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Build environments for rescued animals in Ecuador

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The experience

Nuestro equipo de voluntarios se dedica a diseñar y construir espacios adecuados para cada especie, teniendo en cuenta sus necesidades específicas. Desde la construcción de jaulas y recintos espaciosos hasta la creación de áreas de juego y enriquecimiento ambiental, nos esforzamos por replicar entornos naturales que fomenten el comportamiento natural y saludable de los animales, ademas que nos ayudan con la alimentación de ellos.

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Arts: Help with painting, graffiti, sculpting or drawing.

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 28 Per day

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project

Description: The additional fee is 200USD per week, this helps cover the cost of your accommodation and meals during your stay. This fee goes directly to the conservation project, helping to protect wildlife and make a lasting impact in the community. By contributing, you help each of these rescued animals.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner Spanish or Beginner English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Our preservation work is achieved through 3 processes, education, recreation and research. In these 3 areas, we cover key issues such as illegal trafficking of animals. We often receive animals that have been the victim of trafficking or similar illegal activities, upon receiving such individuals we try to rehabilitate and release them back into the wild when possible. However, the sad fact is that this is not always possible so some individuals remain with us at our zoo, we endeavor to provide these animals with an environment as similar to their natural habitat as possible. It is our excellent work with such animals that has led other rescue centers to send us animals they receive and cannot care for, as well as receiving many illegally kept animals seized by the Ministry of Environment.
Promo Code at the worldpackers aplication: ZOO

Activities & Shift

Volunteers’ activities are from cleaning enclosures, paths, until feed the animals, caring the animals in quarantine (arrived animals, or baby animals), and work in enrichment area.

Rules

-Avoid any activities that may be harmful towards animals at the Zoo.
-Smoking is not allowed near by the animals.
-Mutual respect towards other volunteers in shared rooms is key; bullying, sexual harassment, racism/discrimination, and disrespectful comments are prohibited.