Volunteer Program at the Center of Rehabilitation and Conservation for Wild Animal

  Peru

• All Other Areas in Peru: 
Puerto Maldonado

Term: Throughout the year 
Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: all year long

Description: The intern/volunteer will work with the N.G.O. staff in the diverse activities of the three departments at CRCAS:

- Husbandry and Animal Welfare Department
- Veterinary Department
- Environmental Education Department

The volunteers will work in each department doing different activities, learning more about wildlife and environmental conservation, and working with local communities through environmental education.

Highlights: Intern/Volunteer's Requirements:

- Curriculum Vitae (not documented)
- Letter of Intention (no more than 500 words) answering the question: Why do you wish to participate in the Volunteer Program of CRCAS?
- Student card or copy of payment receipt (in case of being a student).
- Letter of presentation/ recommendation from a person or institution (school, institute, university or institution where you have participated or done any function).
- Medical certificate and Vaccination Card. Yellow Fever (compulsory), Antithetanic and Antirabis (at your own discretion).

The volunteers will be staying in the CRCAS rooms, dinning room and a TV room.

Qualifications: The intern/volunteer can have a degree or not in fields related to conservation (biology, veterinary, ecotourism, animal management, etc). The only qualification required is the interest to be part of an organization devoted to the protection of the wild fauna and the environment. People with real passion for wildlife and adventure and experiencing a different surrounding in direct contact with nature and with the will and desire to help is encouraged to apply.

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: USD 30 per day

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: The typical volunteers at CRCAS is an adventurous person that loves animals and wildlife and to be surrounded by the green and fresh environment of the rainforest, with an interest in helping in the conservation of the rainforest and with an interest about local people, their culture and their lifestyle. A person eager to learn, experience and share an amazing time in the Peruvian amazon.

Age Range: 18 up, minors with parents or tutors only

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

Participants Travel to Peru Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of depending on the activity

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Other
• Written Application

NGO Amazon Shelter For Animal and Environmental Protection's Mission Statement: The N.G.O Amazon Shelter for Animals and Environmental Protection is a non profit organization with the objective to promote and participate in the protection of the environment, the ecology and the rural development through programs for the conservation of wild life and for the sustainable management of natural resources, research projects about flora and fauna and environmental education programs for the communities, among others. In the year 2007 we created the Center of Rehabilitation and Conservation for Wild Animals Amazon Shelter - CRCAS in Puerto Maldonado city, to receive, rehabilitate and conserve the animals that are confiscated by INRENA. By today we have already accomplished the reintroduction of several animals to their natural habitat and we shelter animals that are in continuous process of rehabilitation. We also work with the local communities through environmental education programs to raise awareness of the importance of preserving their environment.

Year Founded: 2005