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What you offer
25h
- Hours per week
- Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.
- Animal Care
- Help look after and take care of animals.
- Building & Repairing
- Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
- Farming
- Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
- Additional Fee
- This host charges a fee in addition to the cost of the Worldpackers annual plan.
Additional fee required
This host charges a fee in addition to the cost of Worldpackers’ annual plans.
Amount
- US$ 10
Per day
Fee pays for
- Donation to project
Description
We are a small non profit funded through donations and personal savings. For this reason we require a small donation to cover basic essentials which are provided during your stay; electricity, WIFI and clean drinking water. A donation of 10 USD per day will cover all these facilities during your day. Your help saves lives. Thanks for your cooperation 🙌🏻
What you get
2
- Days off per week
- Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
- Shared Dorm
- You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
- Tent
- You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.
- Use our equipped kitchen
- Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
- Free Laundry
- You can use our laundry room freely.
- Permaculture Course
- Take part in our Permaculture course for free.
- Name
- Finca Ganadito will offer you a volunteering certificate.
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- Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.
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Availability
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- Stay at least
- 1 week
The Experience
Hi everybody. Thanks for reading my profile. My name is Ryan. I am a plant-based activist. Love animals. Trying to live as simply and peacefully as I can. My eco-project is a small no-cage no-kill animal sanctuary. I pretty live off the grid in a sustainable way in a little farm outside city of Mexico. I founded .and run an animal sanctuary where I rescue and rehab abused Animals. Today more than 100 abused and neglected animals live here.
Learn moreRequirements
- Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Join the host in pursuit of these goals and contribute to building a better and more sustainable future for all.
3 Reviews
Host & Team
Hours & Tasks
Farm
Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 2 Get in touch with nature
- 2 Developing environmental awareness
- 2 Creating true social impact
- 2 Practicing English
- 1 Developing social awareness
- 1 Learning about sustainability
Louise
France
Ryan is doing an amazing job taking care of all the cats and dogs he rescued. He's dedicated for them and you can truly see it spending time with him in his farm. The animals are well-treated and receive a lot of love and care. All the projects he wants to develop in the new place he will go soon are very interesting and have a real changing impact. If you love taking care of animals and be in touch with nature, this volunteering is made for you!
over 2 years ago
Vladimir
France
To the next volunteer: get ready to have a one of a kind experience. Stepping in the farm you ll get what caring for dogs and cats is. Ryan is the kind of person that our current world needs urgently. Not anybody would have the strength to save and shelter a great number of dogs, cats (and soon cows and piggs) by their own. As a volunteer it s been a crazy experience to be around dogs all day long. You ll get to feed them, clean after them and most surely to have some merited kiss and caress time. Enjoy your stay at Ryan s☀️☀️☀️
over 2 years ago
David
Australia
The farm Shephard was an amazing and eye opening experience, learning about the operations of an the farm shelter for dogs and cats. Ryan is environmentally aware and aims to have his farm off grid, so along with taking care of cats and dogs, volunteers are encouraged to contribute/help with environmental projects. Be prepared to get your hands (and body) dirty, so bring outdoor clothes and good pair of shoes/boots! I helped construct a biodegradeable compost area along with an undercover dog shelter. Other duties included fixing the fenceline and moving soil to fill in eroded areas of the yard.
over 2 years ago
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