Educating Children about Animal Care

location
4 - 8 weken  ·  Leeftijd 18 - 50+

rating  Uitstekend 4.8  · 
  Geverifieerd door Volunteer World
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Highlights

  • Get in touch with cape verdean culture through work with children
  • Contribute to the change of mentalities through education
  • Learn some words in creole
  • Propel your career with international experience
  • Visit the beautiful island of Santo Antao during your free time


Vooral geschikt voor

Leeftijd 18+
Alleenstaanden
Koppels
50+

Over het programma

Help make children aware of animal care!

Working on Simabo's educational programs is a unique, authentic, and rewarding experience. Education is the only way to genuinely change society by contributing to the mentality and principles of tomorrow's adults. Working with children is one of the best ways to get in touch with the local culture. ..

Over het programma

Working on Simabo's educational programs is a unique, authentic, and rewarding experience. Education is the only way to genuinely change society by contributing to the mentality and principles of tomorrow's adults. Working with children is one of the best ways to get in touch with the local culture. You'll have fun, learn some words in creole, and - above all - live moments that stay in your heart and mind forever.

What to expect?

  • To do some activities with children (painting,…)
  • Talk with students about animals 
  • Complete immersion in the local community
Skills required
  • Speak Portuguese 
  • To like working with children and teenagers 
  • Able to be patient
  • To be independent and responsible 
  • To have organizational and time-management skills
Tasks

1) Workshops

  • Call schools of São Vicente to schedule workshops;
  • Think about activities to do with students;
  • Check the material that exists in SIMABO and decide if you will need to buy more;
  • Update all paperwork: "Workshop calendar" and "Schools Database".

2) Surveys

  • Check the existing surveys for adults and children (printed on the green cover);
  • Make inquiries;
  • Organize the output information in Excel

3) Other communication actions

  • Post SIMABO's educational posters in hospitals, private clinics, private doctors' offices, dentists, catering (health centers already have them all);
  • Update Excel file "Posters".
Vaccinations are not required nor recommended. There is no rabies in Cape Verde. 

NOTES: 
  • Information given in the Time Commitment session of this program are only an example and they are not binding:
  • Changes in shifts must be communicated with a week notice and be authorized
  • Changes in shifts can't leave shifts uncovered
  • We'll make our best to give you the morning shift on the last working day of one week and the afternoon shift of the first working day of the following week, so that you have 2 days and 2 nights off and you can visit another island if you like.  



Dagelijkse activiteiten

The help we need varies depending on your skills. We expect someone who is a self-starter and can work independently with a very high degree of motivation. Work is per shifts: morning from 8 to 13 or afternoon from 13 to 18. 

Volunteers who work in the morning must have breakfast before starting, ...

Dagelijkse activiteiten

The help we need varies depending on your skills. We expect someone who is a self-starter and can work independently with a very high degree of motivation. Work is per shifts: morning from 8 to 13 or afternoon from 13 to 18. 

Volunteers who work in the morning must have breakfast before starting, even if they work at the office or in the hostel. Lunch is after 13. Most volunteers like to have something ready from the previous day so that they can eat as soon as they finish their working shift, and then they have still time to rest and go for some free time activity on the beach or in town or visit another village on the island. Public buses go back and forth from town to the 4 villages on the coast during the whole day, with the last ones coming back from the villages at about 5 PM. Sometimes volunteers can organize shifts in the kitchen and prepare food for themselves at 12,30, before going to work, and other volunteers that finish working at 13. 
Volunteers working in the afternoon must be ready to go at 13, so they have free time in the morning.

For people that don't like to cook or don't want to spend their time cooking, meals can be bought for little money in a lot of local small restaurants. You can be dropped off at the market place when our car go to the shelter at 1PM and have lunch there, before going to the beach for a nap. Everything is so close and easy to reach that there is almost no need to "organize" free time.

Free time activities can vary according with the time of the year: in winter it is not so hot, so you can go round during the whole day. In Summer it will be difficult to do anything else than rest or being at the beach from 12 to 17. 

Shifts are allocated according to the needs at the shelter and to the desires of the volunteers. Some people like better to work in the morning because it is cooler, but of course night life suffers from this schedule. Other people prefer to go to bed later, rest in the morning and work in the afternoon. In general volunteers are working one per shift or more only if available. 


Vrijetijdsactiviteiten

The island is famous for its music and its partying vibe! So night activity is guaranteed! 

  • On the island you can find a diving center (in town), a windsurfing school and a kitesurfing school. 
  • Capoeira is also widely practiced and can be learned with 2 groups in lessons held in the late afternoon.
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Vrijetijdsactiviteiten

The island is famous for its music and its partying vibe! So night activity is guaranteed! 

  • On the island you can find a diving center (in town), a windsurfing school and a kitesurfing school. 
  • Capoeira is also widely practiced and can be learned with 2 groups in lessons held in the late afternoon.
  • Hiking paths are very simple to follow. Every volunteer who likes hiking can't miss visiting the neighboring island, Santo Antao, with its beautiful mountains and trekking paths. 
  • If you are not so keen on hiking, you can rent a bicycles, electrical bicycles and scooters at local shops.


Voorwaarden

Voorwaarden

Minimum leeftijd: 18 jaar

Om deel te nemen aan het programma dien je tenminste 18 jaar oud te zijn op de startdatum van het programma. Er kunnen uitzonderingen gemaakt worden indien je een bewijs van toestemming kan aantonen van uw wettelijke voogd(en) of samen met je ouders deelneemt.

Taalkennis

Je dient over volgende taalkennis te beschikken Engels (basis niveau)

Opleidingsvereisten

op High School niveau

Bewijs van goed gedrag en zeden

verplicht

Nationaliteitsbeperkingen

Geen beperkingen. Helpende handen van over de hele wereld zijn welkom.

Tijdsinzet

Uw helpende hand wordt verwacht op maandag, dinsdag, woensdag, donderdag, vrijdag, zaterdag en zondag

Diensten ingesloten

Diensten ingesloten

Diensten door Simabo

  • Pick up from the airport at the arrival
  • Accommodation in a single or double room if travelling alone or in a bigger room if travelling in group (shared bathroom).
  • Advice to organize visits to other islands, especially Santo Antao, with hotel and ferry/flights reservations  
  • One tour of the island of Sao Vicente with our staff, usually with a deworming or spaying/neutering campaign
  • Food is not provided, but volunteers can use a communal kitchen.

Afhaal aan de luchthaven op Cesaria Evora International Airport

Our driver will wait for you in the airport arrival hall with a SIMABO sign with your name! Driving time to town is about 10 min. 

Accomodatie

Accommodation for volunteers is available in  shared or single rooms, according to availability,  with shared bathroom  

in our volunteer house or in double or triple rooms with shared bathroom in the hostel. Both are located just a couple of meters away from our clinic, the beach, and the main square of Mindelo. Extra fee is charged for a single room in the hostel.

Volunteers can prepare their own food in the hostel kitchen, where paying guests are hosted to raise funds for the project.
At the hostel volunteers can meet any kind of travellers and together they can plan trips, excursions, parties, dinners, anything that makes fun and makes your volunteering time unforgettable. 

Internet toegang

Makkelijke toegang op de project site

Wat is er NIET inbegrepen?

Wat is er NIET inbegrepen?

Eten & Drank

Eten, tussendoortjes en drankjes zijn bijkomende kosten.

Vlucht tickets

De dichtste luchthaven is Cesaria Evora International Airport (VXE) in Sao Vicente. We assisteren u met het vinden van goedkope vluchten naar Kaapverdië. VIND GOEDKOPE VLUCHTEN

Reisverzekering

Naar het buitenland reizen is een avontuur en het is best om goed voorbereid te zijn. Plots ziek worden of gewond raken, annulaties of diefstal - een reisverzekering voor Kaapverdië biedt zekerheid en is een meerwaarde. KRIJG EEN OFFERTE

Vaccinaties

Als je de intentie hebt om als vrijwilliger aan de slag te gaan in Kaapverdië dien je eerst medisch advies in te winnen alvorens je eropuit trekt. Kijk de benodigde vaccinaties na voor Kaapverdië. VACCINATIE CHECKER

Gegevens over jouw aankomst

Volunteers are accepted throughout the year depending on availability.

Usually the best months to come are from April o mid-July and form the beginning of October to mid-December, because of the temperature and also because of the cost of the flights, that can be expensive in the high season (Christmas, August).
Carnaval is a highlight of Mindelo's life, volunteers are always welcome at that time of the year. 

Be prepared to stay in a row for paying the "airport fee" that costs 32 euros. You can avoid this applying via Internet and paying in advance by credit card, but it will cost you 60 euros. All info to accomplish this will be provided in due time. EU citizens are not required to have/pay a visa, only non-EU citizens will have to buy one at the airport for 25 euros. 

Beschikbaarheid
jan. feb. mrt. apr. mei. jun. jul. aug. sep. okt. nov. dec.

Programmakosten

4 weken (min. verblijf) 400€
5 weken 444€
6 weken 533€
7 weken 621€
8 weken (max. verblijf) 800€
Gemiddelde kosten 100€/week

Programmakosten

100€ per week 4 - 8 weken Leeftijd 18 - 50+

Betaalmethodes

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GEEN CREDITCARDKOSTEN


Duurtijd

4 - 8 weken

Waarborg

De waarborg dient om je plek als vrijwilliger te verzekeren. Betalingen worden door PayPal behandeld, onze betrouwbare betalingsprovider. Indien je niet over een PayPal account beschikt, kan je ook met een credit kaart betalen.


Finale betaling

Uw finale betaling zal worden goedgekeurd door Simabo gedurende de aanmeld procedure. Veel voorkomende oplossingen zijn een banktransfer of contante betaling op de projectsite.


Ontmoet je organisatie

Simabo

Uitstekend 4.8 rating (53 beoordelingen)

NGO - opgericht in 2008

Geverifieerd door Volunteer World

  Zeer hoog Responsgraad

Gepresenteerd door

Silvia

Gesproken talen: Duits, Portugees, Engels, Italiaans

Over de organisatie

SIMABO protects, rescues, assists, and spays/neuters dogs and cats in Sao Vicente, Cape Verde

Ontmoet je organisatie


SI MA BO in Creole means “like you”. 

We are an association for the protection of animals and the environment based in Sao Vicente, Cape Verde, West Africa. Cape Verde has been a Portuguese colony until 1975 and has still a very "European vibe". No vaccinations are required or recommended.The local population is peaceful and more interested in parties and music than in politics or world finance. Mindelo is famous for its music and dancing nights and for being the birth place of Cesaria Evora, the most famous Capeverdean singer. 

SIMABO is a registered charity both in Cape Verde and in Italy. Article 3 of our Bylaws states out mission as following: "The purpose of the Association is to improve the living conditions of the population of the islands of Cape Verde.  In particular, by reducing the risk of transmission of parasitic diseases by cutting down the number of stray animals through spaying/neutering campaigns, also by involving the population in  activities of prophylactic antiparasitic care and by treating animals carrying diseases. The Association also aims at raising funds to be used for carrying out its activities in the Cape Verde islands."

Our work with animals - including running a shelter with 110 dogs, a cattery with 18 cats, a 7/12 clinic, and ambulant castration campaigns - is partially financed by the Simabo's Backpackers' Hostel, a hostel for responsible tourists, which in the meantime has become the most famous tourist facility on the island. 
We have treated and microchipped more than 12,000 animals so far and we are planning to expand the spaying/neutering campaigns to neighboring islands as well. 

SIMABO Cape Verde is managed by a board of 11 directors (1 Italian, 1 Brazilian, 1 Russian and 8 Cape-Verdeans) and employs 12 local workers: 1 veterinarian, 1 nurse, 1 receptionist, 1 driver, 4 dog carers, 3 cleaning staff, 1 night watch + 1 administrator from abroad (Portugal), and relies on the help of 2 full-time volunteers + an average of part-time 10 volunteers on the field and abroad.

The help we need varies depending on your skills. We expect someone who is a self-starter and can work independently with a very high degree of motivation. The focus must be to help the project, with the necessary amount of rest and freetime, to recover from the hard work and to visit the island of Sao Vicente and the neighboring island of Santo Antao, which can be done easily in the free time provided but the working schedule.

Volunteering with SIMABO offers the opportunity to make a great experience abroad in a protected environment, where volunteers can meet other volunteers or hostel guests from all over the world. The relationship with the animals can be extremely rewarding form the emotional point of view, being Capeverdean dogs very tame and social. Volunteers are completely immersed in the local environment, working with local staff and being required to shop and cook their own food. For volunteers that don't want to cook by themselves a wide choice of different options is available to eat at local restaurants and bars for a little price.  

Confirmed volunteers will receive a link to our portal with all the information required for their travel, their stay and the work with us in the different areas: Dog shelter, Cat shelter, Clinic, Hostel, Communication and Fundraising, Education, Maintenance. Feel free to choose the area the best suites you to make the difference for the animals on this beautiful island! 

53 beoordelingen · rating4.8

thierry ouzelet rating5

2024 at Dog walker

Unforgettable experience that I recommend to everyone. If you like to share and be useful, then come. I stayed 3 weeks and would have liked to stay longer. I will definitely come ...
Andréa Rodrigues rating5

2024 at Videomaker/Photographer/Graphic designer/

To start with, it's been a really incredible experience, everyone is super nice and welcoming, you never feel alone. To talk more specifically about the communication work, it's really important. Simabo really needs visibility because their work is really important and you'll see that they really ...
Alice Albergucci rating5

2024 at Animal Supporter

Ho fatto una settimana di volontariato al rifugio di Simabo e’ stata un’esperienza veramente bella ,ho conosciuto persone che porterò nel mio cuore e sto parlando sia delle persone che gestiscono l’associazione ma anche delle altre volontarie e che dire dei tutti quei cagnolini ❤️ ...
Julia Ottiger rating5

2024 at Animal Supporter

I had a really good time at Simabo. I went to the shelter almost every day and walked the dogs. The dogs are super friendly and are really happy when they see you and know that it's time for a walk, cuddle or play. The cats at the hostel are also lovely and love it when you play with them or give ...
Christine Salomon ép. Gavet rating5

2024 at Veterinary Doctor

i always wanted to do veterinary volunteering and I was finally able to carry out this project ay Simabo where I spent 5 weeks. I felt really useful by sterilizing and caring for street animals or those belonging to people in need. the local staff are committed and helpful, the volunteers come ...
Bridget Dewer rating5

2024 at Dog walker

I had a wonderful time at Simbalo - it was a truly unforgettable experience. The dogs at the Shelter are adorable; always so happy to see you and go for their walks. It is impossible to spend a couple of days there without at least one of them finding their way into your heart! I travelled to ...

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