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New perspectives - participants' blogs:
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Every Day Life at KCMC: I have now been working at Medical 2 for two and a half months. It is a busy ward, there is enough to do and I am often exhausted when I am finished at work!
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A normal winter weekday for Carina and Ole-Christian in Pretoria: The alarm on the cellphone goes off about half past 6 in the morning. Carina “jumps” out of the bed, washes and starts to make breakfast and “matpakke”.
Read Ole-Christian Østreng's blog» |
Amidst the Red deer (Cervus elaphus ) Habitats: My fist week In Norway was not was not just relaxation or getting acclimatized to the area.
Read Celsus Senhte's blog» |
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Read more participants' blogs: [A-D] [E-H] [I-L] [M-P] [Q-T] [U-X] [Y-Å] |
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Network meeting in Sri Lanka
In the end of June, 30 FK partners and participants met in Dambulla for a two days conference arranged by Strømme Foundation.
Young people are the future decision-makers. Therefore it is important to meet and learn, says Nimal Martinus.
Read more about the conference here
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FK network in Central America
From 1st of May 2007 FK Norway has established a network coordinator for Central America. FK Norway contracted our partner organization Fundated in Guatemala, and they have appointed Mariela Reneau de Salazar to the position as network coordinator for Central America.
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FK is development cooperation for the future
Per Kristian Lunden from Risør, Norway, is reelected as chair of the FK Board. – I look forward to another two years as chair of the board. The more I have worked with FK, the more I understand that this is the future form of cooperation with and between developing countries, says Lunden. Read more
Se the complete list of the new board here.
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New Board Advisory Group for FK-Norway
Ananilea Nkeya from Tanzania (TAMWA), Stefan Howells from South Africa (SCORE) and Suvendu Chatterjee from India (Drik India) are appointed new members of the FK-Norway Advisory Board Group (BAG). Ruth Mwandira from Malawi (CHAM) has been re-appointed as a group member. The group has been appointed for a period of two years, the same as the Board of FK-Norway.
- I am very happy that all the four nominated group members have accepted the appointment and conformed their participation in the group for the next two years, says Per Kr. Lunden, chairman of the board of FK-Norway. Read more
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ANPPCAN is the first FK Gold Partner
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In March The African Network for Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) in Uganda was given the award FK Gold partner.
At the big children conference in Kampala, Uganda, 26 – 29 March, ANPPCAN became the first FK Gold Partner. The award will be given to partners in the South, who have had a well functioning exchange of participants for at least three years. They will also play a role in the national network activities.
ANPPCAN works with children’s rights and has a network covering most countries in Africa south of Sahara.
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Orthopedics in Malawi
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Sophies Minde Hospital has since 2004 had an exchange programme with Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. At present, Marianne Abrahamsen is a FK participant in Malawi, working together with Patric Govati og Wilson Nanungu, who both have been exchanged to Sophies Minde Hospital in Oslo.
Marianne says it has been an advantage that she has colleagues who have been to Oslo, because they have a common reference. The technology for developing prosthesis is the same in Norway and Malawi, it is only the materials that differs. The profession is also more specialized in Norway, says Patric, which has to do with the fact that there are only four practicing Orthopedics engineers in Malawi.
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Also read participant Amalie Hilde Toftes' report from her study: Governmental Extension Service, Malawi - Extension Workers' Perceptions. |
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"We promise to care" - an exhibition about the UN Millennium Development Goals
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10 000 children and adults from all over Norway has given a promise. You can see the result at the exhibition "We promise to care" that Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg opens Tuesday 27 February. Read more |
Circles ending and beginning
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For some, it is their last duty as FK participants. Others are preparing for challenges in a new country. It is Homecoming and Preparatory course for South/South Participants in Addis Ababa.
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International Essay Competition 2007
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The World Bank and The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs invite you to participate in an International Essay Competition 2007.
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Activity calendar - after an exchange
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This presentation contains suggestions of communication activities that can be useful; both after an exchange visit abroad as well as for organisations who want to improve their information. All activities in the presentation has been made by some of the organisations that co-operate with FK Norway. The objective is to inspire and create enthusiasm and good ideas
But do remember – there are as many ideas as there are human beings…
Read more: Activity guide:pdf-document and Power-point-document
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FK Partners in Central America Created Network
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16 representatives from 11 partner institutions met in Antigua, Guatemala with the purpose of improving the quality of their exchange programs.
The focus of the conference was the partner – participant relationship and the partner – FK Norway relationship. A main result of the conference was that the partners initiated their own Central American network to maintain the contact.
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Network of FK:X-participants in Central America
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17.-19. November 40 former FK-participants from Central America gathered in Antigua, Guatemala together with Norwegian participants on exchange to the region. This was the first FK conference arranged only for participants without partner representatives being present.
The aim of the conference was to empower the participants and give them an opportunity to share experiences. One of the results was the decision to establish a network of FK:X participants in Central America.
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Evaluation of FK Norway
| The Danish consultant team PEM has evaluated FK Norway for The Norwegian Agency for International Development NORAD - read the report |
Challenges to ourselves
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In september, many of FK's partners met at the International Advisory Council Meeting. The participants was invited to share best practises and experiences. The result was many valuable challenges and advises, both to FK and to the participants themselves.
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Seminar on HIV and Migration in Nepal
Close to 60 delegates were present when Hon. Ramesh Lelehak, Minister of Labour and Transport Management opened a seminar on HIV and Migration in Kathmandu, Nepal Friday 27 October.
The seminar was organised in cooperation between FK Asia and Nepal Institute of Development Studies, and was the result of joint planning between FK’s partners in India and Nepal.
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Approximately 60 partners from the Youth-Program were represented at Oscarsborg 9-11 September, to exchange experiences and knowledge.
The weekend terminated with Pellegrino Riccardi who had a lecture about how to act when communicating with other cultures, and how our customs may be interpreted and misinterpreted.
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Elizabeth Rehn, Finland's former Minister of Defence and former UN Under-Secretary General, was among the international lecturers at the FK INternationsl Advicory Council Meeting.
Parallel with the workshops held on 8th September, four lectures were given on peace building and conflict management in a wider context. Elisabeth Rehn made an enthusiastic and personal contribution towards an understanding of the role of women in peace building.
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1 200 at FK North-South Forum in Oslo City Hall
The Oslo City Hall was crowded when FK Norway arranged the second North-South forum 7 September 2006. The Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Josè Ramos Horta, Rigoberta Menchù Tum and Wangari Maathai addressed the audience with personal and inspiring speeches. The Norwegian minister for international development, Erik Solheim, introduced his six commandment on peace work.
All people were invited to share their experiences after the programme at the following reception.
| FK North-South Forum 2006 and the International Advisory Council Meeting |
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Fredskorpset is proud to announce the FK North-South Forum and International Advisory Council Meeting 2006. The event takes place in Oslo, Norway, 7-8 September.
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Three Nobel Peace Prize Laureates; Josè Ramos Horta, Rigoberta Menchù Tum and Wangari Maathai will speak at Oslo Town Hall 7.september. |
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The annual East-Africa Cup took place June-July in Moshi, Tanzania. FK Norway and the Norwegian embassy in Dar-es-Salaam contributed financially to a tournament were not only football was important.
Nearly 900 participants playing for 43 teams participated, not only kicking the ball, but also kicking AIDS out.
Report from East-Africa Cup 2006» |
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The fifth preparatory course in Tromsø has just started!
Sunday 4. June another preparatory course started in Tromsø. 23 participants from nine different countries have arrived, and have been busy already. Some of the participants worry about their sleep in the land of the midnight sun, but most of them seem to have enough energy to learn and contribute throughout the three weeks long course.
When the participants on the first day of the course were asked what they had in common, they all agreed that “we all want to do something meaningful and overcome challenges”.
See report from the course»
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Participants from Bangladesh, East Timor, Sri Lanka, China, Nepal, Thailand, South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia were sweating it out in the jungles of Thailand for two days Tuesday and Wednesday 25-26 April.
The participants at the preparatory course are going to work with as different areas as health, peace and microfinance.
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The Role of Media in a Corruption Free Electoral Process.Over 100 delegates met at this years first FK Norway Conferense at the International Conferense Center in Lusaka Zambia on the 9th of march. Read more. |
| FK Norway in The Guardian |
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The chairman of FK-Norway,Per Kristian Lunden, has been interviewed in the international newspaper The Guardian.
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