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25h
- Hours per week
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- Social Work
- Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.
- Animal Care
- Help look after and take care of animals.
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.
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- Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
- Use our equipped kitchen
- Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
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Availability
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- Stay at least
- 2 weeks
The Experience
Volunteers are assign to dog shelter supporting in cleaning, animal care, giving shower, spending time with dogs, taking them out for a walk and so on. Please be aware that cleaning involves removing dog poop from their living area and giving walks what means give physical effort. Please only contact us if you are willing to work hard and give 100% of effort for them.
Learn moreRequirements
- Beginner Spanish or Beginner English
- Over 20 years old
- Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
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Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
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Hours & Tasks
Animal Shelter
Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 45 Meeting international travelers
- 36 Creating true social impact
- 30 Get in touch with nature
- 28 Practicing English
- 23 Immersing in the local culture
- 23 Developing social awareness
This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals
- 24 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
- 21 15. Life on land
- 15 17. Partnerships for the goals
Claire
United Kingdom
I volunteered at the shelter for a month and had the most wonderful time. Kishor and Jessica offer a family-style environment with lots of group interactions and joint meals. I especially enjoyed the pizza nights! The work is physical and hard but I felt appreciated by everyone, plus all the dogs are incredible. We also took some of the dogs and did the Laguna 513 hike which was a great day out. I really loved my time at the shelter and it was very hard to say goodbye. I'm sure it won't be the last time I volunteer here!
26 days ago
Marius
Norway
This was a wonderful experience. Hard work. But wonderful. So much love from the dogs everyday and so many opportunities to spend time with them besides the work at the shelter! A big thanks to Kishor and Jessica for creating this space, sharing your knowledge, all the fun evenings and for making me feel welcomed 😊
about 2 months ago
Noa
Israel
Very good experience good people and amazing dogs(:
2 months ago
Carter
Canada
The work being done at the shelter is incredible for the dogs in the community. The ~90 dogs at the shelter are well looked after and loved by both the owners, Kishor and Jessica, and the volunteers. Although the work can be dirty (lots of cleaning dog poo) it's immensely important to the dogs and is absolutely worth it for them. Kishor and Jessica additionally provide an extremely welcoming environment for volunteers by providing lunches, morning snacks, and occasionally dinners with volunteer assistance. Overall it's a nice and friendly place to care for the dogs, hike, and meet travellers
4 months ago
Pia
Germany
At first I wanted to stay two weeks but then I ended up staying almost two months. That says already a lot. :) If you want to come to the shelter be prepared to really work. Most of us it takes 2-3 days to get really comfortable, at the beginning you get many information about the dogs. And it feels like you will never remember all, but you will. And there is always someone who is happy to help you if you aren't sure about something. And even it's not an easy work it's a amazing place and you will get paid with lots of love ❤️ And Jessica and Kishor are amazing people! I'll be back.
4 months ago
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