Help at animal rescue and discover unique culture in Sungai Petani, Malaysia

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  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 3 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    We are NGO doing animal rescue. In our shelter, most of furkids are disabled dog, we need people who really love them helping us to taking care of them, clean up the shelter , clean up wounds and also feeding.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Charity Work
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We are a Malaysian-chinese, I can teach volunteer some Chinese language. Here is a small town, with paddy-fields nearby. Other than helping in shelter, volunteers can discovery around our small town to know how locals lifestyle , local food and also different language. we can learn Chinese calligraphy Together. And if you like Indian henna tattoo, I do love it too.

  • Help

    Help

    we need people who really love them helping us to taking care of them, clean up the shelter , clean up wounds and also feeding.

    ***Our mainly need is helper in shelter daily cleaning and feeding task.
    * Help cleaning in shelter, daily cleaning: clean up poo (with shovel), cleaning floor, cleaning dog cages, bath dogs, cut nails, cleaning bowls for food, cleaning blankets (with washing machines).

    ~Some other things that we also need but the main task is helping in shelter’s daily cleaning and feeding.

    * Help fundraising project: We need fund for daily expenses for shelter, also we need a lot of money for food and medical expenses. If you have any special skills which is able to help out on fundraising, please let me know. Example: if you are a professional of teaching English, we can try to do lesson and the fee is for shelter expenses. If you are very good in baking , we can arrange you for baking some dessert or cake and sell in the local morning market to fundraise. We will discuss how to arrange and how we can make it to help shelter to get more funds.

    * Help general maintenance, repair broken cage( with welding machines).

    * Help painting cage, chair, rack…

    * Help doing gardening.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    Chinese (Mandarin): Fluent
    Chinese (Cantonese): Fluent
    English: Intermediate
    Malay: Intermediate

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    ~Volunteers will stay in my house, And will go shelter every morning with me by car.

    ~ Is it ok for you to stay with me at my house? There will be a room for you, and it is a bathroom in the room. So you don’t need to go to the living room’s bathroom to take shower and use toilet. You can have more privacy.

    ~Will you ok with my dogs at home that seriously afraid of strangers?
    They need more time to get close to you, the volunteers visited before, the dogs at least need few days to get used to their stay. They looks aggressive sometimes when they barking towards you, but this is because just they are afraid to see strangers in our house, need to take some times and a big point is “give more food to them” will do. Food always is a good way to make friend with dogs.

    They are 6 of them, although they are in my house , but all of them are also rescue cases. For some situations I rescue them and they stay at home but not shelter.

    ^^1st: Girl( Jing Jing) this is the first dog in this house and she is very friendly and love all human,
    ^^2nd: Boy (Bobo) a little bit afraid but will get used to strangers very fast,
    ^^3rd: Girl (Ola) super super afraid of strangers and barking very often.
    ^^4th: Boy (Guai Guai) afraid of strangers will always hide under the sofa, the key to unlock his heart is a comb to comb his ^~^ big fat ass.
    ^^5th: Boy(MongMong) always afraid of strangers but only stay outside of the house, he afraid of BOBO and feel comfortable to stay outside of the house.
    ^^6th:Girl(SingSing) very crazy and very afraid of strangers also like to bark. Sing sing the one love all type of food, even plain bread she will love to eat. Every morning when volunteers go downstairs for breakfast, SingSing looks aggressive but when volunteers start having breakfast she wait beside to see if anyone can give some food to her.

    !!!!!!!! They are afraid of strangers, need more time to get use to new people. This is why I set the minimum stay is 3weeks, because if always change new guest, they need time to get use to new people and I will be very busy to help handle them every time new guest arrive. And I am not able to all day long handle dogs at home for volunteers who very afraid of dogs in my house. For our place , we are totally full filled by dogs no matter in shelter or in the house, when dogs not get close to you, you can’t really help in this task.

    *** They will not get used to you automatically after days, this need volunteers that really love dogs and willing to spend time with them, stay in the same space, playing small game with treats. [Food always is the good key to unlock dog’s heart] .( this is also the reason why some volunteers they never able get closed to dogs until they leave, and some volunteers they be friends easily with them after few days stay in our house)

    *** If you are not very adapt to deal with dogs that afraid of strangers, this is not a very suitable place for you. My place is really full of dogs, no matter in shelter or in the house.

    ~Work in our shelter is every morning, around 8:30-1:30. We will go by car.

    ~You can have two days off after 5days working, we don’t have a fixed off day because shelter we work 365days a year, furkids is like our baby they need care and food every day. At least 3weeks stay to have this.

    ~ We not able to provide every meal. But I will have milk , bread, jam, oats and cereal for you guys to eat breakfast at home. A simple brunch also available in shelter too.

    ***But we are not vegetarian person, we cannot special prepared vegetarian or vegan food everyday for volunteers who only request vegetarian or vegan food. This is not convenient in our daily plan and schedule.

    # Volunteers can cook or buy food nearby by them-self, my housing area is very convenient area with a lot of shops, lotus’s supermarket and also shopping mall. (It is just about 5minutes walk)

    # Volunteers is allowed to cook in the kitchen and of course allowed to use our fridge. Just make yourself at home.

    ~ My housing area is a place which almost have everything, a park for jogging, Lotus’s super market, saloons for hair nails facial and massage, many restaurants: Indian/ Chinese/ Japanese/ Korean/ Malay/ and many more, including some hawker food centre and also bakery . There is also Cinema and swimming pool nearby .

    ~ In my house, Tv, living room, dinning room, kitchen all you can use, but only washing machine I prefer not to share this is for some hygiene reason. There are a self serving laundry shop just nearby my house.(less than 5minutes walk)

    ~ Our place is a quite local place, without a touristic area. But we have a mangrove forest nearby, and also a small archeology area with a small archeology museum. Museum place name: Lembah Bujang. You can find some details online.

    ~ Gunung Jerai is also very near to our place. This is a small mountain.

    **** Also, we are not very far from Penang Island.
    ~ From our place to Penang island you need take a train or bus to butterworth station ( cost around RM3.80)and at the same station is a ferry terminal, take a ferry to Penang island (cost you around RM1.20), and you will arrive exactly in the Georgetown, Penang Island. (Usually volunteer will go in the morning during their day off, they follow your car to shelter but we will drop by volunteers to the station before we arrive in shelter so they no need find their own way to the station and can get in bus or train easier to go discover Penang Island)

    If you ok with this and want to come to meet dogssss and us, please send me a request , looking forward to meet people who can resonate with us.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    I like to make friends with people around the world. I am really enjoy to talk and share with friends that different culture and language. I believe there are mostly “Good people “ around our beautiful world instead of “ Bad people “. I join Couchsurfing from 2009, I am still keep in touch with my first Couchsurfing guest from Russia , my 1st experience in CS is 2009. I hope I can meet many nice peoples through workaway too.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

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    Hours expected

    Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 662964884344

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