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🌿 Help us taking care of wildlife in the Amazon! 🐒🦜

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The experience

Volunteers at RAREC play an active role in wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and conservation education.

Volunteers help prepare balanced diets for rescued animals (including primates, birds, reptiles, and other species), feed them according to their specific needs, and ensure they receive proper nutrition. They also assist with cleaning and maintaining enclosures to keep habitats safe and hygienic. Additionally, volunteers support enrichment.

What you offer

32 hours of help per week

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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

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

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 240 Per day

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

Description: As a nonprofit, RAREC relies on volunteer support since we receive no government funding. Weekly fees help cover food, medical care, and enrichment for rescued animals, salaries for local staff, veterinary supplies and clinic maintenance, as well as volunteer accommodation, meals, and services. By contributing, you directly support both your stay and our mission of rescue, rehabilitation, and conservation.

What you get

2 days off per week

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

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

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.

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

Requirements

Beginner Spanish or Intermediate 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

Animal Care: Volunteers are deeply involved in the daily care of rescued wildlife. In the nursery, this includes preparing specialized diets such as milk formulas and soft foods for infant primates, baby birds, and other young animals, bottle-feeding when needed, monitoring weight and health, cleaning incubators and small enclosures, and providing gentle enrichment to stimulate natural development.

For animals in exterior enclosures, volunteers help prepare and deliver food in ways that encourage natural foraging behaviors, clean and maintain larger habitats to ensure safety and hygiene, and assist in designing and carrying out enrichment activities. These may include building climbing structures, hiding food for exploration, or creating sensory activities that keep the animals active and mentally stimulated while they progress through rehabilitation.

Through this work, volunteers play a direct role in ensuring rescued animals receive the nutrition, care, and stimulation they need to recover and eventually return to the wild whenever possible.

Activities & Shift

7:00 Breakfast
8:00 Activitites with the animals
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Activities with the animals, lectures, projects, etc
4:00 pm Finis
6:00 pm Dinner and night activities as games, night walks, etc