Help an Animal Rescue in the South-West Algarve, Portugal!

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A experiência

We're located in the beautiful, peaceful National Park on the South-West tip of the Algarve about 3kms away from Vila do Bispo. We provide a safe haven for animals in our refuge. Volunteers are so important to help feeding and walking the animals; cleaning their areas and houses; photographing them so they can be advertised on social media; generally caring for and spending time with them; maintaining/cleaning our garden area & buildings.

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Como você ajuda

25 horas por semana

Ajuda na Limpeza: Ajude a limpar cozinhas, quartos, banheiros e outros espaços.

Cuidado de Animais: Ajude a cuidar do bem-estar e saúde de animais.

Jardinagem: Ajude a plantar, regar e cultivar jardins.

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O que você ganha

2 dias livres por semana

Quarto privado: Você terá uma cama em um quarto privado, ou seja, um quarto só para você

Camping: Uma barraca confortável para dormir sob um céu estrelado.

Lavanderia gratuita: Você pode usar nossa lavanderia gratuitamente.

Bicicletas à vontade: Use nossas bikes à vontade, quando quiser.

Carona na chegada: Te buscamos na sua chegada a cidade e damos uma carona até aqui.

Use nossa cozinha equipada: Fique à vontade para usar nossa cozinha para cozinhar sua própria comida.

Certificado: Ganhe um certificado de conclusão quando for embora.

Internet Básica: Internet de velocidade básica para você trabalhar remotamente

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Requisitos

Inglês Intermediário

Tem que ter pelo menos 18 anos

Recebe voluntários sozinhos, casais e duplas de voluntários

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O que não está incluso

Passagens, seguro viagem, transporte e visto

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Detalhes

Our volunteer accommodation is as follows. We have two lovely large, renovated caravans and a small renovated caravan. All of our caravans have electricity, beds, storage cupboards and places to sit. The pet friendly caravans have caged/fenced areas where dogs can be outside and safe. We also have two large tents each erected under a sheltered camping area which have electricity, proper beds and chests of drawers.

We have a sheltered communal area with sofas, tables, chairs and a BBQ between the two large caravans for everyone to use. There is a kitchen area, shower room and separate toilet on site for people to use too.

Our current availability for 2025 and 2026 is below. As people's plans sometimes change, so this changes and it is updated regularly.

Our current availability for 2025 and 2026 is below. As people's plans sometimes change, so this changes and it is updated regularly.

Large Caravan for up to 2 people
20 December onwards

Large Pet-friendly Caravan for up to 2 people
17 November onwards

Small Pet-friendly Caravan for 1 person
6 January onwards

Tent 1 erected under a roof with extra all-round weather protection, 2 single beds, electricity and storage, for up to 2 people
8-30 November
16 December onwards

Tent 2 erected under a roof with extra all-round weather protection, 2 single beds, electricity and storage, for up to 2 people
30 November onwards

If you have your own accommodation you would be welcome outside of the availability given above. Please contact us with your preferred dates.

Are you ok with the accommodation available for the time you are coming here?

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Atividades & Turnos

We start early in the mornings, when it is cool - 8 am in the autumn, spring and winter months and 7-7:30 am in the hot summer months. We always feed the dogs at this time, give them fresh water and clean their areas.

The dogs are lovely and fun to be with.

Every day can be different depending on what happens so flexibility is important.

The tasks can be hard but very satisfying. We need people who love dogs and want to take care of them, walk them, socialise with them and help them, you might walk up to 10 km with the dogs every day if you wish.

We also need people with social media, administration, building, maintenance and gardening skills. :)

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Regras

Bring clothes with you that you do not mind getting dirty & bring trainers/boots to work/walk in. It is humid here & can get wet in the winter, so waterproof foot wear would be good to bring with you. It is often cool in the morning and evenings, even in the summer, so warm clothes are a must too. Dogs bark at night so earplugs help.

We are quite isolated here so we have no mains water. We store our water from the winter rain. This means that we are very careful here with water usage. We ask you to keep showering to a minimum & turn off the water when you soap up & don't waste water. Also for drinking water you need to buy water (it costs less than 1€ for 6 litres)

Food is not included because unfortunately we do not have the funds to do this. Often volunteers meet up at lunchtime & in the evenings to cook & eat together in the communal space between the 2 large caravans.