Take a step out and contribute to something bigger than yourself. You can now seize the opportunity for an extra experience through the school's peace and aid project. Since 2012, the students have supported Lushoto – a mountain village in Tanzania.
Funny
Join the team of 7 students from several programs plus two fellows. It will be fun to get the whole school involved in the project through, among other things, global runs, kindness day, bazaars, flea markets, creative competitions. Working in a team on something so meaningful brings a lot of pure joy!
Educational
You will learn an incredible amount about peace-building work through our partner in Tanzania, talented people in YWCA-YWCA Global Norway, organization of happenings and activities, and knowledge about how the world can combat poverty and injustice. Students have been offered jobs while they have been in this project. Surprisingly great!
Travel Tanzania
Visit the project in Lushoto – Tanzania. An important part is to see what the efforts that the students put in go to, in good initiatives in Lushoto. Join our local partners and meet a fantastic culture that you can experience and learn an incredible amount from. The school covers the trip in full so that the funds raised go directly to the people.
Join the committee 2024/25
The fellows will inform you about participation during the first two weeks. Stay tuned ;-)
The Global Race
The Global Run is the biggest event of the year for the Lushoto Project at Valdres Folkehøgskole. The students stand up to collect sponsors and run to raise money for the project, and have raised millions of kroner to fight poverty and strengthen youth opportunities for a fairer world.
This is a big and fun event that not only gets all the students involved in the project, but also challenges them to think creatively and innovatively. They collaborate with each other to come up with new ideas for everything from fundraising to costumes, and are creative in the way they run the race.
