2024 at Equine Vet Assistant
from 1,079€
Equine Vet Assistant
Highlights
- Work alongside a dedicated team of equine vets and nurses
- Help care horses, mules, donkeys, and the occasional camel
- Gain clinical experience in a wide range of cases with hands on practical training. Assist with emergency, reactive, and preventative medicine
- Live at the edge of the desert close to ancient Abo Sir pyramids. Experienced riders can join optional desert horse rides in your free time
- Discover Egyptian culture and customs from a local perspective
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About the program
Work alongside a vet team helping rescue and treat abused horses around the pyramids of Cairo, Egypt. A Clinical equine placement.
If you love horses and donkeys and want to make a difference to the lives of working animals in Egypt, this is the project for you. We have two ways you can become involved, as a care volunteer (no experience needed) and a vet volunteer (you must be a vet student or nurse, or graduate). Regardless ...
Typical day
Our gates are open every day for animals in need, so working hours are 6 days per week 8.00 am-5.00pm. Occasional emergency cases may come in later than that for which your assistance may be required. You can take one day off per week, in co-ordination with your colleagues and supervisor.
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Free-time activities
The clinic is in a quiet and rural area on the South side of Cairo, about 40 minutes from the main city and the famous Pyramids of Giza that date back over 2,500 years. You will be just around the corner from several other beautiful and older pyramids too. In your free time you can visit these ...
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Details on arrival
Volunteers fly in and out of Cairo Airport and can start every Sunday or Monday of the year. There is some flexibility with the start dates of this project so please ask us if you are looking at a different start date.
Program fees
Meet your organization
Worldwide Vets
Non-profit - founded in 2006
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Gemma
About the project
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