Service Learning (Grocery Store) in Solheimar Eco-Village

Location: Iceland: Rural Areas

Term: Throughout the year

Program Duration: 3-6 months (includes high school academic semester abroad), 7-12 months (includes high school academic year abroad)

Typical Duration of Program: 3-6 months

Dates: All Year

Solheimar Eco - Village

Sesseljuhus Solheimum, Selfoss 801 Iceland

Description

Vala is the town store that provides a wide range of amenities for the residents and visitors. Organic produce, much of it grown at Sunna, is sold along with other organic and traditional products as well as imported goods to suit the residents' needs. The Solheimar Gallery, which sells products made in the workshops, is in the same building as Vala.
Solheimar's coffee house, Graena Kannan, is completely organic. Once a former greenhouse, the café has long opening hours all summer and during the advent season. Many small concerts and social occasions are held here year round.

We are looking for a person that wants to gain valuable experience in service-work in a diverse community. If you work hard, are polite, have fantastic customer service skills and willing to learn new ways of serving the community, this internship could appeal to you.

Qualifications

We want every applicant to offer exciting and different experiences into the group thus creating a diverse range of people with various interests from a variety of different backgrounds. We are also looking for applicants that have theoretical knowledge related to their particular work field in Solheimar or people that are seeking practical experience. Therefore, acceptance to our programme is dependent on the variety of qualities we feel a candidate can add to our community and sustainable growth.

* You must be interested in working with people with disabilities.
* You must be responsible and motivated to work.
* You should be ready to learn Icelandic.
* You should have ability to adjust to the prevailing situations at the project site.
* You should be aware of long, cold and dark winter days and nights in Iceland, and also of the bright summer nights when the sun hardly sets down.
* You should be open-minded, flexible, enthusiastic, independent, and responsible and be interested in working with people.

Intern Types
  • Art/Fine Arts
  • Marketing, Ad, PR
  • Sales
Languages
  • English

Cost in US$:

250

Cost Include Description:

Housing, Lunch and Icelandic Lesson

Credit Available

no

Volunteer Types
  • Agriculture
  • Anthropology
  • Arts
  • Business
  • Culture
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Marketing
  • Parks
  • Planting
  • Tourism
  • Volunteer Management
  • Volunteering
Age Range
18-30
This Program is open to

Worldwide Participant. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements
  • Apartment/Flat
  • Dormitory
  • Group living
  • Home-stays
  • Independent living

Participants Travel to Iceland

Independently

Application Process Involves
  • Essay
  • Letters of Reference
  • Online Application plus Application Assessment
  • Resume
  • Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time is
1 month
Solheimar Eco - Village's Mission Statement

Sesselja House is a sustainable building and an educational center focusing on environmental issues. We are located in Solheimar, an ecovillage in South Iceland, where the goal is to give every individual an opportunity in a sustainable society. Sólheimar provides home and workplace to 43 individuals with special needs, and in total, more than 100 people live and work in Sólheimar.

Year Founded

2002

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