Staff, faculty and students share the same facilities.
Children usually have a room next to or across from the parents' room.
Young siblings usually room together, older siblings of different sexes are assigned separate rooms. Laundry facilities and irons are available in the dormitory, as well as a sauna, exercise equipment, and table tennis facilities. Meals are served in an air-conditioned dining room, with students, faculty, and children eating together. SIL tries to provide convenient, safe, affordable, and quiet housing. To keep costs as low as possible, resident students and teens are expected to contribute an hour of work per day to keep the residence halls clean.