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Reception Manager
Maintenance Volunteer
WASH Manager
Media Facilitator
Fundraising & Promotions Officer
Kitchen Facilitator
32 hours of help per week
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.
Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
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.
Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Fluent English or Intermediate English
Between 23 and 80 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Here on Samos, craftspeople, professionals and volunteers from all over the world come together to share knowledge, develop skills and create practical solutions for real humanitarian needs.
At the SKILLS FACTORY, we believe that people should not be reduced to recipients of aid. Instead, we create opportunities for people to use their skills, learn new ones, work together and contribute meaningfully to their community.
We produce humanitarian aid ourselves:
by hand. locally. sustainably. independently. honestly.
The SKILLS FACTORY is a project of selfm.aid, a Swiss-Greek NGO working at the intersection of humanitarian aid, empowerment and self-reliance. Together with members of the refugee community, local residents and international volunteers, we run workshops and services that provide training, production opportunities and practical support for people living on Samos.
Our aim is to create a place where people can unfold their potential. Through our departments, professionals exchange knowledge, collaborate across cultures, develop innovative solutions and learn with and from one another.
Today, the SKILLS FACTORY focuses on six core departments:
• Tailoring & Sewing
• Kitchen
• Media
• Barber/Hairdresser
• Craft Workshop (Maintenance)
• WASH
Our work is built around three key principles:
Training
Supporting people to learn new skills, gain experience and build confidence.
Production
Creating high-quality products and services that directly benefit the community.
Connection
Building bridges to local businesses, employment opportunities and wider social inclusion.
