Melina & Ayko

Travel information

We are currently

Activities we are interested in:

Currently in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

We love spending time in nature, with animals, exploring new cultures, playing games, and doing sports.

Description

Hi there! We are Ayko and Melina, both 24 years old, from Germany.

We are two passionate animal lovers, currently traveling through Asia after finishing our studies. Melina studied Sustainable Development, and Ayko studied Business Psychology. In our free time, we love doing yoga, playing padel, gravel biking, and, of course, spending time with dogs!

Both of us grew up with dogs and cats at home and have been caring for dogs from neighbors, friends, and family for years. But that was not enough! Over the past three years, we have spent around eight months living and working in different animal shelters across Europe. Our experience in shelters has shown us how demanding, yet incredibly rewarding, this work can be.

Animal welfare is something we deeply care about. Every dog deserves a second chance, and we want to contribute to making that happen. Spending time in shelters allows us to support the incredible people who dedicate their lives to this cause.

While traveling, we would love to spend some time at your shelter and help in any way we can.

Interests

Winter sports

Fitness

Nature

Water sports

Yoga / Wellness

Van life

Vegetarian or vegan

Sustainability

Plant care

Outdoor activities

Pets

Music

Hiking

Farming

Culture

Events & social

Cooking & food

Beach

Animals

Languages

Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner

More details about my language interests
We would like to improve our spanish, but also open for new languages.

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

Eco Projects

Charity Work

DIY and building projects

Babysitting and creative play

Life at a Farmstay

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Some knowledge of:  

Gardening

Helping around the house

Animal Care

More details about your skills

We spent 6 months working in a dog shelter in Spain and 2 month working in a dog shelter in Greece. We both are certified first-aiders on the dog. Ayko also posses a certificate of competence for dogs. In German, called "Sachkundenachweiß".

To sum up, gain the following skills during our volunteering:
- we have a lot of experience with scared, traumatized and aggressive dogs
- daily business in an animal shelter (Cleaning, feeding, Organization etc.)
- we both speak english fluently
- we are flexible, responsible, open-minded and hard-working volunteers
- we kown how to take are of a houshold and garden

Age

24 & 24

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies

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  Special dietary requirements
  We are vegan but undemanding, we can always arrange ourselves.