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Africa - Aid/Culture (Autumn)

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Do you want to experience Africa and do good, creative assistance? On the Africa line you get to run schools, agriculture, tourist projects and a unique football offer in Kasese, western Uganda.

"If you want to understand poverty, you have to understand wealth"

You join in running a school, agriculture, tourist project and sports facilities in Uganda. In Elverum we help children, the elderly and refugees. Perhaps we learn just as much from those we visit? The autumn course on the Africa Line places great emphasis on the study trip with aid work in Kasese. We travel to Uganda together with the year-round programme Africa - Aid/Culture, but after the study trip, students on the autumn course will remain in Kasese for a month to work on various aid projects.

Experience Africa's unique culture!

Half a year of social life at folk high school, learning about good assistance and taking active part in fundraising and spending money. You experience cultures and learn about several African countries through lectures, documentaries, discussions and film.

Most important is the last month where you live and work at our projects in Kasese and Bwera. You get closer to the locals and can combine aid work with other experiences. A separate house with regular, safe people who help with purchases and other practicalities, so you can contribute to the maximum part of the projects.

Half a year where you have to go outside your comfort zone – in Africa's slums and meeting strangers!

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Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

Vi starter med slumbesøk i Kisinjy i hovedstaden Kampala før vi reiser vestover til Kasese – hvor vi har vårt bistandsprosjekt REEC.

Der besøker vi og tar del i det daglige livet på skolene, fotballanlegget og det nye landbruksprosjektet som nå er i gang. Det blir safari i Queen Elisabeth Nasjonalpark hvor flodhester, krokodiller, løver og leoparder dukker opp svært så ofte. Vi drar også innom grensemarkedet mellom Kongo og Uganda som er et kaos av inntrykk.

Deretter reiser elever på helårslinja Afrika – Bistand/Kultur hjem og dere jobber videre i Kasese en måned til.

NB! Mulig å forlenge frivillighetsjobbing med flere måneder.

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At the folk high school, you can study almost anything – from arts to extreme sports, and everything in-between. The goal is what’s in Norwegian called "danning". A good translation might be "formation".

You will get the oportunity to develop, challenge yourself and your values, and form lasting relations. All without the pressure of grades or exams. 

Key terms for the school year are

  • Reflection
  • Equality
  • Tolerance
  • Respect
  • Democracy
  • Culture. 

We offer full-year courses, half-year course fall and half-year course spring, and our students average at the age of 19. The majority comes from Nor­way, but many others come from Europe and beyond.

Read more about the school at elverumfhs.no.

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