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Come and help an animal rescue and protection association in the South-West Algarve, Portugal
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Our current availability for 2025 and 2026 is below. As people's plans sometimes change, so this changes and it is updated regularly. We really need ......
Hello altogether 🌞
Who has time and feels addressed?
I'm living here in the Alto Alentejo since four years – live my dream of a free life in the countryside.
I’m living very close to my children and grandchildren too, who are a big part of my ......
My husband & I moved to the Algarve in October 2016. Our home is situated within 5 acres of land. We run a registered dog shelter that also has charitable status.
We love the workaway scheme which enables us to meet some truly amazing people and to ......
PLEASE READ THE WHOLE PROFILE BEFORE APPLYING 🙏
Hi everyone,
We are a couple of animal rights activists running a vegan activist non-profit NGO in Portugal.
As part of our organization's work we run an Animal Sanctuary where we have our ......
We are a family living in the sw alentejo, costa vicentina, working in 3 different fields: -Horsetraining / Horsetrails -pedagogical work w. teenagers and also medical mushrooms in the winter season. Our ranch is 12km from the ocean in the middle of ......
I am English, a retired teacher and have just moved to a house in Alfarelos, Portugal. It needs a lot of work and there will will be builders around working on the exterior from September onwards so I shall need help with my FIVE dogs and generally ......
I am still settling into my new house. Gardening and lots of small DIY chores that cannot be done by local professionals. You need absolutely skills for chopping kindling and sawing and stacking firewood. The last bits of indoor painting when the ......
Our small farm in Algarve/Portugal is situated near Faro with cats, dogs and chicken. Help is needed with plants e.g. Frangipanis (weeding, repotting etc) and the house and the plot (painting, cleaning, cutting bushes and trees).
We can offer a nice ......
Hello, my name is Irene and I have a Sanctuary, a non-profit organization, for senior dogs, dogs who are sick and need extra care, and dogs with a handicap. We also have other animals; horses, cat Simba, goat Max, and chickens.
It all started in ......
A non-profit organization
We take care of the rescue animals ( horses and Dogs) in Portugal close to Evora
Goal and vision of the organization is:
• We rescue animals, especially horses that are mentally, physically damaged, no longer welcome to ......
I'm Portuguese/French :) and I live in the great city of Porto. Have 2 cats, a house in the city centre with a small garden. I'm a psychologist and yoga teacher, passionate by music, surf and Brazilian culture.
Hello everybody,
So my place is a quiet place in a wild natural environment .
For summer 25 most of the work will be involved around the gardens and living spaces,
besides that there's also light forestry , which includes chopi'dropi, shredding ......
We are a family (2 "adults", 1 kid with 4 years and big boy with 15)
Together with the Grandparents and two more lovely friends we share the dream of our own land and are at home for 15 years in Aljezur. We are lovely and caring people, living off ......
PLEASE READ THE FULL PROFILE BEFORE APPLYING — AND CHECK THE CALENDAR FIRST
Hi everyone,
My name is Teresa, and I’m a retired English teacher from Portugal with a lifelong love for animals — especially dogs.
Over 20 years ago, I began rescuing ......
Clear bushes ✂️ and prune trees 🌳 in a nearly wild mountain with an amazing view ⛰.
You'll be doing the groundwork for the land to beautify itself, for the forest to grow healthy and, most importantly, to prevent forest fires.
The Animal Retreat is ......
My name is Geraldine, I am a therapist and travel frequently. My kids are all studying abroad so when I travel my dogs need petsitting. Walking three times a day. On the plus side, I live in front of the beach in Carcavelos. train takes 20 minutes ......
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Hello! I'm Pia and I live with my family on a farm in the south of Portugal. Me and my daughter (3) live in one house and my parents in another house next door. We founded an animal welfare association to ......
We only accept volunteers for long term, at least 3 months and longer to one year. You also need to have some experience with horses.
Please don´t write if you want to come for short periods of time.
We are a non-profit association whose mission ......
Hello, I have no vacancy for help at the moment ........
I live on a 10 hectare farm just outside Castelo de Vide in Portugal with 2 very friendly dogs, 2 cats and 2 horses. The property has a stream running through it so the evenings are filled ......
If you are from outside of the EU and planning to visit Portugal to work, volunteer or study, YOU WILL NEED THE CORRECT VISA. To find out more information you need to contact the embassy in your home country BEFORE travelling.
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