Norwegian Red Cross arrived in Port-au-Prince and setting up an emergency response Unit and they sent also fourth plane i the neihgbour country of st. Domingo, it is cargo of medical equipment and Ambulances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAes7Dkm1ZQ

The Norwegian Red Cross has embarked on a National Collection campaign so that my co- youth delegate and i we are involved in that humanitarian activity in Akershus Red Cross and working with other youth volunteer.

In blog workshop

This blog is about the workshop on the blogs that we had in Oslo today.

Let us keep our Promise!

The 1st December,World Aids Day, is the day when individueals and organisations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global Aids epidemic and this year the theme have been chosen is "Universal access and Human Rights"

On Monday we wake up early in the morning cause we should have a stand from 7am to 10am in the train station where the people standing waiting the bus and trains, it was me, Kenneth and Rith one of the youth in skedsmo and we did well was so super!

Week end in Thorbjørnrud Hotel

From 27th to 29th December, we participated Akershus Leaders meeting.
we started Friday at 6pm with a Presentation of the Leaders in Oppland Red Cross
talking how they work in the District, this meeting was comprised different Red Cross group: Rescue team, care group, youth, staff, volunteers for the assylum centers and youth delegates.
Interesting day was saturday in the evening all of those groups had coffee group discussing together, talking about their own activities, looking for plan of action.
the people was supposed to visit other caffee groups to get information for what they do so on that way, I and Kenneth had our coffee site as youth delegates, where we hosted and offered coffee and thea to the people comming to our site and trying to give the needed information about youth delegate program, about Rwanda and our activities so far in Norway.

Trip to Sweden

It was a nice week end we had a trip with other youth living in Åråsen, we was 50 people and we went in the morning comming in the evening,actually was very interesting to go in the shoppingcenter called CHARLOTTENBERGS, they have different things and alotof meats.
it was also social time cause i was sitting with a Zambian girl Lillian and the good thing on the same date, it was a soccer macth between Rwanda and Zambian and they beat our team in Kigali (Remera Stadium) was unhappy but it happens.

On 21th Nov. in Haraldsheim Hotel

We went back to our second home in Haraldsheim( nice place!), where was a youth course organizing by Camilla the last youth Delegate in Rwanda the theme was Activites in the Assylum centers,differen people was invited to tell the Red Cross youth their experience about Assylum centers and it was good for us even for the youth to learn have more information about that activity.

in the evening after having dinner together, we went to the seminar room where we had a presentation about Rwanda and tell themo the youth activities in Rwanda.
i performing my tradtional dance and many of them approches me to learn how to dance Rwandese music was super and i really met with nice and lovely youth.

Proud to be a Rwandan Female!!

In the evening on 11 Nov. i went to Awsmoen( Women Caffe Group) where i have been invited to go there and tell them about Gender in Rwanda, the women and girls were there and they was eager to know about my counrty special in Gender carrier, it is makes me happy when i talk about Gender because Rwanda has applied affirmative action for the promotion of women, while 30% of decision-making positions at all levels is allocated to women.
Women take a lead of reconstruction of Rwanda.

After my presentation i shaw them some practice for First Aid

Good

Rwandese Lunch

me and Lotta our new contact person


On 11 Nov. we hold a presentation to all the staff in Kjeller, telling them about our National society and briefing about Rwanda History.
here i can say that Rwanda is the most secure country in East Africa.

Our second home( Haraldsheim Hotel

Last week end on octobre, me and Keneth we were invitted to join the the youth instructors courses focused in Active choice and International Humanitarian Law.
they was alot of youth divided in two groups one for Active choice courses and other group for International Humanitarian Law. the training was important to the youth even me leant more knowlegde according to my activities.