Lion Rehabilitation Programme, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: year round
Description:
Walk and work with lions in our WWF endorsed programme. Projects located in Zimbabwe midlands and the Victoria Falls. Work with community development projects in Livingstone, Zambia - a stone's throw away from the world famous Victoria Falls, and the adrenaline capital of Africa. Assistant teaching posts, volunteer workers in local clinics and AIDS orphanages.
Highlights:
Experience Africa first hand. Be inspired and have the chance to leave your mark on a corner of Africa and on peoples' hearts. Work with the king of beasts - the maginficent lion. Work with our cubs and younger lions on a daily basis and get to know these fastinating and majestic beasts. Interact with the people of this continent and work amongst dedicated individuals. Learn about yourself, and that you have the capacity to do things that you never thought possible!
Be immersed in a very special 'cultural exchange' programme as you get to know parts of this continent and its people.
Qualifications:
No qualifications necessary.
Minimum Education: High School
Cost in US$: $2000-2600 for 1 month. $1295/month thereafter
Cost Include Description:
- Project Fee: this entails financing that goes directly back into the project that you are involved with. This project fee facilitates funding for items such as food for lions, management and maintenance of lion enclosures, and the development of the lion breeding and rehabilitation programme
- All transfers to and from Victoria Falls town upon your arrival and departure
- Assistance in your projects by various trained guides and staff during your stay
- Any wildlife education talks that take place during your stay and that you might wish to partake in
- Full board and lodging which includes 3 meals a day
- Unlimited tea, coffee and juice throughout the day
- Laundry service during your stay
- The service of a maid to attend to your room each day
Experience Required: no
Typical Volunteer: Looking for a cultural experience and life-changing time out. A person who is adventurous and willing to become and explorer, to be inspired and to make an impact on a corner of Africa. Individuals who relish the opportunity to become more than tourists, but to be travellers, conservationists and humanitarians.
Age Range: 18 over
This Program is open to
Worldwide
Participants.
This Program is also open to
Couples and Individuals
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Typical Living Arrangements :
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Participants Travel to Zimbabwe
Independently
Application Process Involves:
- Resume
- Written Application
African Impact's Mission Statement: African Impact facilitates cultural exchange programmes through volunteer work. We awards you the opportunity to immerse yourselves in local schools, health institutions, communities and wildlife conservation programmes. In this way as a volunteer you are able to leave your mark on a corner of Africa whilst at the same time experiencing a lifestyle that will shift your perspectives and allow you to see our world in a different light. We invite you to join us on a journey to Africa to explore, to inspire and to impact. We invite you to be more than a tourist, but to be a traveller, a conservationist and a humanitarian.
Year Founded: 1999
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