2021 at Primate Sanctuary Assistant
Primate Sanctuary Assistant
Highlights
- Get to know certain primates and there social life
- Be part of the team making a diffrence to the lives of these wonderful animals
- meet other amazing volunteers from all over the world, make life long friends
- take your passion for primates and enhance there lives
- enjoy excursions to the Kruger National park and see the many animals of Africa firat hand
- Get to know certain primates and there social life
- Be part of the team making a diffrence to the lives of these wonderful animals
- meet other amazing volunteers from all over the world, make life long friends
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About the program
Experience living in the African bush and help rehabilitating the indigenous vervet monkey. 🐒
About the project
The Vervet Monkey Foundation operates the largest centre for vervets in the world. In 2006 we became a member of PASA (Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance) and we are also a GFAS (Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries) certified sanctuary. We currently care for over 500 monkeys ...
Typical day
- Collecting, chopping and delivering food for monkeys.
- Cooking at weekends for volunteers
- Hands-on care-giving of baby monkeys (baby season only), helping in our sickbay
- Monitoring and report writing of monkeys around the Sanctuary
- Cleaning monkey cages, washing feed ...
Free-time activities
There are also plenty of opportunities to visit local attractions such as the Kruger National Park or to go on adventures with other volunteers to local sites and site seeing expeditions.
Requirements
What's Included
What's NOT included?
Details on arrival
We prefer volunteers to arrive on a Sunday or Monday, an orientation is give on day of arrival so you know where everything is.
Program fees
Meet your organization
Vervet Monkey Foundation
Non-profit - founded in 1989
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Dave
About the project
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