Handicamp Norway

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Handicamp Norway

• Goals Accomplishment Results
• Orientation at Rotary Instute in Tampere,
  Finland
• Thursday 2. October 2008

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Handicamp Norway

• Name of the project since 1976
• Has become a Brand name for Rotary Norge
• Received award at Convention i San Antonio 2001
  Outstanding task force project
• Was introduced at Convention i København 2006
• Was introduced at instituttet i Lillestrøm 2007
• Haraldvangen i Hurdal has been official camp site

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Our goals for the camp

• To integrate fysical disabled og non-fysical
  disabled youth through sport og other spare time
  activities
• To build international friendship and
  understanding
• To teach the participants about Norway and the
  Norwegian society
• Each participant shall go beyond their limits,
  make the impossible possible.

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Recuirements to be accepted to the camp

• Age 18 28 år
• Have to understand english, which is the language
  of communication
• Must have a fysical disability
• Must have a helper, normaly one, but some may be
  in the need of two

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Composition of participants

• A fysical disabeled and a normal person make
  one team
• The normal person will act as a helper for the
  disabeled
• They should know each other very well
• Communication between the two must be well
  established before they arrive at the camp

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Invitation/recruiting

• Invitation to the camp i 2008 was sent
  electronicly to all YEOs in the world and DG-s in
  sone 15 og 16
• These people should spred the invitation to the
  clubs in their district
• The participants do not need to be a Rotarian or
  come from a Rotary club, but we wish to establish
  a connection between participant and local club
• Intake and finishing process is time-consuming
• Visa questions

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Administration og management

• Board HC 08
• Administrator Per Kongsnes
• From Enebakk Rotaryklubb Lena Mjerskaug, Kjell
  Sørli og Ole Larmerud
• Campleaders Kristin Skulstad og Knut Erling
  Granaas
• PDG Gunnar Eigeland, Nittedal Rotaryklubb
• Sidsel Bakken, Inner Wheel
• Helene Kirkeby, Rotaract
• 2 campleaders
• 18 20 aktivity leaders
• 4 exchange students (2008)

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Management tasks

• Plan the operation within the goals and framework
  given by NORFO
• Send out invitations to the camp
• Select the participants
• Organize all correspondance with the participants
• Organize transportation
• Order and arrange for transportation, equipement
  etc.
• Contact the clubs that sponser the activities

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Activities

• Length of stay 2 weeks
• 8 days with activities shared between
• moring-, afternoon- and evening sessions
• Rotation everyone should have an offer to
  participate in all actvities ? teams
• The teams are responsible for the Evening
  program, one evening each
• 2 days with excursions the whole day
• Norwegian Night
• Carnival

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• Participants by country

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Whats happening in the camp?

• Integration through sport and other spare time
  activities like
• horse ridning

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• Gocart racing