TONGA SOA!
We are two girls from Norway who are traveling to Madagascar for 6 months. We will be staying in Fianarantsoa with a host family and work for UGBM (Laget in Madagascar). We will start our internship in Antananarivo and have a language course there for 5 weeks. We will use this blog to show what we are doing, show UGBMs work and show what a beautiful country Madagascar is.
This will be a videoblog.
We are two girls from Norway who are traveling to Madagascar for 6 months. We will be staying in Fianarantsoa with a host family and work for UGBM (Laget in Madagascar). We will start our internship in Antananarivo and have a language course there for 5 weeks. We will use this blog to show what we are doing, show UGBMs work and show what a beautiful country Madagascar is.
This will be a videoblog.
KRISTINE BJØRNSTAD
Kristine is a 20 year old girl from Trondheim. She is the responsible one on the team, without her we would not remember the mini-christmas tree or the malaria-pills. However if you find a set of keys are they probably hers. This girl always smiles and has the amazing gift of caring for others. If you need a friend, just call Kristine - she will be there in no time. With her positive attitude, humor, shower-singing and good taste in candy - this is a girl you do not want to miss. |
PERNILLE AKSELSEN (TSIKY)
Pernille is a 20 year old girl from Oslo. She is the kid on the team and is a fan of the saying "hakuna matata". Pernille is a girl who is easily distracted, full of energy ( "gledesspreder til tusen") and loves people. This is a girl you need to experience, but some of her favorite things are random dancing and african time. And with her excellent norwegian-english she will have no problem communicating in Madagascar. |
Hald International Center
Hald is a school that offers a course in cross-cultural understanding and international work. A year at Hald is "a year beyond this world". The school is owned by Laget (IFES), Strømme Foundation and The Norwegian Missionary Society. The school year includes a 6 weeks preparation course, the internship in another country and a 8 weeks debriefing course. It is a mutual exchange and this year we have students from Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, South-Africa, Brazil, Colombia, Nepal and China. The time before and after our internship we spend at Hald, in Mandal, with both norwegians and internationals.
Laget - IFES
Laget is a christian student organization. The goal is "to make Jesus know in schools and universities so he will be believed, loved and followed". Youth come together to talk about faith, doubts and life. The whole organization is ran by the youth. The youth have groups in their schools and local places and they do it all, with only some guidance from the staff in the organization. The staff is not there to tell the youth what to do, they are there to guide and help. There are three different courses at Hald and Laget´s course is Focus.
Norwegian Peace Corps (FK Norway)
FK Norway gives young volunteers from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin-America the opportunity to do a mutual exchange to experience each others culture. They believe that the world will be a better place if people get a chance to get to know each other and their culture.The organization is a part of the Norwegian state development work and support different organizations who send people on exchange like Strømme Foundation, Laget and NMS .
Read more about it here :)
Hald is a school that offers a course in cross-cultural understanding and international work. A year at Hald is "a year beyond this world". The school is owned by Laget (IFES), Strømme Foundation and The Norwegian Missionary Society. The school year includes a 6 weeks preparation course, the internship in another country and a 8 weeks debriefing course. It is a mutual exchange and this year we have students from Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, South-Africa, Brazil, Colombia, Nepal and China. The time before and after our internship we spend at Hald, in Mandal, with both norwegians and internationals.
Laget - IFES
Laget is a christian student organization. The goal is "to make Jesus know in schools and universities so he will be believed, loved and followed". Youth come together to talk about faith, doubts and life. The whole organization is ran by the youth. The youth have groups in their schools and local places and they do it all, with only some guidance from the staff in the organization. The staff is not there to tell the youth what to do, they are there to guide and help. There are three different courses at Hald and Laget´s course is Focus.
Norwegian Peace Corps (FK Norway)
FK Norway gives young volunteers from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin-America the opportunity to do a mutual exchange to experience each others culture. They believe that the world will be a better place if people get a chance to get to know each other and their culture.The organization is a part of the Norwegian state development work and support different organizations who send people on exchange like Strømme Foundation, Laget and NMS .
Read more about it here :)
Everything we write and say on this blog is based on Kristine Bjørnstad and Pernille Akselsen´s own thought and experiences. We represent the values of our organizations, but our posts are not necessarily represented by Laget (IFES), HALD or FK Norway.