Act Now

I want to write some few words about ActNow, my exchange program. Act now is one of three exchange programs at Hald International Centre in Mandal, Norway. It is a one year study of cross cultural communication and international work. ActNow is organized by Strømme Foundation and financed by FK Norway. Check out the links at the right if you want to know more about the school and the organizations.

Act Now is devided in three periods: Fall course, internship and spring course.
The fall course is a 6 weeks course, where we learn about development work, intercultural communication, leadership, practical issues about travelling and much more. Norwegian and international students attend classes together, so most of the teaching is in English.

In the internship, norwegian students go to partner organizations in development countries and international students go to different destinations in Norway and stay work there for 7 months. While we are abroad, we read some books and write two papers as part of our study.

The spring course in Mandal is focused on information work. The students can use one week travelling in Norway. Then we'll tell about our internship, the school and try to influence people's view on the different countries we have visited.

I stay in Arusha in Tanzania. Here I work for CHRISC Tanzania, a partner organization of Strømme Foundation. CHRISC works for empowering youth through sports. I will write more about what CHRISC do when I get a better overview.

Bad taste party at Hald International Centre