WORK/PROJECT:

SEEDS volunteers will be part of the team organising Rey Cup again, an International football festival for kids in 4th and 5th grade. The festival is 5 days long and will be organised in Reykjavík, between July 25 and 29. The festival has been growing every year since it was first held in 2001 and this year it will include international teams from Finland, Canada and Faroe Islands and referees from Germany, Denmark and Switzerland.

Rey Cup is a great adventure in the eyes of the young taking part, participants and volunteers take home precious memories about the days and nights they spent in Laugardalur and the neighbourhood. We will team up with the local Icelandic volunteers, young people interested in outdoor activities and sport, the parents of the participants and others. This festival is run mainly by volunteers and the support SEEDS is giving to the event is well appreciated.

We will share all types of tasks related to the festival and the group will be split according to the needs and to give everyone the chance to try out different assignments. We might be working during the weekends, but free days will be given accordingly to the working days. Volunteers are an integral part of creating an international atmosphere in Reykjavík. The input of us the volunteers will make a big difference in making the festival an impressive multicultural event.

Before starting the festival we might be helping with preparing the area for the festival, cleaning, painting and doing light maintenance work. During the festival we will be keeping the football fields clean, helping with closing the fields in the evenings, helping with preparing breakfast for the teams, help with the clearance of the area after the tournament and a wide variety of many different duties before, during and after the festival. We will have great change to mix with the locals and get to know Icelandic culture.

ACCOMMODATION:

We will be lodged in a local house or school in Reykjavík. We will sleep on mattresses, so please bring your own sleeping bag. Food will be provided and cooking, cleaning or common tasks will be shared fairly among the participants.

Do not forget some traditional/typical food from your home country for the international evening.

LOCATION:

Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland, often called “the nightlife capital of the north”. But there is more to Reykjavík than pubs and clubs. Reykjavík also gathers the most interesting of Icelandic culture. It is an incubator of new ideas and styles which often indicates new global trends. It is an International city with a lively Cosmopolitan cultural scene.

The world’s northernmost capital bridges the Atlantic, between Europe and North America. Reykjavík is spread across a peninsula with a panoramic view of the mountains and the Atlantic Ocean on almost all sides.

July is the month of white night, when the sunsets are late, sunrises are early and darkness is never complete.  In the area closer than 100 Km from Reykjavik, there are several spectacular waterfalls, geysers, impressive coastline and the well-known geothermal Blue Lagoon spa to visit.

The population of the city is over 200.000 including the metropolitan area, so two thirds of Iceland’s inhabitants live here. Reykjavík is a dynamic, modern city which lives in harmony with beautiful nature, using renewable energy sources - geothermal power and glacial rivers.

LANGUAGE:

English will be the language in the camp, and good conversational skill are required.

TERMINAL:

Closest International Airport: Keflavík (Reykjavík), KEF.

SPECIAL REMARKS / EXTRAS:

Participation fee EUR 200, (Euros)

We will have free passes to the biggest geothermal outdoor pool in Reykjavík during the project.

We will be invited to the final barbeque party in the Reykjavík Zoo. Excursions (Blue Lagoon, Golden Circle, South shore, etc) will be arranged for SEEDS volunteers at discount fares.

Age: 18+