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Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka - starts USD 462

  Sri Lanka
  • Other Cities in Sri Lanka: 
  • Rural Areas

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: 4 days: USD 399 to 12 weeks: USD 1773

Description: Established as a sanctuary in 1975 by the Sri Lankan government, the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage rests on 25 acres of lush forest - feeding, nursing, and housing young elephants who have been lost or abandoned by their mothers. With a newly-added breeding program, volunteers can experience and interact with the baby elephants: bottle-feeding them and walking alongside these curious, wondrous creatures before lazily lumbering down to the river for their daily, splash-filled bathes. Like human children, these nearly-helpless elephants also need love, care and attention. The elephant orphanage centers are lacking in crucial resources and desperately need more able-bodied volunteers to assist them in providing optimal care for these growing, gentle elephants. This project is a rare and amazing opportunity for volunteers interested in working with animals and/or elephants.

Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka - starts USD 462

Highlights: Volunteers working in elephant orphanage mostly work as assistant to the "mahouts" (elephant handlers). Volunteers bathe the elephants in the river twice a day, clean out and maintain their enclosures in the morning, wash and feed the baby elephants, and help in construction or maintenance work (as needed). Most of the time, some work, such as the mental stimulation of the elephants, is usually left to the initiative of the volunteers with some guidance from the "mahouts."

Qualifications: Volunteers do not require any specific qualifications to volunteer in elephant orphanage project. But volunteers should have a deep love for animals.

Languages :
  • English
  • Cost in US$: 4 days: USD 462 to 12 weeks: USD 1836

    Cost Includes :
  • Emergency evacuation services
  • Food
  • Housing
  • In-country orientation/Training
  • In-country staff support
  • Language instruction
  • Medical insurance
  • Written materials pre-departure
  • Cost Include Description:

    * Food (3 Meals a day)
    * Accommodation
    * Comprehensive Travel Insurance
    * Emergency Hot Line - 24/7/365 from any part of the world
    * Airport Welcome
    * In country Transportation
    * Country Coordinator Support
    * Thoroughly researched and personalized projects
    * Safe Volunteer Placement
    * Volunteer Care and Other Services
    * Emergency support
    * Certificate of Appreciation/Completion
    * Fund Raising Ideas

    Experience Required: no

    Volunteer Types :
  • animal welfare
  • Age Range: 18 or above

    This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

    Typical Living Arrangements :
  • Apartment/Flat
  • Home-stays
  • Participants Travel to Sri Lanka Independently or in Groups

    Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

    Application Process Involves:

    • Online Application plus Application Assessment

    Institute For Field Research Expeditions's Mission Statement: The mission of our volunteer abroad program is to offer meaningful volunteer abroad opportunities for volunteers and to seek sustainable solutions for education, health, conservation, and development issues through international volunteering. We hope to achieve this goal by offering community orientated volunteer programs where the efforts of our volunteers go directly to the poor people and their communities. Many grass-root organizations working in developing countries are poor in resources. These organizations are doing a commendable job to address development, education, health, and conservation issues by launching a variety of programs but these organizations are in a great need of help and support. IFRE promotes these local organizations by making donations and sending volunteers.

    Year Founded: 2005

     



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