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25h
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Fast Internet Access
- High-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.
- Get free drinks or beverages.
- Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.
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- We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
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Availability
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- Stay at least
- 30 days
- Stay up to
- 12 weeks
The Experience
Starting in January, we’re looking for a passionate volunteer to join our sanctuary family for at least 3 months 💚 You’ll work full time alongside the management team, caring for the animals and helping with daily routines. 🏡 Enjoy a cozy private room in the volunteers’ house, shared spaces, and the sweetest companion — Mirtilo, your new best friend ✨
Learn moreRequirements
- Fluent English
- Over 20 years old
- Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
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Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
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Hours & Tasks
Animal Shelter
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How this experience will transform you
- 17 Meeting international travelers
- 17 Creating true social impact
- 17 Developing environmental awareness
- 15 Learning about sustainability
- 13 Get in touch with nature
- 10 Meeting locals
This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals
- 13 15. Life on land
- 13 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
- 10 4. Quality education
- 9 13. Climate action
- 8 5. Gender equality
- 7 11. Sustainable cities and communities
- 3 14. Life below water
Daniela
Canada
If you have a love for animals - big or small, this is a place to experience. From the moment I arrived, I was welcomed not only by sweet animals but by the incredible people who keep this the shelter going. The daily work is hands on (feeding the animals, cleaning enclosures and helping with maintenance) but it never feels like a chore when you have beautiful animals around you. Whether you're a seasoned the shelter caretaker or new to working around large animals there's a place for you. I'll forever b e grateful for what I learned at the shelter.Take the jump and come volentueer here.
21 days ago
Chiara replied
❤️❤️❤️ we miss you!
Matilde
Italy
I had an amazing experience at the shelter! working with the animals can be hard and tiring but it's also incredibly rewarding; while spending time at the shelter you really get to know each one of the animals and their personalities and it's impossible not to get attached to them. Chiara is really an amazing host, she provides the volunteers all they need for them to be comfortable during their staying. I highly recommend this experience to all the shelter lovers.
30 days ago
Chiara replied
We miss you already ❤️
amariah
United States
I am not even sure how I can begin to describe how grateful I am to have done this experience. How grateful I am to Chiara and the shelter itself. The work that they do here is TRULY SO IMPACTFUL. And it is a bonus that Chiara and her husband are not only great hosts, but also hilarious and fun. I noticed doing the work, how much they truly care about the animals. I realized how uneducated I was on the basic care for animals because we have been so desensitized to it. This experience does open your eyes, and it truly humbles you and makes you want to change for the better.
about 1 month ago
Chiara replied
You are so sweet! We have been lucky to have you. ❤️
Eva
Germany
It was my first volunteering experience and it couldn't have been any better!! It's a team of the kindest people that make you feel welcome and included right from the beginning. The first few days the work can be hard but once you adapt to the routine it just gets easier. The animals make you so happy that even on more exhausting days you get home content as you feel like you did something valuable. You also have a lot of free time to either relax, study, or see Portugal. I recommend this experience to other Vegans that want to start making an impact, as you learn a lot from the team :-)
about 2 months ago
Elena
Italy
O Projecto the shelter is an amazing place that completely changed me and I highly recommend it to everyone. Being in an the shelter is a wonderful thing to experience, you learn a lot about the animals that live there and how special they are. Chiara is an amazing host, the house I stayed in was great, the lunches they provided were so good and the hours at the shelter were great, time literally flew there. Thank you also to Sharna, Ale, Daniela, Sandra and all the other amazing people I got to meet there.
2 months ago
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