Charities: Norwegian help to Russia

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What you see here is just the top of the iceberg. Norwegian people do a lot of humanitarian work, and not every initiative is represented on the Web.

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Sverres hjemmeside - a Norwegian man living in St. Petersburg helps orphan home in Sjeksna and organizes tours for Norwegian tourists that support this charity.
Project Kaliningrad - help to Russian orphanage for disabled children in Kaliningrad.
- Article in Universitetsavisa about Cecilie Nordstrøm's work (2002).
Petrus Hansens barnehjem - help to orphan home in Murmansk; "remote adoption" via supporting a particular child.
Children of Chernobyl - charity purchases medical equipment for Belorussian children affected by radiation.
Prosjekt Klimovichi - Norwegians from Halden help the Ukrainian town of Klimovichi affected by the Chernobyl disaster (inactive?).
Adventist Church in Drammen helps orphanage near Pskov, etc.
Norwegian Red Cross !NN works in all ex-USSR states.
Norsk Folkehjelp has some projects in Russia.
North Norway Deacony Foundation helps people with learning and physical disabilities in Northern Norway, and has a branch in Arkhangelsk.
Nord-Balt Prison Project & Twin Prison Project !NN - international project between Norway and Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Turkey on conditions in prisons and collaboration between prisons (1999).
Salemkirken in Oslo has a missionary in Murmansk. Many articles from Russia scattered on the site.
Active Child Aid - help to children mostly in Russia and ex-USSR countries.
Elin Amundsen from NTNU helps inhabitants of Barentsburg@.
Pinsekirken i Bærum sends help to the hospital for people with disabilities in Bobruisk (Belorussia).
"Hjelp til Russland" foundation (Kristiansand)
- 2001/2002: Building a children's home in Vyborg and renovating a cantina in one of St. Petersburg prisons; see articles in Dagen and Fædrelandsvennen.
Adopsjonsforum - adoption of children, including those from Russia.
Verdens Barn (Children of the World) - adoption of children, including those from Russia.
Kola Norwegians, please show up! - Norwegians 'locked up' in Russia after 1917, or their descendants, can now return to Norway.
Hjelp Kola-Nordmennene - organization for "Kola Norwegians" (inactive?).
Repatriation of "Kola Norwegians" - official information from Norwegian Embassy.

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