Jeg har vært vertsfamilie i ett år for to 2.klassinger; Gautham fra India og Maja fra Polen. Hvorfor vil jeg anbefale det samme til deg/dere? Flor Fernandez Montes (far left) with her host family Å få lov å åpne opp sitt hjem for disse flinke, positive og høflige studentene har vært en stor berikelse. Jeg har fått innblikk i det å være student ved [...]

On Saturday 17 September RCN students Azlin (US), Juan Pablo (Colombia), Paula (Germany) and Ximena (Guatemala) joined local 4-H youth and young asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Syria to prepare a feast for members of the local community at Hyllestad School. This was the realisation of our first collaborative project with the 4-H, and we learned that food can bring people together in wonderful ways! The planning [...]

Thor Heyerdahl Jr being introduced in the auditorium This week we have welcomed Thor Heyerdahl Jr to UWC Red Cross Nordic. His father, Thor Heyerdahl – scientist, archaeologist, author and explorer – played a hugely significant part both as International Patron of the United World College movement and, at a later stage, in developing the concept of a United World College in Norway. We continue [...]

Last weekend the Autumn Kayak Leader Course happened, luckily in good weather! Ten second year students qualified to become Kayak leaders at RCN over the two-day course. On Saturday we focused on personal skills and techniques: paddle strokes, packing, entry and exit of kayak and a fair amount of practice rescues. We stopped for  lunch spot at the end of Flekke fjord on Ungholmen in beautiful weather. The day [...]

Anne-Mette Bredahl held the introductory lecture to our RCN Life Skills Programme for first year students. The lecture is part of our work to strive continuously towards building a resilient culture at the College. At an individual level Anne-Mette told about her great loss in life - when she became blind shortly after graduating from school. She had to re-learn and re-navigate, and - to her great [...]

Arne and Vidar in Oslo for the Garden Party His Majesty King Harald and Her Majesty Queen Sonja are hosting a garden party in the royal gardens in Oslo today. 1500 invited guests from all over the country will have the privilege of attending. Arne Ophaug and Vidar Jensen, faithful workers at UWC Red Cross Nordic – since the start in 1995 – are representing [...]