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Help us with the daily care of our shelter dogs and cats

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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).

What you offer

15 hours of help 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

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

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

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

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We are a small Ecuadorian NGO in Parroquia Tarqui, a tiny neighboring town of Puyo (Amazon region).
As a group of four people (three are locals) we started our rescue project in 2019.
We rescue dogs and cats, take care of them in a private shelter/home to support their healing and giving them the best chance to be adopted.
It´s an important goal of our project to create awareness among the population of the importance to protect animals and to change the habit to keep animals without a proper care.
As one of our members, Renato, is a veterinarian who runs a small clinic in Puyo we use this facility for spaying/neutering and other surgeries and treatments of the rescued dogs and cats.

Activities & Shift

We need help with the daily care of the dogs at the shelter:

- cleaning the refuge
- feeding 1-3x a day
- giving medications to dogs and cats in recovery
- daily walks
- occasionally some building and maintenance work is necessary to conserve and improve the enclosures, housing etc.
- occasionally bringing dogs to the vet in Puyo
- occasionally help with the rescue activities

Most of the time the volunteer schedule is from 9am to 12 but afternoon shifts (1pm-4pm) can be required instead.
The two free days can be arranged in a flexible way every week as they are taken individually.

Rules

It is crucial to love dogs and cats, to be comfortable around them and to be willing to do all tasks involved with their daily care.
You need to be prepared for rainy weather and a muddy environment at the shelter (although this can vary a lot but our region is quite rainy during the whole year).
We expect a responsible and considered behavior not only at the shelter but also at the volunteer house. All daily and weekly cleaning tasks need to be shared by the volunteers and it is very important to do your part so that living together is as comfortable as possible for everyone.