Lions Camp Imagine Peace

08/02/2020

A few days ago we lost one of our Imagine Peace family members.
Marija participated in Imagine Peace in 2014 and she was involved in an accident in Italy earlier this month.
Rest in peace Marija, our love and thoughts are with your friends and family.
Rest in peace.

14/05/2018

Oscarsborg fortress

14/05/2018

Oscarsborg fortress from south to northern. Approach to Oslo. 🦁🇳🇴

12/02/2018

21/09/2016

Peace begins with love ❤️So spread some love today, on the international day of peace ✌🏼️❤️

09/09/2016

Our Kings speech 🦁🇳🇴❤️

31/07/2016

Then this years Lions Camp Imagine Peace is over. Thank you so much for an fantastic time with you guys. We miss you already 🦁🇳🇴🌹🇳🇴🦁

29/07/2016

Today's field trip went to Norwegian constitution house at Eidsvoll 🦁🇳🇴

28/07/2016

Some pictures from today's field trip 🦁🇳🇴

27/07/2016

Some pictures from Romsaasen mines and Vamma power station 🦁🇳🇴

27/07/2016

From our really nice and interesting guide tour in downtown OSLO

26/07/2016

Probably the best burger in town. Time for lunch 🦁🇳🇴

25/07/2016

Romåsen mines, Vamma power station and Lions Cabin Furukollen. Really a warm and wonderful day. 🦁🇳🇴

24/07/2016

Today at the Camp we have been talking about the Lions Quest, history and programs, and made some activities from the program. 🦁🇳🇴
Thank you youths, for the efforts 🌹🇳🇴

20/07/2016

Today's field trip is going to Fredriksten fortress, "on top of Halden city " and to Inspiria science center in Sarpsborg. Today is also our crown prince, Håkon's birthday, so 1200 we are going to listen to the saluting from the fortress. 🦁🇳🇴

18/07/2016

The 2016 version of the camp have started after one week with hostfamily staying 🇳🇴🌞

18/07/2016

Then we are ready for going to the camp

14/07/2016

On tour in Fredrikstad down town. 🌞🇳🇴

10/07/2016

It's easy to find us at the airport

10/07/2016

Then we have started to pickup this years camper from the airport. One from Brasilia arrived Friday, one from Serbia arrived late Saturday evening. Today the firsts one is arriving 0645 and the last 2355, so it's going to be a long day at the airport.
We are looking forward to meet everyone of the youths. 🌞🇳🇴

08/02/2016

Camp Imagine Peace 2015

Denne ungdomsleiren i Distrikt J har vært arrangert årlig de siste årene. Tema er fast – «Peace, culture and environment», et tema som ble innført etter de grufulle hendelsene som har berørt så mange unge etter 22. juli 2011.

Det er plass til 30 deltagerne i alderen 18 – 21 år på «Camp Imagine Peace» og det er et krav at man er interessert i temaet og snakker godt engelsk for å kunne delta. Årets leir ble arrangert i løpet av tre uker, fra 12. juli til 2. august. Den første uka har ungdommene tilbragt sammen med vertsfamilier spredd over hele Østfold. Selve campen ble holdt på Vestby folkehøyskole de siste to ukene.
Selve programmet har bestått av syv dager med utflukter. Målet med aktivitetene er å gi deltagerne mulighet til reflektere over fred fra ulike perspektiver. De har besøkt kjente kultur- og historisk steder, slik som Slottet, Oscarsborg og Vigelandsparken. Det er også et mål at deltagerne opplever en positiv personlig utvikling og en dypere forståelse av fredsarbeid. Leirleder i år var YCEC Stefan T. Soos, medlem i Lions Club Fredrikstad Sorgenfri.

So great!
Mariam fra Georgia forteller i etterkant at hun har fått mange gode venner fra hele verden, og spesielt i Norge. Hun påpeker at leirledelsen var veldig hyggelige, og litt strenge når det var nødvendig. – “The food was also great, and the camp building was very beautiful and comfortable. We had everything that we needed, and even a few things didn’t need.”
Leirledelsen har bestemt seg for å ikke tillate bruk av internett. Hva, ungdom sammen uten internett? Den enkle grunnen er at de ønsker at deltagerne skal snakke med hverandre, ikke trykke på knaster, når de er sammen. Mariam var nok ikke den eneste av ungdommene som ble en anelse panisk med tanke på å adskille seg fra mobilen: - When I came to the camp, I thought the lack of internet would be the biggest problem, but now I think it was a great idea. The activities were also very fun, they helped us participants to grow closer and closer. I'm very thankful for everything done for me and for everyone. It was great to get to know the culture of Norway”

08/02/2016

LYE 2015 Camp „Imagine Peace“
First of all I really enjoyed the three weeks that I spent in Norway. It’s a new experience to be together with people you ́ve never met before, but I really liked it. The stay with the host family as well as the camp was really enjoyable. The location of the camp was well chosen because you had space to be together with the other participants like the gym or the “pool room” but also had your room with just your roommate if you wanted to be on your own for a while. The food was excellent and if you once adjusted to the Norwegian mealtime schedule we could enjoy at least four delicious meals a day.
Besides eating we did a lot of fun activities. Sometimes it seemed strange in the first case as we visited a lot of fortresses and a submarine bunker with a camp that’s called “Imagine Peace” but as we thought a little deeper I think it ́s not so much of a contrast as we first thought. I personally liked the fact that every activity was hosted by a different Lions Club. I enjoyed the activities more when there were a lot of the Clubs members attending than these where just one or two members were present. That’s why I really enjoyed the activities like the canoeing, the boat trip or the visit to Oslo – a lot of members showed up, did fun activities and talked to many of us. But maybe that’s also because sometimes the guided tours we had took very long and got a little boring. So I would rather have more of these activities where you can do something by yourself than just listening to a guide. Generally I liked the concept that we had two days of activities and then a “day off” where you don ́t go out for an activity and have time to get to know to each other.
All in all I had a really great time with my host family and at the camp, met a lot of nice people all around the world who I would like to stay in contact with. I absolutely would recommend the Lions Youth Exchange Program and especially the Camp “Imagine Peace” to people who are open to make new contacts and get to know to other cultures because it ́s an experience that gives you so much so I don ́t want to miss it! And even if our group seemed to be a little different from all the previous groups we had a great time together and I ́m pretty sure everybody enjoyed the camp!
It was my first but definitely not my last time in Norway!
-Wolfgang Horz, Germany.

23/01/2016

Dette er et fantastisk tilbud til unge mennesker. 😊

18/01/2016

Så er det nye bordflagget for Lions ungdomsprogram klart. 🇳🇴