People of RCN

Lea Komba is an RCN alumna of the class of 2024 from Angola. During her time at RCN, Lea was a very passionate changemaker; she loved public speaking and politics, as her co-years and teachers would say. In addition to being one of the Speakers at the TEDX uwcrcn in 2023, as part of the LEAF EAC at RCN, she developed the LEAF education project. This digital platform aims [...]

Meet Wilhem Hector, originally from Haiti, who embarked on a journey to UWC Red Cross Nordic. With little prior knowledge of Norway, he undertook a leap of faith, leaving behind the warmth of his homeland for the everlasting weather of Flekke. Can you tell us about your arrival at RCN? How did it feel to land in Bergen or Oslo, sit on the bus, see the Flekke sign, [...]

Meet Jeanette Trang, an exceptional alumna of Red Cross Nordic United World College, who has dedicated her life to protecting and advocating for the rights of children around the world. Her journey began in Flekke, where her love for philosophy laid the foundation for her passion for humanitarian values. Since then, she has worked with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in various parts of the world, addressing issues [...]

We are proud of the impact Anna is making in her home country, Senegal and the world, and we believe her project is a testament to the power of a RCN education. Anna Diagne Sene, who graduated from RCN in 2020 and is currently a Junior at Macalester College. Anna's project, "xam sa bopp xa sa adduna" (Wolof for "Know Yourself, Know the World"), aimed to empower 20 [...]

We are always proud to see our alumni living the UWC mission after leaving RCN, but we are equally proud of our current students who are already making an impact. Meet Asta, a first-year student from Denmark who is passionate about global issues, music, outdoor activities, and, most of all, people. Asta's interest in others drove her to start her own podcast, where she has the opportunity to hear [...]

Meet Valeriia Ivanova, our first year student from Ukraine: I live in Irpin, a city close to the capital, Kyiv. My city was occupied for several months, and I had to flee my hometown to Vienna through Poland. In June, my city was freed, but when we returned, we found that 70% of my town was destroyed, stopping the Russian troops from entering the capital. To come to [...]