Gammaldans is traditional Norwegian folk dancing which takes place in local village halls, including the Hoegh Centre, every Thursday evening from 20.00 – 22.30. The group from RCNUWC joins local people who have been dancing together for many years and are delighted to share their expertise and enthusiasm with our students. From January, 2009, the EAC group will dance every Thursday and take responsibility for organising and managing the dance in the Hoegh once a month. As this commitment requires several hours, participants can take one evening off a month on the condition that they find a replacement of the same sex. * Equal numbers of males and females are needed for this EAC.*
The ‘Flat Water Project’ is a short beginner course in kayaking, with an emphasise on learning skills that can be used for sea kayaking and river boat.
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We left for Oslo on Friday, 6th November 2008 to participate in the SANMUN (Skagerak and Nesbrua Model United Nations) 2008. The venue was Nesbru VGS, an IB-school, in Sandvika. The delegation of the Red Cross Nordic United World College consisted of Ambassador Sarah Asif, and delegates Maryia Rusak, Palden Gyal and Daniek Saman. We were accompanied by Narender Dalal, our MUN director.
The country we represented was Rwanda. A lot of research was done during the Continue reading »
The moving water project EAC is an activity designed for advanced kayakers at RCNUWC, the aim is to find rivers with white water and develop the fundamental principles required to control and manoeuvre river kayaks whilst in the flow. This includes reading the flow, breaking into the moving water and finding eddies, as well as reacting and stabilising the kayak and carrying out Eskimo rolls. The sessions require a lot of physical energy and participants need to work together to over come the logistical challenges and maintain the equipment.
“The moving water project EAC is loads of fun. Physically it is often a challenge (not capsizing in the river in Flekke is not a piece of cake) but despite, or probably to a large extent because of this, it is so incredibly enjoyable. Even when the water is so cold that our fingers and toes get numb, when capsizing makes your head feel like ice and you wish it could be detached just for those few seconds of unimaginable pain, before it goes back to normal pain, and when layers on top of layers of clothes underneath your wet-suit cannot keep you warm, even then it is worth kayaking out in the river, simply because of the rush you get. Moving water project EAC is in my heart 
” Sara Saleh
Every Friday since September a small group of 11 people were trained to become canoe leaders. We started by learning how to manouvring a canoe- something we practised during the whole course. The next session was time to rescue a capsized canoe, with wetsuits. After these two first sessions it was time to explore some parts of the Flekke-fjord. During the last three sessions we learned how to lead a group as a canoe leader. We played some games, we had some trips out to nice places along the Flekke fjord and everyone tried to swim in the fjord without a wetsuit.
Now the canoe leaders can take out non-canoe leaders on small trips in the beautiful Flekke-fjord. It is a nice opportunity to see the area in a different way.
Our ideas are not ideal or our beliefs abstract
Our philosophy is simple yet subtle
A voice for the voiceless
A mirror for the unseen and
An act of defiance against the cruelty
Of humans unto its own kind
When innocence fall victim of crime
And the victors corrupt the society.
We know no borders or any barriers
For we believe Human Rights entitled
To every human being, notwithstanding
Race, gender, color and creed.
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Palden