FORUT, Campaign for Development and Solidarity

FORUT’s vision is a world in peace and without poverty, where all are secured human rights and social justice, and where alcohol and drugs do not prevent people’s well being and fulfilment of human potential.

 

FORUT’s mission is to fight poverty and to mobilise for a world with more justice and solidarity. We want to enhance the quality of life of the people through their participation in development processes, advocacy and political awareness.

 

FORUT supports relief and development activities in Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, India, Nepal and Malawi (only ADD). The organisation’s alcohol, drug and development programme is a cross-cutting theme in FORUT’s work. FORUT works through local civil society partners and is also a self implementing agency.

 

FORUT was 1991 contracted to operate government reception centres for asylum seekers. At the most, five centres were run by FORUT. FORUT has gradually phased out of this work because of reduced demand and profitability. The last reception centre was closed down in May 2008.  

 

Information and awareness work – development education. FORUT carries out information and awareness work both as a part of its work abroad, but also in Norway through its campaigns and general information work. The objective is to enhance people’s awareness of poverty and injustice in order to create involvement in and support for FORUT’s solidarity work. Pre-schools are the main target group for campaigns and information work. The regular donors receive news from FORUTs projects by e-mail updates and four times a year from the periodical FORUT News. Members of Juvente and IOGT, pre-schools and schools participating in the “Children’s campaign” (information and fund raising campaign) also receive this magazine. The magazine is also available for the general public in the Gjøvik – Toten area. The FORUT website is regularly updated, so are the ones operated by our project offices and partners. Other target groups are schools, IOGT and Juba groups in Norway. 

 

The FORUT organisation in Norway has 16 employees, 9 women and 7 men. In addition, extra staff is temporarily employed for certain periods of the year. 14 employees work at FORUT Norway's Head Office in Gjøvik, which comprises the following departments: Administration, Finance, Campaign, Information and Programme. 2 employees work at FORUT's district office in Oslo, on the ADD programme.