Come help us with our many rescue dogs in Lagoa, Portugal🐶🌿

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What you offer

30h

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.

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What you get

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.

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

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.

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Support: Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 4 weeks

The Experience

We run a private farm in Lagoa in the Algarve, where we have puppies and dogs coming from killing stations, born on the street, puppies disposed in the garbage or dogs that are simply not wanted anymore and end up in the shelter. We are not a shelter in the classical sense, as we have the unique opportunity to let the dogs run free on our spacious fenced yard with numerous social contacts with the other dogs and different people.

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Requirements

Intermediate German or Intermediate English
Between 18 and 50 years old
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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Reduced inequalities

Reduce inequality within and among countries.

Life on land

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1 Review

4.0

Host & Team

5.0

Hours & Tasks

4.0

Animal Shelter

3.0

Learning & Fun

4.0

How this experience will transform you

1 Meeting international travelers
1 Practicing English

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

1 10. Reduced inequalities
1 15. Life on land

Milla

Finland

I loved to work with dogs and it was rewarding to get the trust of shy dogs. It's good to know that the working hours are 6h/day six times in a week, so there isn't so much time to see/travel around. The place is a little bit far a war of big cities, so a driving license/own car is a must. Also, there is a lot of different variations of shifts, so you will definitely find a shift that fits with you. Otherwise, I really enjoyed my time there and I will miss my time and all the dogs there!

28 days ago

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