SEEDS Iceland

SEEDS is VAP's partner organisation in Iceland.

Seeds, SEE beyonD borderS, Iceland was founded in the year 2005 and its main office is located in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. Seeds, is an Icelandic non-governmental, non-for-profit organisation with international scope. Our main field of activities is related to the promotion of cultural understanding through the work on nature-oriented, outdoors and environmental issues.

See Beyond Borders, Seeds, aims at promoting respect for cultural diversity, mutual understanding and environment protection through activities which empower, promote and aid people of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds. Seeds provides them possibilities and opportunities to live, study, experience, exchange, research and work together.

Based on real projects as exchanges, international camps, research activities, on-field work, voluntary service, educational programmes, seminars, SEEDS, gives space, time and room to the participants in our activities to face challenging situations, which will enable them to broaden their perspectives, own opinions and positions about themselves, the environment we are living in and our active role in the future development of the world in terms of peace, tolerance, cross-cultural learning and environmental sustainability.

We want to empower people of all ages, cultures, and nationalities to protect the environment by effective citizen action. We involve both young people as adults in our activities to develop in them the values and skills for global citizen cooperation and earth protection.

Activities developed by Seeds, SEE beyonD borderS, include:
- International workcamps
- European Voluntary Service
- Exchanges
- Seminars, training sessions
- Leonardo Programme
- Practical and language training

In 2012 VAP has:
87 project(s) with SEEDS Iceland in Iceland
member of:
Volunteer Action for Peace, member of the Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service Volunteer Action for Peace, member of the Volunteer International Network Exchange UK
with the support of:
Volunteer Action for Peace, member of the European «Youth in Action» Programme

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« When volunteering in Malawi and Tanzania while at school and during my year out I developed a love of East Africa and soon felt itchy to go back. On discovering VAP I found a number of workcamps in Kenya and at far more affordable prices than any 'volunteer abroad' organisations. I chose a 6 week workcamp based at a secondary school in western Kenya... »

Hannah E. from London

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