Volunteer at Paradise Gardens Animal Rescue Center

  Panama

Boquete

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months and 1-2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: Now

Description: Looking for Volunteers to Interact and Care for Animals and Guide and Educate people through the Animal rescue and tropical garden center.

Paradise Gardens is an animal rescue center amongst beautiful gardens in the picturesque coffee rich town of Boquete, Chiriqui Province. We are looking for volunteers to help guide tours through the gardens and rescue center. Volunteers will learn how to interact with various rescued animals within the facility. In addition, educate the guests in regards to conservation and ecology. If the volunteer speaks other languages other than English, translations would be appreciated. We are looking for volunteers who enjoy caring for animals and that are responsible.

The program is easily picked up and an unlimited length of volunteering is available. If the volunteer wishes to just work briefly in the mornings or evenings that is fine. If the volunteer wishes to interact with the guests and care for the animals longer, that is wonderful. Animals include big cats, 4 species of monkeys, kinkajous, coatis, macaws, parrots, and the list goes on and is growing everyday!

Accommodations start at $8 a night. IF you are an animal lover, give this a serious thought and we hope we can share the experience with you!

Highlights:
* Interacting with wild rescued animals
* learning from professionals
* meeting new people everyday
* enjoying living in one of Panama´s greatest tourist destinations
* Being treated with respect

Qualifications: We need volunteers that are passionate about animal caring

Cost in US$: $8 per day

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Somebody that respects nature and enjoys sharing it with guests

Age Range: 18 and beyond

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Panama Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Other

Paradise Gardens Animal Rescue Center's Mission Statement: Paul and Jenny Saban retired to Boquete from England in 2005. They brought with them some of their exotic birds, open minds and big hearts. They have many years of experience of looking after and breeding both birds and animals. Both are avid gardeners and have used their expertise to create a beautiful garden for their birds, with a butterfly house that they had always longed for.. Whist doing this they soon discovered that there were many birds and animals in Panama being kept in very poor conditions, so they set about trying to rescue some of them. Paradise Garden has thus evolved into not only a beautiful bird garden, with a butterfly house but also a sanctuary for some very lucky rescued birds and animals. They now open the gardens to the public to help support this venture and extend their rescue efforts.

Year Founded: 2006