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23h
- Hours per week
- Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.
- Gardening
- Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
What you get
2
- Days off per week
- Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
- Shared Dorm
- You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
- Tent
- You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.
- Lunch
- You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
- Fast Internet Access
- High-speed internet for you to work remotely
- Dedicated Workspace
- Specific space for you to work remotely
- Use our equipped kitchen
- Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
- Free Laundry
- You can use our laundry room freely.
- Bikes at your disposal
- You can use our bikes any time you want.
- Pick Up
- We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
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- 4 weeks
The Experience
In the idyllic Swedish village of Stjärnsund, Fridhems Holistic Course Centre’s beloved Diversity Garden and extended land will be refreshed and prepared for the arrival of summer. This includes working with an experienced garden group rooted in permaculture, many basic and vital tasks such as cutting grass, preparing garden beds, and fencing fruit bushes and trees as well as cleaning up behind our workshop to make ready for sheep stalls.
Learn moreRequirements
- Intermediate English
- Over 21 years old
- Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
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Hours & Tasks
Holistic Center
Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 4 Get in touch with nature
- 4 Immersing in the local culture
- 3 Developing social awareness
- 3 Creating true social impact
- 3 Practicing English
- 3 Meeting locals
This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals
- 5 3. Good health and well-being
- 3 7. Affordable and clean energy
- 3 15. Life on land
Jana
Germany
The best 2 weeks I've ever had. The place is magical and the people there are just great. Everyone welcomed me straight away and made me feel like at home. I worked independently and could decide individually when I wanted to start. It was all very organised and had enough time for myself. I would recommend everyone to go there!!
12 days ago
Stephan replied
It was really great having you here! Jana is always cheerful and willing to help and has real eye for detail, especially when painting with traditional Swedish paint :-)
Gileesa
Australia
My experience was truly beautiful! It felt so easy for me to slip into feeling at home. The community is so kind and caring! The nature feels magical. I really enjoyed my time here it was filled with so much love, dance, yummy food, forest walks, beautiful sunrises and connecting with people that now feel like family especially sweet Lisa 🫶🤗
4 months ago
Stephan replied
It was so great to have you here! You brightened up our dark winter days :-)
Daichi
Japan
I stayed in this village called Stjärnsund for 2 weeks. It's a small peaceful village where people live with beautiful nature. Walking literally took three minutes to get to a forest, which refreshed my soul and body. During my stay, I painted and repaired doors, cleaned the building, and gave other general assistance as needed. Working hour was very flexible. You are able to think independently and work flexibly. People here were so nice, which was the best part of my stay. I will definitely come back here!
5 months ago
Bruna
Brazil
My experience was incredible!! Everyone welcomed me very well and did everything they could to make me feel welcome. All the people here are very kind and nice. It is a village where the entire community helps each other and contributes to having good experiences. I really recommend this volunteering and it was one of the best experiences I've had in my life.
5 months ago
Stephan replied
Thanks Bruna! It was great having you here :-)
Juan
Spain
I didn't have any luck with my first host. Almost everyone was correct in their treatment but I felt alone. There wasn't much work to do, I moved a door and organized the storage. The days were long and a little boring. No one except Johannes, a great person, approached me and invited me to get to know the place a little. In general they expect you to integrate yourself and ask everything. I have something to say regarding the center's director, Stephan. I didn't like his behavior towards me, I felt harassed and mistreated. Other boys warned me that he was not a pleasant person to deal
4 months ago
Stephan replied
Juan, unfortunately, had great difficulties communicating with all of us here. We've learned some valuable things from this experience however which hopefully will allow us to avoid the misunderstandings that occurred in future.
It turned out that Juan had gotten the impression that this was a job, and that we were here to provide food money and accommodation in return. This led to an unfortunate situation where, instead of him coming and showing interest in our project, he was quite demanding regarding his accommodation from the very start and started to ask for more money than what we had agreed.
It soon became clear that his English is not very good so we arranged for a couple of Spanish-speaking community members to work with him instead. That seemed to go well for a while.
However he then decided, without checking with us, to stay until Christmas. He was not at all happy when we pointed out that he had not discussed this with us first. To top it off he had simply not understood some comments that had been made in a meeting that had absolutely nothing to do with him and which he had interpreted as criticism.
Instead of coming to us and sorting it out he said nothing and then, after four days, had an emotional outburst. He did seem to understand after detailed explanation of what was said, that he had created a drama based in his own lack of English but decided to leave shortly after that. He then left the job that he started half done despite having promised to finish it.
This is the first time we have had an experience like this (and we've had hundreds of volunteers over the years). We'll make very sure in future that our volunteers have sufficient language skills to communicate with us and that they understand that is a volunteer position, not a job.
We wish Juan the best however.
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