📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Worldwide Friends (WF), 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. Those projects are organized with international volunteers. In each group, there are two or three leaders from the organization. At the end of each camp the project coordinator will be expected to produce an evaluation of the projects and their results. At the beginning of their stay, here, they will receive qualified training from the organizations staff members. This training will capacitate them to perform the ProjectsI activities, which vary between Cleaning Beaches, Planting trees, and Environmental-related tasks to taking care of environmental awareness campaigns and Renovation work. At the same time, leaders will receive guidance in how to plan, organize and lead the projects, including topics as group management, conflict resolution, bookkeeping, development, leadership roles, intercultural cooperation, motivation, etc. They will also receive practical information about planning a project, spare time activities, etc.In this project, the leaders will organize and run programs for both short-term/long-term volunteers which will do 5-7 hours of environmental work during weekdays. 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. Within the project, we will learn about green energy, sustainable householding, waste treatment, nutrition, the effects of consumption, and lots more. If you want to change something, develop solutions, or inspire others, you have to understand the issues and tasks first. Take part in this promising project and spring into action against climate change
🏠 Accommodation on site
During the workcamps the leaders will share a double and quadruple room in a house fully equipped. Beds are provided, however, volunteers should bring their own warm sleeping bags. Food is provided and 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, and vegetarian/vegan options.
📍 About the location
Weekends are free. Try to plan activities with the volunteers. Usually, the excursions take place during the weekends. 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.The area around the house is also great for hiking. Plan ahead, share your travel plans, stay on the trail, properly dispose of waste, leave areas as you found them, and do not approach or feed wildlife. Don t go for high and steep mountains without a professional guide.
ℹ️ Additional information
Working hours; 5 to 7 hours per day of environmental work during the weekdays. With lunch and coffee breaks. Note: working hours may vary depending on the workcamps and the organization s needs. 2 days off per week. Make sure to bring warm working clothes that you don t mind getting dirtyFurther support from the organization: Provides Accommodation: Yes Food is provided: Yes Local travels: You will have the opportunity to travel all around Iceland free of charge with the scheduled minibus trips organized by WF Iceland. Please note that travels during your free time are not paid for.Int. travels: Not paidInsurance: Not provided. You need Medical Insurance for your stay in Iceland.
