Street Dog Rescuer

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2 - 12 weeks  ·  Alder 18 - 50+

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Højdepunkter

  • Make a massive contribution to the welfare of stray dogs in the valley: we are a new rescue centre, and the only one in the entire Sacred Valley. This is an exciting time to get involved with us.
  • Learn the lifestyle, working ways and cultural practices of the local community: volunteers will be working with local people.
  • Get immersed in the Peruvian life: Urubamba is a very authentic town, not as touristy as Cusco, with a friendly population.
  • During your free time, explore the Sacred Valley of the Incas and learn about the Inca civilization: this stunning valley includes Machu Picchu, and the lofty Inca citadels of Pisac and Ollantaytambo.
  • Improve your Spanish during your volunteering time and your free time by interacting and socializing with the friendly local population.


Særligt velegnet til

Alder 18+
Singler
Par
Grupper
50+

Om programmet

We are a new rescue centre, so your contribution will make a massive difference to the welfare of stray dogs. We used to be Allqo Llaqta Rescue Centre.

1) Day to day operation of the rescue centre
This is the main activity that all volunteers participate in.

  • Socializing with the dogs and giving them affection. Our dogs need lots and lots of love; that is an essential part of the work here. 
  • Walking the dogs. So that our dogs can be adopted, it is ...

Om programmet

1) Day to day operation of the rescue centre
This is the main activity that all volunteers participate in.

  • Socializing with the dogs and giving them affection. Our dogs need lots and lots of love; that is an essential part of the work here. 
  • Walking the dogs. So that our dogs can be adopted, it is essential to teach them to trust people; and to train dogs to walk on a leash. 
  • Feeding the dogs and giving them water.​
  • Assisting with medical care. You may learn to do physical therapy with some dogs, administering medications, training, or other specialized activities that the dogs may need on a case-by-case basis.
  • ​Cleaning (dog grooming, cleaning the shelter facilities and property grounds, cleaning the dog kennels, and cleaning your volunteer accommodation and communal areas).
  • ​Hosting tours of the shelter and talking with visitors. 
  • General maintenance of the shelter site (for example: cleaning up weeds to help keep the area open).

2) Working with the local population to raise awareness in dog welfare

Teaching responsible pet ownership by helping families take care of their dogs when they need emergency help and by going to schools and talking to kids about how to be good caretakers for their dogs.

3) Vet and vet nurse volunteers

You will be contributing to helping control the overpopulation of strays and lessening the pain of animals. You will need to spay and neuter animals; as well as examine and treat pets.


Typisk dag

We are a new rescue centre, so we don't have right now a highly-structured typical day.

You will be doing for sure the “Day to day operation of the rescue centre” as this is the core of our activities and required for all volunteers.

Your will be working 6 hours a day with some breaks, with 2 ...

Typisk dag

We are a new rescue centre, so we don't have right now a highly-structured typical day.

You will be doing for sure the “Day to day operation of the rescue centre” as this is the core of our activities and required for all volunteers.

Your will be working 6 hours a day with some breaks, with 2 days off per week. A typical shift is from 10am to 4pm (our public hours), but you could have a slightly different 6 hours shift, depending on the needs of the centre at the time. You will be working 5 days a week, and which days of the week you will get your two days off (Monday, Sunday, Wednesday...) will also depend on the 
needs of the centre at the time. But this is not the army, we can discuss everything so everybody (the dogs and the volunteers) are happy.

So you will need to be a little independent, take initiatives, and go with the flow. You will be contributing to the development of a new rescue centre, so it can be challenging and exciting at the same time!


Fritidsaktiviteter

We don’t provide or pay for any of these activities, but they are accessible from our rescue centre as day trips, and easy to organize by yourself. Transportation within the Sacred Valley is straightforward, frequent and cheap with Collectivos (mini-vans).

  • Volunteers can explore the Sacred Valley ...

Fritidsaktiviteter

We don’t provide or pay for any of these activities, but they are accessible from our rescue centre as day trips, and easy to organize by yourself. Transportation within the Sacred Valley is straightforward, frequent and cheap with Collectivos (mini-vans).

  • Volunteers can explore the Sacred Valley of the Incas, which was an important site for the Inca Empire, and is the home of some incredible Inca (and pre-Inca) archeological sites. The most famous being Machu Picchu.This beautiful and peaceful valley is home to a number of isolated Quechua villages and colonial towns. Star attractions in the Sacred Valley include Machu Picchu, the Pisac Market and the lofty Inca citadels of Pisac and Ollantaytambo; however, the valley is filled with other Inca (and pre-Incas) sites that are well worth visiting. So this is a great opportunity to learn about the Inca civilization. Urubamba is in roughly the middle of the Sacred Valley.
  • Outdoor activities: hiking, biking
  • Socializing with the local population: the people of Urubamba are very friendly, and it wouldn’t be hard to socialize with them.
  • Learn Spanish or Quechua
  • Day trip to world-renowned Cusco (the capital of the Inca Empire), easy, frequent, and cheap transportation between Urubamba and Cusco, about 1hr30 mins one-way.



Krav

Krav

Minimumsalder: 18 år

For at kunne deltage i programmet skal du være mindst 18 år gammel på programmets startdato. Der kan være undtagelser, hvis du kan give tilladelse fra din(e) værge(r), eller hvis du ledsages af dine forældre.

Sprogfærdigheder

Du skal kunne tale Engelsk (basic level) eller Spansk (basic level)

Nationalitetsrestriktioner

Ingen begrænsninger. Hjælpende hænder fra hele verden er velkomne.

Andre færdigheder

The main thing is to be a friendly, respectful person who loves dogs.

Tidsforpligtelse

Der er brug for din hjælpende hånd Mandag, Tirsdag, Onsdag, Torsdag og Fredag fra 10:00 - 16:00

Hvad er inkluderet

Hvad er inkluderet

Tjenester af Colitas Con Canas

The fee for a Volunteer Stay with us is $50 USD in total, whether your stay is 2 weeks or longer.
This includes:

  • A bed in our volunteer room
  • A kitchen to cook all your meals (basic ingredients provided)
  • A full bathroom (hot water)
  • Free WIFI at the centre
  • Lots of love from our rescued dogs
  • 2 days off per week

Indkvartering

We have one room for volunteers with 4 beds (2 bunk beds), a shared space, a kitchen and a bathroom with a hot shower (*note, there are kids in the house as well).

The main building contains a bathroom (with hot water) and a communal kitchen.

All volunteers will share domestic duties in all shared living areas. 

Bed linens, covers and pillows are provided, and you can wash your bedding at the laundry in town. Toiletries, including towels, are not provided. Please bring your own.

Mad og drikkevarer

We provide ingredients for you to cook your meals in our equipped kitchen. Please know that because we are a small local non-for-profit rescue centre, we have limited financial resources and we can only offer basic ingredients (coffee, bread, jam, rice, dry beans and lentils).

We offer the same basic ingredients every day for everybody, we cannot customize based on dietary preferences or restrictions. If you wish to supplement this with something of your liking, you can find anything for a reasonable price ay the central market of Urubamba. 

Internetadgang

Begrænset adgang til projektområdet

Hvad er IKKE inkluderet?

Hvad er IKKE inkluderet?

Afhentning i lufthavnen i Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport

Afhentning i lufthavnen er heller ikke inkluderet i programgebyret.

Flybilletter

Den nærmeste lufthavn er Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) i Cuzco. Vi hjælper dig med at finde billige flybilletter til Peru. FINDE BILLIGE FLYBILLETTER

Rejseforsikring

At rejse til udlandet er et eventyr, og det er altid bedst at være forberedt. Pludselig sygdom eller skade, aflysning eller tyveri - en rejseforsikring til Peru giver sikkerhed og er en fordel at have. FÅ ET TILBUD

Vacciner

Hvis du har til hensigt at blive frivillig i Peru, bør du søge lægehjælp, før du begynder din sociale rejse. Tjek dine krævede vaccinationer for Peru. VACCINE CHECKER

Oplysninger ved ankomst

Volunteers can join our program throughout the year, even last-minute if we have a volunteer bed available.

We don’t have specific arrival days and/or time slots. You need to contact Emily and let her know your arrival time so we can properly welcome you at the centre.
Tilgængelighed
Jan. Febr. Marts April Maj Jun Jul Aug. Sept. Okt. Nov. Dec.

Programgebyrer

2 uger (min. ophold) 50€
12 uger (max. ophold) 50€
Gennemsnitligt gebyr 14€/uge

Programgebyrer

14€ pr. uge 2 - 12 weeks Alder 18 - 50+

Betalingsmetoder

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Duration

2 - 12 weeks

Deposit

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Final Payment

Din endelige betaling vil blive aftalt med Colitas Con Canas under ansøgningsprocessen. Almindelige løsninger er enten via bankoverførsel eller kontant betaling på projektstedet.


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Colitas Con Canas

Perfect 4.6 rating (5 feltrapporter)

Agentur - grundlagt i 2023

Verificeret af Volunteer World

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Vært er

Nikki

Spoken languages: Spansk, Engelsk

Om projektet

We are a new rescue centre for stray dogs in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru. We are located near Urubamba. We used to be Allqo Llaqta Rescue Centre. Join us!

Mød din vært

Colitas Con Canas translates as "gray tails" in English, which refers to our primary mission to rescue elderly dogs.

We used to be Allqo Llaqta Rescue Centre, which was in operation for 5 years. One of the founders, Fabrizio, moved to the United States. Without his presence in Urubamba, we had to close 
Allqo Llaqta. We created a new rescue centre with Emily in Urubamba, who is our project director and lives on site at the new rescue centre. 

​Colitas Con Canas is a specialized rescue centre focusing on elderly and special needs dogs and community outreach and education. We take in dogs that are unlikely to be adopted, dogs in recovery and sometimes hospice cases, and serve as a retirement home for abandoned elderly dogs.

We hope to inspire others to give a chance to the dogs that are often overlooked, but most importantly, that our dogs have a safe and loving place to live where they receive medical attention and any accommodations they may need physically and emotionally.

Another important goal for this project is reaching the community; through education and community involvement, we can achieve a positive change that would benefit not only all the dogs in the area but also the humans.

We aim to decrease the number of homeless dogs by increasing awareness and creating low-cost spay and neuter opportunities for local peoples' pets as well as focusing on teaching responsible pet ownership by helping families take care of their dogs when they need emergency help and by going to schools and talking to kids about how to be good caretakers for their dogs.

We believe fewer dogs on the street means fewer dogs suffering and less traffic danger. Studies have shown that towns with fewer street dogs have healthier people and fewer parasites found in children.

​We believe that by working together, we can make a difference!

5 feltrapporter · rating4.6

Arthur Sebastiao rating5

2019 at Street Dog Rescuer

Beautiful experience with puppies in an equally beautiful place that is the Sacred Valley. The tasks are calm, the house is super good, Fabrizio and the volunteers are amazing people and being with the dogs is lovely. A nice memory that I will have for all my life! Thanks for everything. See you ...
Marcelo Martins rating5

2019 at Street Dog Rescuer

My experience in Allqo Llaqta was amazing. Fabrizio and all team members are very attentive and created a great time in the project. The contact with dogs is an incredible opportunity. So I recommend this opportunity for everyone that is going to travel to ...
Erick Leite rating4.8

2019 at Street Dog Rescuer

It was an amazing experience. I felt useful all the time. The dogs are very affectionate and kind. I am very happy to be part of this story, it is a work with direct social impact and we feel for the community itself. Thanks to all for your attention and learning. See ...
Clare Saunders rating4

2019 at Street Dog Rescuer

We had a lovely time here! We stayed for a week and really enjoyed the daily tasks, feeding the dogs, cleaning up the poop, cuddling the dogs. We loved learning how to care for the dogs with injuries, learning physio therapy etc. We also helped with some gardening and structure work as the place ...
Cecilia Laura Belistri rating4

2019 at Street Dog Rescuer

The manager is Roberto, a very kind man who support you with the tasks and gives you all his love too. Allqo Llaqta was a very good election to visit the Sacred Valley because you can go from Urubamba to other cities. Its located in a strategic place. The rescue center isn’t near downtown, but ...

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