Alcohol-free spaces for children in Greenland

Blue Cross has hired Nivé Heilmann as Consultant for Children and Young People's programme in Greenland. She is a qualified teacher with many years of experience with relief work in Greenland. She has, for example, held classes in children’s rights and she has trained volunteers to read the signals sent by children. She has been chief of staff at Sermersooq Municipality, worked with the Red Cross and for a while she held the chair of the government’s alcohol and narcotics council.

This year, Nivé Heilmann is going to travel round Greenland to strengthen the work of helping children in families where there is alcohol abuse. In addition to helping, Nivé Heilmann will encourage and train volunteers among adults and young people, starting with the local branches of the Blue Cross in Greenland.

 The job with Blue Cross provides a fantastic opportunity to put focus on the plight of children  in Greenland. There is huge need to help people to help themselves. There are members of the Blue Cross spread out around the country who would love to work with children and young people and I can help them to do this.

– The idea is to use Blue Cross facilities and meeting halls for activities for children and young people and perhaps for their parents.

– In the towns that already have centres, I hope we can carry out activities together. Collaboration is an important part of making our work a success. We may be slightly different, but we all have our hearts in the right place.

We are most thankful for your support and we want to continue this important work in Greenland and look forward to updating you again in coming months.