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Table of Content<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The benefits\nof volunteering<\/a> are long lasting, staying with you for a lifetime. Whatever\nthe reason, the element that matters the most is the feeling that you are\ngiving back to society. This is satisfying opportunity. Listed below are some\nof the benefits of working with animals abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Volunteering\ngives a sense of accomplishment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The gesture of conserving animals gives\na rare sense of accomplishment<\/a>, which only a volunteering project can\nprovide. Unlike office jobs, you\u2019ll know that your work is helping change\nlives. It\u2019s common for volunteers to discover a new hobby or passion, while\nvolunteering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Volunteering\nconnects you with nature<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the benefits of volunteering work abroad with animals is the\nimpact on the wildlife. Volunteering allows you to connect with nature and make\nit better. The smallest day-to-day tasks can make a real difference to the\nlives of people, animals, and organizations in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Volunteering\ncan improve your career options<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether you\u2019re studying or considering a career change, animal\nprograms can help you get experience in your area of interest. Even if you\u2019re\nnot planning on changing careers, volunteering gives you the opportunity to\npractice important skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or, if you are looking for\na career change<\/a>, try out a new career without making a long-term\ncommitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Volunteering\nwith the right organization boosts your career.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You\u2019re donating your valuable time, so it\u2019s important that you\nenjoy and benefit from your volunteer\nopportunity with animals abroad. You should always make sure that the\nexperience is right for your skills, your goals, and the time you want to\nspend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All the good organizations will make sure that, whatever\nproject you are in, ultimately it best suits your future engagements,\ncatapulting your career to newer heights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take a minute to complete the form and we will be in touch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n IIFRE has various affordable, reputable, and well-organized animal programs abroad that cater to\ndifferent interests, budgets, time constraints, and personal travel goals. It\nhas something for everyone to choose from!<\/p>\n\n\n\n NATUWA is an animal rescue center that rehabilitates, rescues\nand guarantees welfare to the Costa Rica\u2019s fauna with the help of Costa Rica\u2019s\ncommunity. In Costa Rica wild animals are not supposed to be used as pets.\nNATUWA animal center treats wildlife with technical knowledge and respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NATUWA Wildlife Rescue Center is among the biggest\nwildlife centers in Costa Rica. It has modern facilities and infrastructure for\neach species of rescued animal that inhabits the animal refuge center, either\ntemporarily or permanently. The facilities go beyond the requirements demanded\nby Costa Rica\u2019s wildlife laws while offering wildlife\nvolunteer opportunities abroad<\/a> to ensure all the animals are safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NATUWA\u2019s wild animal\nmanagement program ensures that the focus is on the rehabilitation processes\nall confiscated animals are to be returned again into their natural environment.\nWhen you join, you will work with professionals to ensure all animals are\nrescued and cared for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The sea turtle population in the Osa peninsula, Costa Rica is\ndwindling at an alarming rate. The turtles are on the verge of extinction. To\nstop this from happening, conservation measures are required to protect the\nnesting sea turtle population and to safeguard them from poachers, and other\ndangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, IFRE\u2019s affordable animal volunteering trip abroad, works alongside\ncommunities to introduce and adopt various means of management strategies to\nhelp the turtles thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While joining this volunteering with animals abroad\nconservation project in Costa Rica, your primary goal is to assist and support\nthe local conservation efforts of protecting the nesting sites, incubation, and\nthe releasing of the hatchlings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You will also be patrolling of the nesting sites, keeping the\nturtles safe from poachers, recording data about the turtles, keeping predators\naway, educating the locals on turtle\nconservation<\/a>, trail and beach maintenance, and providing help to the\norganizations in daily administrative tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your experience and conservation efforts will help strengthen\nthe sea turtle populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Besides the volunteer\nabroad with animal\u2019s conservation programs, IFRE offers a great variety\nof interesting volunteer programs, including under 18 volunteering\nopportunities, teaching opportunities abroad, adventure trips, family volunteer\nopportunities, community service trips for high school students, and animal\nconservation projects and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join as a volunteer of IFRE to get hands on life changing\nexperience, while traveling the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other than this volunteer animal conservation program, IFRE\noffers other incredible\nprograms in Costa Rica.<\/a> We have variety of programs including orphanage,\nteach English, medical, and many more that will meet your interest and passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As volunteer\nabroad animals you will be\nworking as an assistant to the elephant handlers to provide daily care and\nmaintenance for elephant. Elephants, especially the sick and the young,\nneed as much care and love as human beings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They need to be loved, cleaned and fed everyday. Usually,\nthese elephants were tamed and used for carrying loads and tourist around Sri\nLanka. They were rarely cared for well and when they get old and weak, they are\noften abandoned. With over 60 elephant\nto care for, the center is constantly looking for volunteers like you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you volunteer at Randeniya, Hiriwadunna, Kegalle in Sri\nLanka, your major role as a volunteer\nin elephant project<\/a> is to assist the Mahouts (elephant handlers) in caring\nfor the elephants and providing them food. The elephants are raised in a lush\nenvironment even allowed to roam freely in the jungle and permitted to form\nfriendship with other elephants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Are you interested in Elephants?? Do you want to travel to Sri\nLanka?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Come Join IFRE\u2019s volunteering with baby animals abroad to protect the habitat\nfrom destruction, fragmentation, and human encroachment. Work with us to save\nthese endangered species!<\/p>\n\n\n\n To be a part of this project\nin Pinnawala Sri Lanka,<\/a> specific qualifications and skills are not\nrequired. What is needed is your love, dedication and passion to work with\nelephants, attending to their daily needs and ensuring in every possible way that\nthey are healthy and safe at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You will be helping the mahouts (elephant handlers) with\nvarious tasks, like cleaning the sheds, mucking out the elephants enclosures\nand preparing milk for bottle-feeding. You will be also working in the elephant\norphanage in the Pinnawala breeding sanctuary for the rescued, injured, and\nabused wild elephants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This rare animal\nconservation volunteering opportunity abroad can be a life changing\nexperience for you, which will in turn provide these gentle giants love, care. Attention\nand longevity that they have been deprived off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Besides this volunteer elephant conservation program, IFRE\noffers other incredible\nprograms in Sri Lanka.<\/a> We have variety of programs including orphanage,\nteach English, medical, and many more that will meet your interest and passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take a minute to complete the form and we will be in touch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Surin is known to the world as the Elephant province and is\nhome to over 400 elephants that roamed the forests with freedom. The farmers\nfor logging once used them. Ever since logging was outlawed, these elephants\nhave now become obsolete and useless for the elephant owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means they are either sold, or forcefully taken to the\ncity streets to beg for money from tourists, which is illegal and harmful for\nthe elephants. This is an alarming situation that needs to be changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to this IFRE has created a volunteer opportunity abroad with animal program\nthat focuses on promoting elephant care and conservation, and to teach the\nlocals, as well as the mahouts (elephant owners) about the importance of elephant\nprotection in Thailand.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are no specific skills or experience required to join\nthis project, you only need to have a passionate drive and love for animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your role as volunteer\nabroad animals involve\ninteracting with the elephants, washing them, feeding them, and at times,\nplaying with them too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, you will be supporting the organization with\nadministrative work, working on conservation efforts, fundraising and\nresearching further resources if need be. If you plan to make a future career\nin animal welfare, then this is the kind of hands-on-experience opportunity you\nneed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n You will also get to enjoy the natural beauty and culture of\nThailand, and give these animals a promising future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A side from this volunteer elephant conservation program, IFRE\noffers other incredible\nprograms in Thailand<\/a>. We have variety of programs including orphanage, teach\nEnglish, medical, and many more that will meet your interest and passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This great project was started to basically save the lives of\nthe splendid native animals of South Africa. This wildlife volunteer work abroad is based on a\nremarkable Game Reserve just outside Port Elizabeth. The 6000 hectares of land\nare occupied with a selection of wild life, including the \u2018Big 5\u2019. In addition\nto the mixture of grasslands and sub-tropical vegetation, the reserve has\nnatural wells and pockets of water, unique rock formations and marvelous\nvegetation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Animal program plays a significant role in helping\nto preserve the reserve<\/a> and guard the animals. You will help greatly and\nget animals to live a better life. Like multiple conservation programs,\nresources are significantly missing, and volunteers are essential to the\nsuccess of the project. As a volunteer your duties will vary on a day-to-day\nbasis and are dependent on factors such as the weather. The labor is mostly\noutdoors and will sometimes be in unpleasant conditions, so you must be willing\nand ready to lend a hand with all sorts of tasks and responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A part from this volunteer wildlife conservation program overseas, IFRE offers\nother incredible\nprograms in South Africa.<\/a> We have variety of programs including orphanage,\nteach English, medical, and many more that will meet your interest and passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just a few years ago turtles were\nroaming and thriving in the oceans in Bali. With little fear from getting\ncaught in nets set by fishers, or losing their nesting beaches due to tourism\ninfrastructure or the predatory of their nests for egg delicacy. Now, the\nthreat is real and some turtle species are near extinction. The government is\nleading campaigns to protect the turtles and their eggs against illegal trade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In\nthese efforts, small or injured turtles are raised in salty-water pools until\nthey can finally be let to return back to the ocean again. While volunteering\nwith cheap animal program abroad, it will be an educational\nexperience and combined conservation effort<\/a>. You will also join monitoring\nactivities to document the status of the hatching turtles and turtle released\nto sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other than this volunteer turtle conservation program, IFRE\noffers other incredible\nprograms in Bali<\/a>. We have variety of programs including orphanage, teach\nEnglish, medical, and many more that will meet your interest and passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take a minute to complete the form and we will be in touch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n No specific\nqualifications or skills<\/a> are required to join volunteer abroad animals. However, you are expected\nto hard working patient, kind, loving and flexible. Working with animals need a\nlot of passion and compassion and love from you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n IFRE\u2019s programs start\nevery Monday all year-round. If you have issues, you can still start your\nchosen program on any day of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n IFRE offers affordable animal volunteer abroad experience. \nThe fee includes airport pick up, accommodation and food, project\ndonation and support by local IFRE country coordinators. For transparency and\naccountability IFRE\u2019s program fees are paid directly in the country either to\nthe host family or project coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To learn more about the\nfee for each country please follow this link.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n When you join, a local\nfamily will host you. IFRE thoroughly vets the family, to ensure your safety\nand comfort. The family is also highly respected in the community with years of\nexperience hosting international volunteers like you. You will also be provided\nwith three local healthy, home cooked (breakfast, lunch and dinner) meals per\nday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To\nlearn more about what kind of accommodation or food available in each location,\nplease feel free to contact us or see the individual link of the project given\nabove.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Simply click the APPLY NOW button and fill out the\nrequested information in the application form and submit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To\napply for animal volunteer\nopportunities abroad, please follow the APPLY NOW button at the top of\nthe page.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n With over 200 programs in 20\ncountries<\/a> throughout the world over 22,000 happy volunteers, IFRE is highly reviewed\nand respected worldwide. Founded in 2006 as a non-profit, IFRE provides\nthe best safe and cheap volunteer abroad programs in the industry. They offer\nsecond-to-none local in-country support and very highly impactful cultural\nexperience abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n IFRE offers unique and highly\nimpactful programs for young travellers as the best opportunity\nto learn and practice your skills as a team,<\/a> while engaging in a new\nculture and expanding your social circle. To join the volunteer abroad\nanimals\nwith your group contact IFRE now and learn more\nabout this affordable and high-value group volunteer experience abroad.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Take a minute to complete the form and we will be in touch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To travel internationally, you need to prepare\nin advance to avoid spoiling your volunteer experience.<\/a> Do your due\ndiligence by research and asking as many questions as possible. IFRE is always\nready to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Flight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To travel for wildlife volunteering opportunities abroad, you\nwill be required to book and purchase you\u2019re a return ticket to the country you\nselect to volunteer. Depending on your budget ensure that you lock down a\nticket early. Confirm with IFRE the airport of arrival and plan to arrive at\nleast two days before the start date of your volunteer program <\/p>\n\n\n\n Visa and Passport requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To travel abroad\nto join volunteer with animal project, you need\nto have a valid passport. In case you do not have a passport, plan and start\nthe application process well in advance as in some countries the process can\ntake up to four months. Check also the expiry date of your passport as in most\ncountries abroad apply the six months validity rule on your passport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Usually,\nyou will be required a tourist visa. You can apply for a visa at the Embassy or\nconsulate in your home country, however in some countries on arrival visa\nservices are available depending on your nationality. Visas cost between\n$20-$50, budget for that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Do I need any vaccinations?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes,\nyou will absolutely\nrequire vaccinations<\/a> before travelling. Check with your doctor and research\non the Center for Diseases Control website to see the vaccinations you need for\neach country. Plan to get your vaccinations at least two months before your\ntravel date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What do I need to pack? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first rule while travelling to volunteer with animals\nabroad is to pack light. Carry only what you need. IFRE will provide you with a\npacking\nchecklist<\/a> to get ready for your trip abroad. We advice our volunteers to\nbring along a gift for the host family or the programs and pack appropriate\nclothing depending on your program and the location you select.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Extra money<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Whenever you are travelling abroad plan to carry extra money\nfor emergency. It can ruin your whole volunteer\nexperience if you do not have enough money to travel around. Be advised that\nlittle things are bound to happen all the time and it is important that you are\nable to overcome <\/p>\n\n\n\n Your adventure begins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A\nlocal representative will be happily waiting for you at the airport when you\narrive to volunteer abroad\nanimals. You will be transferred to your accommodation in\nreadiness for your volunteering and travel adventure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Be\nopen-minded and be ready to experience new things around you with positivity.\nIFRE encourages you to speak up and talk to your local coordinator if you\nexperience any problems. Be ready to learn the culture and the new language\nwith a great attitude and approach. In addition to having a passion to volunteer with baby animals abroad, if\nyou follow this simple advice you can be guaranteed to have a rewarding\nvolunteer experience.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n With\nyears of experience providing volunteer programs abroad, IFRE boasts the\nsafest programs in the industry<\/a>. Always dress suitably and be aware of your\nsurroundings. You are encouraged to find a comprehensive insurance plan to\nprotect yourself incase of an eventuality, disease, or robbery. IFRE will\nprovide you with a local coordinator available to help you if problems arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well done for completing your volunteering abroad animals program! Your work will help improve the quality of life\nfor suffering animals for future generations. Stay connected to your host\nfamily and the program to access your impact and keep the blossoming\nrelationship. Also we would like to hear from your on your experience, writing\na review will summarize your whole experience and possibly help other\nvolunteers looking to volunteer abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take a minute to complete the form and we will be in touch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can also check out our\namazing volunteer opportunities in Nepal<\/a>,\nIndia<\/a>,\nCambodia<\/a>,\nBrazil<\/a>,\nEcuador<\/a>,\nGuatemala<\/a>,\nPeru<\/a>,\nGhana<\/a>,\nKenya<\/a>,\nTanzania<\/a>,\nUganda<\/a>,\nZimbabwe<\/a> and Morocco<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Check\nout \u2018A Complete Volunteer Abroad\nGuide: Everything You Need To Know<\/a>\u2019 to learn more\nabout what is volunteering abroad. If you want to know how to volunteer abroad\nfor free, go through our Volunteer\nAbroad for Free<\/a> article. If you are a college\nstudent and searching for meaningful summer volunteering programs, check out\nour popular articles Community\nService Trips For College Students<\/a> and Summer\nVolunteer Programs For College Students<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wildlife Conservation Volunteer Abroad<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conservation Volunteer Programs Abroad\n\nVolunteer Abroad\nAnimals Cheap\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you dream about volunteering with animals abroad? Would you like to lend a helping hand to animal conservation while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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Benefits of joining IFRE\u2019s Volunteer Abroad Animals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
IFRE\u2019s Volunteer Abroad Animals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Costa Rica<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Wildlife Sanctuary Project (Natuwa) <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTurtle Project (Osa Peninsula) <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Other Volunteer Opportunities in Costa Rica<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Sri Lanka<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Work With Elephants- (Kegalle) <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Other Volunteer Opportunities in Sri Lanka<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Thailand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Elephant Conservation (Thailand) <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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South Africa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Wildlife Conservation Project (Port Elizabeth)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Bali<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Sea Turtle Conservation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Skill and Qualifications <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Start Date(s) <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Fee <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Housing and Food <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How can you apply? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Why go with IFRE Volunteers? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How can you go as a group? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How to prepare for volunteer abroad trips? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How to make volunteer abroad experience rewarding?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Safety While Volunteering Abroad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Completing your project and returning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Check out our other animal volunteer programs:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n