Zoological Work and Animal Breeding Project in Costa Rica

 
  PROJECT OVERVIEW
Program: Volunteer Costa Rica
Project: Working for a Zoo.
Room and Board: Host family, lodges & 3 times a day local food
Work Hours: 30-36 hours per week
Start Date: 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month
Work Dates: Year round (2-12 weeks)
Arrival and Departure: Juan Santa Maria International Airport, San Jose
 


Travel to the northern Costa Rica and volunteer in a zoo. The zoo houses many attractive local and other animals and birds. Work to make their enclosures clean, feed them daily and learn many interesting work from local staff employed by the zoo. If you are a veterinarian, biologist or generally fond of working in a zoo, you’ll have a great time working and helping the zoo and the animals.

Skill/Qualification

No qualifications required. If you have knowledge of Spanish, you can communicate more effectively with local staffs and enjoy the program more. You should also be of good health as the work can get little physically demanding.

Volunteer's Responsibilities

Be flexible and have patience while working as working condition in Costa Rica is very different from what you’re used to back home. You’ll clean the enclosure, feed the animals, and you can even work in the administration of the zoo. You might also take visitors on a guided tour of the zoo.

Volunteers in the project will definitely have opportunity to complete a large amount of fulfilling work.

Accommondation/Meal and Supervision

RCDP will provide from your every need during the project. During the project, you will home stay with a host family or in a lodge. In a host family, you will be provided with a separate room but you will share bathroom facilities. We have chosen our host family carefully and they will provide with a safe and secure location for you to stay. They will have experience of hosting foreign volunteers before and at least one member of the host family will be able to communicate with you in English. Staying with a host family is a wonderful way to learn about the lifestyle and culture of Costa Rica. You will be served 3 locals meals by the host family. The meals will be prepared hygienically. Our staff will also visit you regularly to check your progress and see if you’re satisfied with the project or not. So you can rest assure that you will be completed looked after while you volunteer in orphanage work project in Costa Rica.

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