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natura UNESCO, zafferano, noccioleti, vigneto, animali dolcissimi

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The experience

Are you passionate about animals? We invite you to help care for our furry friends! As a volunteer, you’ll assist with feeding, cleaning, and providing companionship to the animals. This is a great opportunity to learn about animal care and connect with like-minded individuals. Your support will make a meaningful difference in their lives. Join our compassionate community and help us create a loving environment for animals in need!

What you offer

32 hours of help per week

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

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

What you get

1 day off per week

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

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner Italian or Beginner English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

European Union Passport

United States visa or citizenship

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The volunteers' service also extends to therapeutic dimensions. In the owner-animal relationship, they become mediators capable of creating a comfortable environment that reduces the risk of loneliness. The animals themselves also become intermediaries when placed in a collective setting: “For society, they play an important role as mediators in therapeutic and rehabilitative processes,” explains Bortolotti.

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Activities & Shift

The Pet's Family House is twinned with the CRAS, Centers for the Recovery of Wild Animals, dedicated to hedgehogs at the facility in Genoa on Via ai Laghetti di Mulinetti in Nervi (currently being renovated) and at the Eremo di Bubbio (AT), where volunteers can also stay for short periods and experience nature alongside the dogs already present, as well as goats and donkeys rescued from a predetermined fate. Additionally, thanks to donations from the Civil Protection of Genoa, “we have received medical supplies, devices repurposed from special waste into useful material. They are now used in shelters throughout Italy against African swine fever.”

Rules

ordine, pulizia, rispetto dei compiti assegnati