The Norwegian Red Cross
President Sven Mollekliev, Norwegian Red Cross – on the Value of Volunteering and Focus on Participation.
President of the Norwegian Red Cross, Sven Mollekleiv, visited the College on Tuesday April 29th to give a lecture in preparation for Constitution Day, which is coming up on May 17th. Sven has just arrived back from Syria, where he has been part of a delegation focusing on the help given by the Red Cross in an extremely difficult context. The talk stressed the importance of voluntary work – in times of crisis, for a general preparedness in society and as key ingredient in democracy building. After the lecture he was surrounded by eager students asking for concrete advice on how they can get involved in Red Cross work in their home countries and abroad.
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- Sven Mollekleiv
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- Answering questions
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- Sven Mollekleiv
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- Survivors of Conflict Project
“This place is simply remarkable. The whole world is present in this little fjord bay. It warms me to see the engagement of the students and to witness how the focus is on finding the resources in persons and aiming at making them participants in the different arenas of life.”
His comments about the work of the Red Cross in Sogn og Fjordane can be found on local radio here.
The text of Rektor Richard Lamont’s welcoming address is here.
