From a Closed Campus to an Action-Packed Season Running events for visitors and guests during a pandemic has at times been extremely difficult, and with the extra precautions to keep our students safe it has been an almost impossible task. However, the team has found creative solutions both on and off-campus and worked hard to comply with both national regulations and even stricter internal rules. As the world has been closed, people have been able to experience the world in Flekke. Surprisingly we ended up with more guests in 2021 than ever before. In total, we have run 15 weeks with UWC Leirskule and a full summer with camps for the Red Cross. We are also very proud that we have been able to continue and run projects for marginalized groups through UWC Red Cross Nordic’s project “Meeting Place for Diversity”.
Through this project students at UWC Red Cross Nordic and staff at UWC Connect have led many events throughout the year for children connected with Bergen Red Cross, settled refugees in the local community, and people living at the asylum centre. This has been an incredible learning opportunity for our students and most importantly we have managed to give our visitors a unique experience at our campus. This has been made possible through funding from IMDI, BUFDIR and Agenda Vestland and we are extremely grateful that they continue to support our work towards creating a Meeting Place for Diversity.
ANNUAL REPORT 2022
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