THE LIST
The Haitians are more than willing and desiring to learn and would not take the help for granted.
to pursue that dream. However, she has been able to study marketing & PR over the last couple of years. Anie was very shy in the beginning, but we soon learned that she is a very bright and ambitious young woman,” recalls Ceide with pride. “She soon took responsibility and became a leader in the group. She was selected to travel to Tromsø on an exchange program financed by the Fredskorpset, where she spent 3 months at TVIBIT in Tromsø learning to make films and set up film festivals. On her return to Haiti she continued leading our youth group, and also had the chance to do an internship with LEAF community arts festival in Asheville, North Carolina.” The idea about creating long-term solutions that the Haitians can take ownership over is very clearly represented in this young woman. Anie is Ceide’s closet colleague as the leader of Manman Troll. 2018 / VOLUME 2
Another positive example of how Prosjekt Haiti, Ceide’s dream, has shown its worth to the people is in Sammuel Ambroise, who joined the youth club after the earthquake. Like many who cannot afford formal education or training, he turned to the wonderful resource of YouTube to educate himself in 3D modelling and animation. He was selected to travel with Anie to Tromsø for a threemonth exchange. After this period, he was offered a place to study for his International Baccalaureate at Senja Videregående Skole in Finnsnes for 2 years. He received his diploma and started studying data engineering at the University of Narvik. After a brief period of further studies his high level of self-education caught the attention of Gimpville animation studio, who offered him a job. Sammuel has worked on feature films like the 12th Man, 16
Along Gods and Skjelvet. Today, Sammuel is a freelancer living in Tromsø with his Norwegian wife, Ingunn, and their 2-year-old boy. Two lives were changed, and one created because this young man had a dream and was given the opportunity to act on it. Where does all that Trondheim has to offer fit in though? It is the institutions here that can have the greatest impact. “The most pressing needs which Trondheim can help with would be through the institutions here in Trondheim, such as St. Olav’s, NTNU, Sintef, and others, to lend their expertise.” She knows it is a big expectation, but the need is greater. How can the aforementioned institutions specifically help? Looking at NTNU, who has sent students before, there is immense potential for areas such as the civil engineering, the medical school and the entrepreneurial school to carry out projects in Haiti that would benefit both parties. One could receive data and other valuable education from participation and through the visiting experts. Dronning Mauds Minne could have students create an education plan to help train the future generations of children and study the after effects, and at the same time give Haiti a future filled with qualified teachers. There are endless possibilities in the private sector as well that Ceide has seen; she knows this is the right place. Now, she just needs the right people. If you sit with Ceide and listen to her even for a few minutes, you’ll see this is less about her and more about the people she serves. Until they no longer need her, she’ll be working away as their Norwegian Mary Poppins.�