In 2005 a "lift project" was set up by the national association. It was spearheaded by former World Championships competitor Anne Gerd Eieland, and in total, seven women were a part of the project. Coaches were Dan Simion and Adrian Proteasa while the architect of the project was Terje Totland. Simion soon left, but Hanne Haugland was added as a coach. Also, the project was shrunk to four jumpers, because injury struck some of the project members. The goal was to have two jumpers qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games. Around this time, Kufaas still lived in Buvika, and trained in the nearby city Trondheim (Strinda) as well as in the local "Bøndernes Hus". Traditionally a social house for the farmers' community, "Bøndernes Hus" was reinvented by Kufaas and her coach as a makeshift high jump arena, with modest economic support from Skaun municipality and local businesses. The "lift project" was disestablished after the 2006 season, however.