Description

Volunteers will mainly work with orphaned, injured, neglected, abused and abandoned wild animals and help to create a stable environment for them at the sanctuary. Along with caring for wildlife, volunteers will help with maintenance, assist the local field guides and learn how to guide project tours.

Highlights

Volunteer duties include some of the following:

- Feeding cheetahs and baboons (twice a day)
- Feeding and meal preparation for other wildlife (4-5 times per day)
- Caring for, hand rearing and cleaning baby animals
- Night duty of infant animals (surrogate parenting in bed)
- Cleaning the enclosures
- Assisting with repair and building of structures on the farm
- Building wildlife camps
- Erecting fences around the sanctuary
- Assisting in the clinic with injured animals (qualified veterinary experience required)
- Training to assist as Field Guide for daily tours of the sanctuary
- Assisting at the local bushman clinic
- At the end of each day, the volunteers will meet with the supervisor(s) to discuss daily progress, any problems that have occurred and how best they might be resolved and to forward plan.

Qualifications

This volunteer project offers the opportunity to get some real hands-on experience assisting many different species of Namibia's wildlife. The sanctuary operates a guiding principle of never turning an animal away so if a volunteer wants to contribute during their stay in Namibia, this is an ideal project with which to get involved. Not a week passes without a new occupant arriving, thus volunteers will have many opportunities for hands-on work with animals.

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

1,760

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country orientation/Training
• In-country staff support

Program Fees Include:

- Accommodation: Wood cabin for 4 volunteers
- Food: 3 meals a day
- Orientation kit: Full project details will be sent following registration
- Working Visa : Cost included in participation fee
- Training: Pre-departure preparation and In-country orientation
- Support: Local in-country team and 24hr emergency support

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Age Range

18 years+

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Other

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Phone/Video Interview

GoEco - Volunteer Abroad's Mission Statement

(1) Encourage ecological and volunteer tourism that promotes sustainable development (2) Enable travelers to experience different and more rewarding kinds of tourism. (3) Encourage travelers to volunteer for the benefit of others and thus to serve as a good-will ambassador to other countries in the world. (4) Encourage travelers from all over the world to come to Israel for ecological and community-based projects, in both the Arab and Jewish sectors, and experience firsthand the unique cultural and natural diversity in this region. (5) Support environmental and humanitarian projects that promote understanding and good will between ethnic societies in Israel. (6) Conduct further research in the field of ecological tourism, such as the 'Ecological Footprint' as a tool for sustainable tourism development. (7) Establish an in-depth and up-to-date data base of the relevant projects worldwide. (8) Create a platform from which to explore the various organizations that support the environment and actively encourage volunteering.

Year Founded

2005