AIM:2010 - tomorrow it begins!

At 06.35 a.m tomorrow morning the first 7 people from the AIM:2010 delegation leaves for Uganda! The rest of the delegation will follow later the same day.
At this point I think the whole delegation can feel it in their stomach as we check the packing list one more time, buy the last medicines and say goodbye to our friends and families. Some of us just had their last exam on thursday, so it has been busy and not easy to find time to prepare for the trip the last days. Luckily for us, we have been working towards this trip for many months, so most of the preparations have already been done.

The delegation this year is 14 eager people who will work on four different projects;
Pro: Legal Aid- Vinesh Mistry and Therese Larsen
Pro: Piggery - Anders Skorpen, Jon Halvard Bolstad Olsen, Nina Thornam and Jenny Sunde Beinset
Sponsor a Dream - Elisabeth Mohn and Olav Shewe
Lions Quest - Kjersti Lillegraven, Petter Syltevik, Ranveig Falch and Stine Mari Sørensen
Hanna Leinebø Slaatta will be the leader of the delegation, and Brynhild Mostad Ystgaard will film the whole trip, and make a documentary of AIM:2010 when we return to Norway.

We have been talking about, and planning this trip for a long time, and I think it`s exiting for everyone that the time for departure is finally here. What will meet us in Kampala? What are we going to learn on the seminar with LEO and AIESEC the first days there? Will everything we planned actually happen perfectly? Most likely not, because of T.I.A; This Is Africa! A lot of unexpected things are going to happen, and we are ready to take them on and do the best work as we can.

Wish us good luck, and keep following this blog as we are going to publish more articles during our stay in Uganda (when we can find an internet connection).
Jenny Beinset; Pro:Piggery