Looking for volunteers to help for the new season at our non-profit campsite near Oslo, Norway

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  Description

  We are looking for volunteers who want to contribute to our NGO camp site this season. Part of the tasks will be cooking, serving and washing. But we hope to find time for tasks such as minor upgrades in some of the rooms, building some new beds.
  
  We hope for a team of 6-8 volunteers at all times who can help us with this. If you are a hard-working person who likes to work in teams with varied tasks, we would like to say;
  Welcome here.
  
  The non profit campsite has a beautiful location by the Oslo fjord, approximately 1 hour on the bus from Oslo.
  
  Being part of a non profit NGO I'm sorry to say there is no opportunities to give any payment.
  
  It's about 13 acres large and has 500 meters shoreline, lots of fruit trees and other vegetation and a soccer field. It was originally built as a country side residence for a wealthy businessman from Oslo in 1887 and was founded as a campsite in 1941/42.
  
  The help varies with the seasons and will consist of everything from gardening, painting indoors and outdoors, carpentry, tidying, organising, cleaning, generally maintenance and most important cooking for camps when they request food and cleaning (those are the main tasks - in the period March-October) :-)
  
  In season there's a schedule and routines to follow, though still with plenty of time to explore the nature around or visit Oslo. The help is partly independent (or with other helpers) off season and you make your own day. We make a list of work to be done, and you are sometimes free to pick out your preferences.
  
  You are expected to keep all common areas clean and tidy to make the place to be clean, tidy and welcoming for our guests, staff and other volunteers. It's important for everybody's well-being and to avoid small grudges about who's doing what.
  
  Apart from the regular tasks; cleaning, cooking and gardening -our wood buildings desperate needs some care and maintenance, are you a professional carpenter or master of masonry, I'll do my best to make space for you :-)
  We are always looking for a carpenter that can do the job we don't know how to. There are lots of different buildings that need different care.
  
  Our municipality is building all their plans on the UN sustainability goals.
  We have picked 5 where we believe we can follow up with small steps "everybody can do something". We host camps for all communities, strive for the best experience of those who stay with us, help to build friendship across borders, waste management and regular beach clean and more.
  
  We've been part of a program to reduce food waste, we hope that our volunteers will be aware in their stay. That's the minimum we can do for our environment.
  
  The rooms are very basic, but kitchen and the rest is spacious.
  
  We have wi-fi for volunteers to use.
  You are also welcome to use our bicycles, boats, canoes, sup and kayaks to check out our beautiful surroundings. A pair of old cross country skis for the winter experience, always a fun challenge for beginners:-)
  
  We need you to take initiative, be self- propelled, have the basic skills and understanding of practical tasks, take pride in the help that you offer, and of course- friendly:-)
  
  We are privileged to have many people who'd like to stay with us, long-term is preferred.
  
  We're looking forward to hearing from you!
  
  Best regards,
  
  Ingrid, Tor Magnus and our son Herman (1,5y) + a cat, 2 goats and 3 hens 🐥 :-)

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et projets de construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Small community by the Oslofjord with beautiful surroundings, both forest and sea.
  
  Improving English as that is the common language for all volunteers:-)

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  Aide

  We need people that can help independently as well as together with other helpers and are flexible in the hours of volunteering. Sometimes the task has to be done "immediately":-)

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Norwegian: Courant

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  Hébergement

  Tiny, cozy cabins or rooms with more or less beds only. Sharing showers and toilet with other volunteers and visitors. Seperate toilet and shower for volunteers only in our totally renovated kitchen (2015) .

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  Autres infos...

  There's wifi available. Bicycle to borrow.
  
  We expect and need our volunteers to be clean and tidy. Most areas are common for guests and volunteers so it has to be presentable at all times:-)
  
  The public transport to Oslo is by an hour on the bus , visits to Oslo work best planned.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Internet is good, but sometimes you need to be able to focus on your work when using common areas as some camps are more loud than others.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Most sizes can be parked, but the road getting here can be tricky for the less experienced driver:-)

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  25hrs per week for food and accomodation

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