EUROPEAN YOUTH WEEK IN 2008

The "Youth in Action" programme through the European Commission for Youths first introduced me to the volunteer service in EU; the European Voluntary Service.

I was one of the many young europeans participating in the European Youth Week 2008. Then I was representing Norway as a young journalist, and here you can read more about this in one of the articles that I wrote for http://www.youthweek.eu/about-eyw.html then:

http://www.youthweek.eu/european-youth-week-in-your-country/norway.html

Little did I know that this was going to lead to Germany, and Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste two years later! Because now I am here, doing my volunteer-service in one of the first peace- and help organisations that was founded in Germany after the World War II.

Letter of recommendation from the European Commission:
Here you can read more detailed information about my work with the European Youth Week in 2008