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15h
- 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.
What you get
2
- Days off per week
- Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
- Private Room
- You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
- Basic Internet Access
- 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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- Stay at least
- 2 weeks
The Experience
We are looking for dog and cat lovers to help with the daily care at our small shelter near Puyo. The typical daily tasks are feeding the dogs and cats, cleaning the shelter and walking the dogs. Some building/maintenance work can also be necessary to conserve and improve our infrastructure. We prefer you to stay for >2 weeks as it gives the dogs and cats more time to get used to the people who take care of them (yet, this is not required).
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- Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish
- 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
NGO
Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 7 Meeting international travelers
- 6 Get in touch with nature
- 5 Meeting locals
- 4 Creating true social impact
- 4 Developing environmental awareness
- 3 Immersing in the local culture
This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals
- 6 15. Life on land
- 3 6. Clean water and sanitation
- 2 11. Sustainable cities and communities
Louisa
United Kingdom
Perfect for dog lovers!! We really enjoyed our stay here, Inga and Renato are great people who really care about you and the animals, they always went out of there to make us feel welcome. It rains a lot in Puyo so it can get very dirty and even though the shift is 4 hours it's quite tiring, but it is so rewarding knowing that you are making a difference to the amazing dogs. They also have more gorgeous dogs and cats where you stay. Puyo itself has lots to do, there are local communities and waterfalls and rivers nearby, you just need to da bit of research.
18 days ago
Alana
United States
It was a really beautiful experience volunteering at the organization! It is hard work and you get your hands dirty but it is so worth it. The hours are not bad, only 3-4 a day, so after you have a lot of free time and you have 2 days off. During my time in Puyo I got to explore a lot of the jungle and nature surrounding the city which was incredible. Inga and Renato are great people to work with and very hard workers. I would recommend this opportunity to anyone who loves animals and wildlife and doesn't mind being covered in muddy paw prints:)
18 days ago
Adi
Israel
The work was physical but short and easy Feeding the dogs, cleaning up poop, taking them out for a walk and cooking food for the next day Once it turned out that they couldn't pick us up from the shelter so we returned by public transportation Each of the volunteers put a dollar for toilet paper fot the house Thank you to Michael for the close support, guidance, explanations and a lot of patience At the shelter and in the house This is an amazing place that Renato the veterinarian runs and rescues dogs from difficult situations and gives them a home I recommend it to dog lovers among us🐶
about 1 month ago
Josi
United Kingdom
Amazing experience couldn't recommend it enough
2 months ago
Scott
United Kingdom
I had a great time looking after the dogs and cats! The shelter is in the rainforest so the weather changes quite often from rainy to sunny so be prepared to get your hands dirty! The role involved feeding the dogs, cleaning their cages, walking them, prepare their food, generally look out for them and make them as comfortable as you can with the resources you have. The hours were roughly 9am till 12:30pm each day meaning loads of time to yourself in the afternoon. I used my time to improve my Spanish by going to a local teacher. If anyone has any questions, drop me a message!
2 months ago
Inga replied
Thanks a lot for the time shared with us, you were a huge help at the shelter and very good company for everyone (human and non-human :) Unfortunately I didn´t make it on time to leave a review for your profile :/
You are a great person and a 100% recommended volunteer!
We wish you all the best and you´re always welcome at our place.
Mucha suerte y buenas rutas siempre!
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