People of RCN

Meet Kainat Ansari from Pakistan. After graduating from RCN, she studied Psychology at Whitman College, where she received the Ben Rabinowitz Awards for her community work. Now she continues her studies at the University of Oxford. Reflecting on my UWC RCN journey brings nothing but tears of joy and gratitude. The place that polished me beyond what I could ever have expected. I grew up in a small slum [...]

Photo by Thomas Brun Please get to know Elizabeth Sellevold, the Chair of the UWC Red Cross Nordic Board and how she wants to help UWC Red Cross Nordic to develop: Since I was a teenager, books have been my passion. I studied management at St. Andrews in Scotland. But as soon as I graduated, I started to study comparative literature at the University of Bergen. That [...]

Magnea Gna Johannsdottir (RCN '17) is the youngest person ever elected to the Reykjavik city council. Her political party Framsókn (English: Progressive Party)  gained 18,7% of the votes, making it the third-largest party in the city and the key to negotiating majority governance. The elections showed that people wanted change, and people were willing to vote for parties with young people on the frontline. Read Magnea's journey to [...]

The Little and Big World Gunvor Norddal vividly remembers her first full working day at UWC Red Cross Nordic. On the way home from work she received the shocking news about two towers having been hit by airplanes in New York. Needless to say, the day was 9/11. In her new job, she was part of the team that was catering for young people from all over the world. [...]

Passionate about Diversity and Food  When I left Bolivia, at 16, to attend UWC Red Cross Nordic, I could not believe how much I was going to learn and live. RCN has given me the tools, support, and the self-confidence that I needed to expand my horizons. Every friend I made there, has made a huge impact on my life and I am thankful for it.  After RCN, [...]

Congratulations to Pedro! Upon his graduation from University, Pedro Paposseco (RCN 13-15)  has been acknowledged for his achievements in the national press in his home country Angola. Here are his thoughts: When I first left my country, Angola, to study the International Baccalaureate at the UWC Red Cross Nordic in Norway,  I could not hold a full conversation in English, nor did I have any international experience. Two [...]