{"id":7398,"date":"2021-06-09T20:32:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/om-impact\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:33:05","slug":"about-impact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/en\/about-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"About Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"n2_clear\"><ss3-force-full-width data-overflow-x=\"body\" data-horizontal-selector=\"body\"><div class=\"n2-section-smartslider fitvidsignore  n2_clear\" data-ssid=\"36\"><div id=\"n2-ss-36-align\" class=\"n2-ss-align\"><div class=\"n2-padding\"><div id=\"n2-ss-36\" data-creator=\"Smart Slider 3\" data-responsive=\"fullwidth\" class=\"n2-ss-slider n2-ow n2-has-hover n2notransition  \">\n        <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-1 n2_ss__touch_element n2-ow\">\n            <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-2 n2-ow\">\n                                                <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-3 n2-ow\">\n\n                    <div class=\"n2-ss-slide-backgrounds n2-ow-all\"><div class=\"n2-ss-slide-background\" data-public-id=\"1\" data-mode=\"fill\"><div class=\"n2-ss-slide-background-image\" data-blur=\"0\" data-opacity=\"100\" data-x=\"51\" data-y=\"47\" data-alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"--ss-o-pos-x:51%;--ss-o-pos-y:47%\"><picture class=\"skip-lazy\" data-skip-lazy=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/impactnorway.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/06\/temabilde-the-lake-clinic-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-skip-lazy=\"1\"><\/picture><\/div><div data-color=\"RGBA(0,0,0,0.19)\" style=\"background-color: RGBA(0,0,0,0.19);\" class=\"n2-ss-slide-background-color\" data-overlay=\"1\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-4 n2-ow\">\n                        <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1200 400\" data-related-device=\"desktopPortrait\" class=\"n2-ow n2-ss-preserve-size n2-ss-preserve-size--slider n2-ss-slide-limiter\"><\/svg><div data-first=\"1\" data-slide-duration=\"0\" data-id=\"60\" data-slide-public-id=\"1\" data-title=\"Slide\" class=\"n2-ss-slide n2-ow  n2-ss-slide-60\"><div role=\"note\" class=\"n2-ss-slide--focus\" tabindex=\"-1\">Slide<\/div><div class=\"n2-ss-layers-container n2-ss-slide-limiter n2-ow\"><div class=\"n2-ss-layer n2-ow n-uc-fsIUQ4vAiift\" data-sstype=\"slide\" data-pm=\"default\"><div class=\"n2-ss-layer n2-ow n-uc-vA8dwbdCD3KY\" data-pm=\"default\" data-sstype=\"content\" data-hasbackground=\"0\"><div class=\"n2-ss-section-main-content n2-ss-layer-with-background n2-ss-layer-content n2-ow n-uc-vA8dwbdCD3KY-inner\"><div class=\"n2-ss-layer n2-ow n-uc-61hUcviYVf9B\" data-pm=\"normal\" data-sstype=\"layer\"><div id=\"n2-ss-36item1\" class=\"n2-font-a3582c017420fb09fc660908340cbfa9-hover   n2-ss-item-content n2-ss-text n2-ow\" style=\"display:block;\">About<br>IMPACT<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div><ss3-loader><\/ss3-loader><\/div><\/div><div class=\"n2_clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/ss3-force-full-width><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taking action against preventable disability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00abIf you can&#8217;t reach the hospital, the hospital must come to you<\/strong>\u00bb<br><br>IMPACT helps people in remote and hard-to-reach areas with little or no access to healthcare, focusing on the prevention and treatment of avoidable disabilities. <strong><br><\/strong><br>IMPACT Norway is a non-profit foundation,registered in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brreg.no\/en\/about-us-2\/our-registers\/about-the-register-of-non-profit-organisations\/?nocache=1757885363791\">Norwegian Register for Non-Profit Organizations<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brreg.no\/en\/\">Foundation Register<\/a>, with organization number <strong>983 141 021<\/strong>. IMPACT Norway is also a member of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innsamlingskontrollen.no\/about-us\/\">Norwegian Fundraising Control Committee<\/a><\/strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fundraisingnorge.no\/\">Norwegian Fundraising Council<\/a><\/strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fn.no\/om-oss\/una-norway\">United Nations Association of Norway (FN-Sambandet)<\/a><\/strong>, a for a long time an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlas-alliansen.no\/en\/home\">associate member of the Atlas Alliance<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Our vision<\/strong><br>IMPACT&#8217;s vision is a world where disability is reduced to an absolute minimum, as a result of targeted preventive action.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Our goal<\/strong><br>That no one should live with preventable disability caused by disease, lack of knowledge, or lack of access to medical services and resources. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Administration and Board of Directors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\t<div id=\"acf-block-featured-posts-block_69e8357f41328ac0962db3d6681b900d\" class=\"my-5 row row-cols-1 row-cols-md-2 row-cols-lg-3 row-cols-xl-5 acf-block-featured-posts\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card h-100 text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/06\/Peter-Daae-Portrett-200-x-300-BW-200x213.jpg\" class=\"card-img-top p-3 rounded-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"Framhevet bilde\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body text-center\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card-title\">Peter Daae<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-text card-ingress\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founder and daily manager<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"tel:+47 90 74 75 09\">+47 90 74 75 09<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mb-0\" style=\" white-space: nowrap;overflow: hidden;text-overflow: ellipsis;\"><a title=\"peter.daae@impactnorway.org\" href=\"mailto:peter.daae@impactnorway.org\"><i style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;\" class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"card-footer border-0 bg-transparent text-center\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"link-arrow btn btn-secondary modalTrigger\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Les mer lenke\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/en\/ansatt\/peter-daae\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-permalink=\"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/en\/ansatt\/peter-daae\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Peter Daae\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Les mer<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card h-100 text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/03\/impact-norway-styremedlem-charlotte-molstad-1-200x213.jpg\" class=\"card-img-top p-3 rounded-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"Framhevet bilde\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body text-center\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card-title\">Charlotte Molstad<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-text card-ingress\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chairperson<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"card-footer border-0 bg-transparent text-center\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"link-arrow btn btn-secondary modalTrigger\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Les mer lenke\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/en\/ansatt\/charlotte-molstad\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-permalink=\"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/en\/ansatt\/charlotte-molstad\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Charlotte Molstad\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Les mer<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card h-100 text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/06\/Bjorn-Erik-Reinseth-200-x-3-200x213.jpg\" class=\"card-img-top p-3 rounded-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"Framhevet bilde\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body text-center\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card-title\">Bj\u00f8rn Erik Reinseth<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-text card-ingress\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Board member<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"card-footer border-0 bg-transparent text-center\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"link-arrow btn btn-secondary modalTrigger\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Les mer lenke\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/en\/ansatt\/bjorn-erik-reinseth\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-permalink=\"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/en\/ansatt\/bjorn-erik-reinseth\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Bj\u00f8rn Erik Reinseth\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Les mer<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card h-100 text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/impactnorway.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/06\/Finn-webside-200-x-300-BW-200x213.jpg\" class=\"card-img-top p-3 rounded-circle 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