In posters

I have never imagined that i'll be on posters and it will be hang around....but now it came true.It was so amazing for me. We are giving presentation on International youth group on monday and we found that they had made a posters for it by welcoming all. We also thought that it will help to get more to join Red Cross.

We have just started a Red Cross youth group for english speakers. We found that there are so many youths who wants to join Red Cross but they can't because of language problem. Here are so many asylum seekers as well so it would be nice to make them involve in Red Cross activities.

We thought it will really help immigrants to know Norwegian people and culture. Whenever they will be able to speak Norwegian and be addicted towards Red Cross this group can be mixup with another Red Cross youth group.How is the idea??

Poster we made for promoting new group

Our first school visit

We started our first school visit from today and this is also one which we were waiting for. We were much worried about two things our presentation will go right or not? and the next is whether the students will be good to us or not? because the topic like human trafficking and hinduism in which we were going to give presentation is also a vast topic and difficult tooo make them understand in one lesson.

We talked about hinduism and human trafficking in different classes. We found them very interested towards religion and ethical problem like human trafficking. But all the students were not ready to accept the fact of human trafficking, that it still exist in the world. We discuss about this with our contact person and she said:"People can only believe on the things how much they have imagined." That's right. We have to make them feel. We should think about that also because this is very new topic for whole Aust-Agder youths.

Teacher want us to come back and have presentations in other classes as well. We told them, We will come with more improvements next time!!!!

Kick your habit

Everyone is responsible for everyone for everything. If we don't take responsibility for environment, we wouldn't be able to hand out this climate in its original form to our coming generation.

Global warming is the result of human activities over the last 50 years. Many human activities (use of fossils fuels, deforestrations) are contributing on climate change. So..We have to be concious to save our earth. If we don't act now......It might be too late....

Earth's temperature is increasing, Lots of fertile soil are coverting to mere a sand coz soil are losing its fertility by the use of chemical fertilisers, and losing water content in it. If this remains for longer it will creat hunger in the world. Ice are melting rapidly and it is increasing the sea level. That effects the coastal inhabitant. Most of the big cities are buit in costal area not in a greater height which can suffer with the increasing sea level.

If every individual starts thinking a little about their home planet, they can stop the black and brown carbon emmision from our land. We have a habit of using lift for going second floor instead of staircases and go to fitness centre to become fit. That doesn't go parallel. Also we can use recycled materials to save energy. We should try to consume less energy as much as we can.

If not now then never
If its not me then no one

We paricipated a seminar on climate change on UN day. It was so nice to be there. We learnt so many things about our Earth and how our activities are affecting to our Earth. It was a golden opportunity to meet general secretory of Red Cross there including many new people.

Recruting volunteers-not an easy Task

Recruting and keeping members is always a difficult task for every organization and its same in Red Cross too."Keeping a stand and distributing pamplates are not always enough.So...lets think something NEW!!

Red Cross should be attractive,independent and should be the organization owned by volunteers and members.One of the youth leader told me that some leaders of local branches occupy their seats for several years not giving the chance for new upcoming leaders which forces them to leave the movement and disappear.I became more curious and asked him whether the election system is democratic or not?He cleared it just by saying "everyone prefes the experienced one". But it is the fact that it always does not work because with new people, comes new ideas and new way of doing things. We know that old is gold but should not forget that new can be better that gold.So I saw every members in Norwegian Red Cross have to think about this.

Red Cross is the only organization that stands functioning during humanitarian crisis. I have experienced it during internal conflict in my country.I know the history and movement of Red Cross but not all people. Even I have heard one of my friend saying"I have Red Cross and its seven principles in my blood."But it is only among us-so called active volunteers of Red Cross.To make all people feel like this we have to spread out our work through blogs, articles and so on in addition to doing. We have to tell people what, why and for what purpose we are doing? Which is very important to make people join this movement.

Mostly awaited meeting.........

Even we visited some of the youth groups in Aust Agder, we were not so clear about in which area we have to focus on. We were also eager to know what they have already done and their plan for future. It was very important for us to have county meeting.Yesterday we met some members from county board and contact person of different groups.

We found that every group is eager to have us. We also gave them the topic in which we can give presentations.Like,Hinduism,Human trafficking(in Nepal),International Humanitarian Law(IHL),Active Choice(sexual Health),First aid, Nepal and Youth Exchange programme.We are now fixing the date for school visit and our first school visit is on 27th of october in Lilisand.

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  We also found that nothing has been done on Human trafficking campaign up till now in Aust Agder.So we are thinking to focus our activities on Human trafficking.
  
  
  

A Week with Kids

"You are going on a trip with children in Kiland.There will be 26 children who belongs to poor family.This is one of the programme of Redcross", told Kari, our contact person. Norway and poor family!!!!!!!surprised me. Flags waving in cold wind at Kiland

We met children, Leaders and Help leaders there. A very different environment..........Created Environment........A complete Holiday package to the kids.......Delighted to see and be among them. Hiking, Rockclimbing, boating, Camp firing and many more kids game. Group Resting on the top of hill. photo:Sajan

Enjoyed alot to be there and to be a kid among kids......... Even enjoying with toffee..................and feeling of childhood days again....................
Sometimes playing with kids and sometimes assissting them in different games..........Being among kids is not always fun.Sometimes they stared to cry and sometimes fighting....I found it was also really difficult not to make them feel lonely...
It was my first experience with camp fire!! We were enjoying."This is a toffee you can also barbaque this"One of the leader gave me a toffee.Oh no!!barbaque a toffee???This was also new for me.
I was on the top!!And this was also my First experience of Rock climbing. It's too scary looking down from that height.

One day after breakfast, we went on boating for 3 hours.Sometimes it stucked!Sometime we land on Island.It was a good time and nice experience!!

Helping children to make Boller and Cake

It was 14 degree outside and children were jumping into the cold water of a Lake!!......

Just crazy !!!