The peaceful Sudan: Days of low energy

This blog is now only partially active. It foremost serves as a memory of my Red Cross and Red Crescent mission in Sudan from 23rd of August 2008 to 15th of June 2009. However I will write shortly how life back home with work here developes (Youth Delegates have "after work" for two months in our country of origin. Here in Norway we can spread those two months out in the following year.

Thank you all for following my journey it has been highly appreciated.

Youth delegate presentations during this fall in Bergen, Norway. You are all welcome to join us, however you need to write me an email to get the current details (johmoetho@gmail.com).

Take care

Thomas, 14th of September 2009

Thursday, 21 May 2009

Days of low energy

The last couple of days I have been thoroughly reminded that I am but humble mortal. All my energy has been completely vacant. I think my body is signaling the time for summer vacation. So to all you friends out there in beautiful summer Bergen I am coming home in mood for sun basking.

While I was at home doing virtually nothing I have added and updated my Picasa web albums to this blog. You can find them in the links on the sidebar. If you wonder how the street children centre look like you can watch the slideshow on the top right of this blog or go into Picasa through my link down by the Facebook links.

And do not worry, many more stories and experiences await before our time here in Sudan is over, so catch them by popping by on regular basis or join my followers for automatic updates.

All the best

Thomas

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This is a blog of a youth delegate mission to Sudan. And lower in this sidebar you find alot more information on what we do and who we are.

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This is about who and what?

I am Thomas and I am 28 years. I work as a youth delegate for the Norwegian Red Cross in Sudanese Red Crescent. The assignment is 12 months where 9 months are in the field in The Sudan. I live by the Red Sea in a harbor city called Port Sudan.

This page on our national webpages describes well what we, youth delegates, do in general and how to become one. I am sorry, but these pages are only in Norwegian.

In more detail, here in Sudan, we do:

- Teach sexual health to battle Sexual Transmitted Infections (STI`s)

- Teach and spread the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement values & mandate; International Humanitarian Law (IHL)

- Hopefully refunding and reopening of a Street Children Centre in Port Sudan city. This would benefit approx 700 street children. Mothers of some the children, also living on the street, is also within the centers target group.

- Create volunteer activity groups in all the above mentioned work. So that they take all the work with them when we, the two youth delegates, leave for home.

- Building knowlegde on english and computer skills aimed at the young volunteer. The purpose is to make them more able to read, edit and write reports, applications as well as write their own CV. A spescial thanks to Guillaime and Celine for their efforts on teaching.

This blog is for all interested people. It covers the perspectives I gain while working here in the field in Red Sea State, Sudan. I hope you find it interesting.

All the best

Thomas