Jonas Madslien

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Description

Hi!
My name is Jonas, a 28-years young Norwegian. I like the outdoors, good-hearted people and communities, connecting with nature and all the beautiful people on this planet.

Naturally, I also like travelling and putting my energy in projects and communities that are trying to make this world a little bit better. For as long I can remember I've loved studying maps and atlases, dreaming of distant places. After finishing my bachelor degree in geography in 2018 I did my biggest trip until then, 7 months through central- and south-Asia and the Middle East, where I also got my first Workaway experience on a school for orphaned children in Myanmar. In 2021, after finishing my master thesis and working as a gardener for a few months, I hit the road once again travelling 7,5 months through Caucasus and Latin America. There I had my last workaway until now, helping Venezuelan refugees in Colombia.

To me, happiness and motivation are found when a sense of doing something good for the world can be shared with others, and that's basically the core of why I'm doing workaway. While this "something good" can be to the earth's nature itself or any of its inhabitants. I like the feeling of being in a family-like community doing something good. I also really enjoy all kind of manual labour, gardening, farming, carpentry and maintenance, especially in rural and even remote areas. I would also love any job related to outdoor activities in general, hiking, skiing, fishing etc.! At least to me, combining "selfish" solo-travelling with volunteering makes me travel on a better pace and with better purpose.

In june 2023 I started a bike trip from Norway, going east with a brief idea of heading in the direction of India. During this time, I would combine the cycling with volunteering projects - I'm eager to experience different communities and ways to live, to work with people, to learn more about organic farming and ecology, to meet new people and new landscapes. Excited to hit the road again!

Jonas

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner

More details about my language interests
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

DIY and building projects

Babysitting and creative play

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Eco Projects

Helping around the house

Hospitality/Tourism

Languages

Charity Work

Being an elderly companion

Teaching

Art Projects

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Some knowledge of:  

Gardening

General Maintenance

Life at a Farmstay

Animal Care

More details about your skills

Work experience:
1. Gardener - weedcutting, flower arrangement, treecutting etc. on graveyards
2. Cartographer - spent several summers mapping and drawing detailed orienteering maps in forests and cities
3. Maintainer on a tourist mountain cabin in Norway- cleaning outhouse, wood chopping, sorting garbage, reception work, carpentry, general maintenance.


Workaway experience:
1.School for orphaned children in Myanmar - mostly gardening and carpentry
2.Organic farm in Norway, spring 2020 - precultivating, seeding, weeding, lambing etc.
3. Venezuelan refugees in Colombia - cooking, cleaning of shelters, mobile aid on the roads, support aid tents, kids play etc.

In addition to a master degree in geography I also have a half year course in winter outdoor life in arctic Norway, and I have plenty of experience hiking and camping in all conditions, both alone and in groups. Being a former junior world champion in ski orienteering I'm a skilled skier and map reader. I've also experience doing field work as a physical geographer both in mainland Norway and Svalbard, where I also worked as a field assistant / polar best guard for other students.

In Oslo I've been volunteering by helping adult immigrants with homework, helping out on a rental central for outdoor equipment, helped the Nature Conservation Association and been the editor of a student magazine

Age

28

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  No

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  Special dietary requirements
  Preferably vegetarian, but I usually eat whatever I get served while travelling