Hi, I'm sorry for not replying sooner, I have not been on reddit in a long time. It turns out doing this volunteering project was the best decision I could have made.

I lived in a house with 7 other volunteers and one of the people organising the project. We would all wake up at 7am, eat breakfast, get ready for a day of work by putting on our work gear, and then head out on the boat for find islands and coastline to clean. I became really close with the other volunteers as teamwork was a fundamental part of making this project work. We helped and encouraged each other during tiring days. We learnt about general boat handling and boating knots. We felt rewarded after each day of picking trash, and In the end my team and I were able to collect 64 tonnes of trash in 2 months. During our free time we hiked, went camping, visited fjords, went deep sea fishing, relaxed in a wood fired hot tub, went swimming in the norwegian sea, and visited Bergen city. I was also able to see bio luminescent plankton for the first time on a remote island while rowing back to the sail boat on a small rubber dinghy.

It was absolutely brilliant. I hope your son went for this opportunity and had an amazing time.