Sólheimar is a small village with around 100 inhabitants, the first one of its kind in the world, where grown-up mentally handicapped people plus staff live. It has been described as a "microworld" where many activities are run and all the inhabitants take full part in them. The project runs and owns its own local store, greenhouses and other biological gardening during the summer months. Weaving and carpentry workshops are also managed by the community. An own theatre group is also active and some volunteers are interested to help and participate in those activities. The project strongly interacts with the local and national community and this offers a great opportunity for the volunteer to be part of the project, whose members understand themselves as part of an enlarged family. Sólheimar has hosted many foreign volunteers in the past and the experiences have always proved to be very positive, on both sides.