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The end of the school day is approaching and Kaland’s third graders are getting ready to go home. Typically, child and youth worker Daniel Aleksander Hansen would do the same.
But not everything is completely normal for Daniel these days.
– It started as a joke, but now I’m sitting here, the 29-year-old smiles happily.
TV 2 meets him outside what is now his new home. Just behind Kaland’s school, the Northerner has pitched a tent.
I never set up a tent before
– When the strike came insidiously, I joked with my colleagues that in that case I had to go shopping for tents. Suddenly he got serious, he says.
It was Bergens Tidende who first mentioned Daniel’s creative solution.
WANTS TO WORK: Daniel looked at how irrelevant he let the strike stop him from getting to work. In the afternoons in the tent, there is a lot of football and series, he says. . Photo: Chris Ronald Hermansen
Hansen lives in Flaktveit, approx. 30 kilometers from the school where he works. Without a driver’s license, you are dependent on a bus to get to and from you. When the bus strike broke out in western Norway this weekend, he took action.
– I’ve never set up a tent before, so I’m not a great nature lover, exactly. But maybe that’s changing now, Hansen laughs.
The director thought it was a joke
The 29-year-old’s constructive approach to the bus strike has become the big talking point at the school. The third graders Daniel has the most to do with think the invention is incredibly cool.
– I was surprised when I learned that he sleeps in a tent behind the school. But she’s very lucky, because she doesn’t have to wake up as early as we do, laughs Lotta Amara Ojakwu Faugstad, one of Daniel’s students.
COOL: Third graders Lotta Amara Ojakwu Faugstad and her friend Pia Kaland think it’s great that Daniel sleeps in a tent outside their school. – I hope it’s not too cold for him, says Pia. Photo: Chris Ronald Hermansen
Kaland’s principal and Daniel’s boss, Rune Kristiansen, praise his initiative.
– When I found out about this, I was sure it was a joke. When I realized that you are actually implementing it, I think it is a brilliant initiative. It shows that you really want to get down to business and are solution-oriented, says Chancellor Kristiansen.
Support drivers
Even though Daniel’s life has changed quite a bit as a result of the bus strike, he is in no way bitter about the striking drivers.
A LITTLE COLD: The 29-year-old is ready to hang around the store for a while. After one night, however, he realizes that the summer sleeping bag needs to be replaced with something a little thicker. Photo: Chris Ronald Hermansen
– The bus drivers have been in Pinadø as long as I live, and I don’t think they are in good condition. I can make a tent for a long time, as long as its requirements are met, he says.
He is aware that this also applies, even if the strike turns out to be long-lasting.
– I’m from the north, so I’m used to being cold, smile.
