Det var så AWG 2016 / That was AWG 2016

Så er lukningsceremonien afholdt og Arctic Winter Games er officielt slut. Det var med blandede følelser, at alle os frivillige var med til lukningen i går. På den ene side bliver rart at komme tilbage til en hverdag, hvor man faktisk får søvn, men på den anden side er det utrolig trist, at det allerede er slut. Da showet blev afsluttet i går, kiggede vi på hinanden og vidste ikke, om vi skulle klappe eller græde, hahah!

Til jer, der ikke ved, hvad AWG er, så er det de arktiske lege, der bliver afholdt hvert andet år. Her deltager de arktiske dele af Canada, Rusland, Norge og så selvfølgelig Grønland. Der bliver kæmpet i 15 forskellige sportsgrene fra Futsal til Arctic Sports. I år var det Nuuk, der var værter, hvilket var virkelig heldigt for mig. Nu er der kun lidt over en uge til, at vi drager mod Danmark, så jeg fik lige lov til at få denne kæmpe oplevelse med. Det er jeg så ubeskrivelig glad for.

Det har virkelig været en KÆMPE oplevelse. Jeg var så heldig, at jeg ikke bare fik lov til at være frivillig, jeg fik lov til at være med i et helt nyt projekt, Inuusuit Kivitsisussat (dansk: Unge der skal løfte). Har blev 30 unge mennesker fra Grønland samlet en uge før AWG, hvor vi i fem dage lærte om frivillighed, service, erhvervsliv og meget andet. Vi har været igennem utallige fællesskab øvelser og præstationer – og på to uger føles det som om, vi har kendt hinanden altid. Vi har fået lov til at arbejde sammen på åbnings- og lukningsceremonien sammen med 15 unge mennesker fra Canada, som er kører et lignende projekt i North West Territories.

Jeg sidder nu med en følelse af taknemmelighed, glæde og mega træthed. Jeg er så udkørt, men det har været det hele værd. Tusind tak alle mine med Youth Ambassadors, de frivillige, atleter og alle andre for at have gjort det her uge til en sådan en god oplevelse <3 Godnat!!

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Now the closing ceremony is done and Arctic Winter Games is officially over. It was with mixed emotions that all of us volunteers helped with the closure yesterday. On one side it will be really nice to get back to a life where you actually get to sleep, but on the other hand, it’s incredibly sad that it’s already over. When the show was completed yesterday, we looked at each other and did not know whether we should applaud or cry, hahah!

To all of you who don’t know what the AWG is, it’s the arctic games that are held every two years. The Arctic parts of Canada, Russia, Norway and of course Greenland is the participants. There will be fought in 15 different sports from Futsal to Arctic Sports. This year it was Nuuk, who were the host city, which was really lucky for me. Now there is only a little over a week till we are moving back to Denmark, so I was just allowed to get this great experience before leaving. I’m so indescribably happy.

It has really been a HUGE experience. I was fortunate that I didn’t just got to be a volunteer, I was allowed to be part of a new project, Inuusuit Kivitsisussat (English: Youth Ambassadors). We were 30 young people from Greenland collected a week before the AWG, where we for five days learned about volunteerism, service, business and much more. We have been through countless exercises and presentations – and it feels like we’ve known each other forever. We have been allowed to work on the opening and closing ceremony along with 15 young people from Canada who is running a similar project in the Northwest Territories.

I’m sitting now with a sense of gratitude, joy and tiredness. I’m so exhausted, but it has been all worth it. Thank you all my fellow Youth Ambassadors, volunteers, athletes and everyone else for have making this week such a good experience <3 Goodnight!!