📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our local partner was founded in 2001 as a non-profit organization promoting nature and peace-oriented activities for volunteers wanting to spend some time in Iceland. Our main theme for this year is to give education about the 17 Sustainable Goals of the United Nations and to clean the whole coastline of Iceland. The main activities that we offer are workcamps, seminars, local events, and exchange programs suitable both for young people and adults.
💼 What the programme involves
The workcamp leaders will work as a team under the supervision of the Project Manager of the organization. They will be involved in preparing, organizing, running, and evaluating Nature-oriented, Educational, and Environmental Protection Projects in Iceland. In this project, the leaders will organize and run programs for both short-term/long-term volunteers which will do 5 hours of environmental work during weekdays. In each group, there are two or three leaders from the organization. The main work is cleaning the coastline in the area and to recycle the plastic that we find on the coast while cleaning.We will also open a workshop where we will recycle the plastic that we find at the coastline. The group will also do some renovation in the property of Worldwide Friends and in the garden.As a leader you will have to plan/organize a daily Workshop (from Monday to Thursday) giving a special focus on Global Warming, it can also be about other Environmental issues. The issue of global warming is well known all over the world. Humanity must act in a more environmentally friendly way. The main goal of this project is to improve the environmental education and consciousness of the projects participants.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be staying in the house of our local partner organization . The house is approximately 1.000 mI and has 12 double rooms, which will be shared by all the participants, a fully equipped kitchen, several bathrooms, common areas, workshop rooms, and galleries. Volunteers need to bring their own sleeping bags, but beds and sheets are provided. Wireless internet access is provided free of charge.Food is included for the duration of the work camp; however, everyone is expected to do their fair share of the cooking and cleaning. We provide a well-balanced and healthy variety of food products that includes a wide variety of whole grains, seasonal fruits and amp; vegetables, pantry staples, dairy products, vegetarian/vegan options.
📍 About the location
Around the houses, you can find a lot of pure and unspoiled nature, waterfalls, rivers, canyons, and craters. The area nearby has many great hiking paths. The best time to see aurora borealis in Iceland is between September and April. Its when the nights are dark enough to see the Aurora. Iceland only gets 2-4 hours of daylight in midwinter, providing endless opportunities to hunt for aurora borealis.We will also concentrate on intercultural learning and exchange. Every evening, the volunteers from different countries will be in charge of presenting their country of origin and culture in an informal way. It can be a presentation, a game, theatre ( the form of introduction is up to you Therefore, we encourage you to bring along some food, photos, or anything interesting related to your country for a fun and informative evening amongst other volunteers. WF Iceland will organize reasonably-priced weekend excursions for the volunteers to some of the most popular, beautiful areas and natural wonders that Iceland has to offer. Camp leaders will join them to ensure they are on time and to assure everyone follows the rules. Excursions include unique Icelandic sights, such as waterfalls, volcanic and geothermal areas, glaciers, lava forests, hot springs, rhyolite mountain ranges, steam vents, or even icebergs. This project gives you the opportunity to spend an amazing time in Iceland with other international volunteers and to have an incredible experience where participants share their knowledge with each other while exploring creativity, environmental issues, and intercultural learning.
ℹ️ Additional information
Please note that this project is a learning/exchange project where everyone is expected to contribute their own knowledge and experience, and not a standard work camp.