Sylvia

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I am currently

Description

Hello

I’m an open-minded person with immense passion for caring/helping in wildlife and nature. I love translate for tourists french-german-english and exploring new cultures to expand my horizon. I could show this in many different stages during the last years in experiences in Namibia and South-Africa:

- 2026 South Africa as volunteer in Penguin Rehabilitation Hospital (Port Elizabeth)
- 2025 South Africa as volunteer in Wildlife Research Program (Otjiwa Mountain Lodge)
- 2025 Namibia as volunteer in Sasa Safari Camp (Lodge, care for tourists, helping in services)
- 2024 Namibia as volunteer in Outjo (Farmhouse, care for tourists and maintainance)
- 2023 South Africa as workawayer in Grabouw (Cat Sanctuary and helping at the farm, gardening)
- 2023 South Africa as volunteer in Rhino-Sanctuary Care for Wild
- 2023 South Africa as volunteer in Shamwari Conservation Private Game Reserve
- 2022 South-Africa as workawayer in Onjala-Logde (helping guests, assist guides in game drive, bar service, helping in kitchen - not cooking, maintainance in lodge all around)
- 2020 South-Africa as workawayer in Greyton (Pet care in vegan farm)
- 2018 and 2019 South-Africa (Animal Care projects in Thornhill, Shamwari and Standford for several weeks)
- Wildlife Sanctuary Harnas and Naankuuse (several weeks in 2016 and 2017: helping orphaned animals, caring for injured and unwanted pets, enclosure cleaning)
- Wildlife Act (South-Africa): working for big five, monitoring animals 2013
- Guest farm near Maltahöhe as Au-Pair 2000 (helping tourists, farm cleaning, prepare and feeding animals, walking with dogs, kitchen help)

Unfortunately, I have no big experiences in cooking.

I can manage this despite my chronic headaches who reduce occasionally my productivity. So I need sometimes a break to finish it properly.

Now I’m looking for new opportunities and learn more about farm / lodge experience and helping guests without administration. So, I’m very interested to make new challenges.

Best regards

Sylvia von Escher

Interests

Languages

Animals

Music

Pets

Team sports

Drawing & painting

Beach

Writing

Photography

Nature

Farming

Hiking

Languages

Languages spoken
German: Fluent
French: Fluent
English: Intermediate

More details about my language interests
This workawayer has indicated that they would be interested in sharing their language(s) or learning a new language. You can contact them directly to discuss this.

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Gardening

General Maintenance

Life at a Farmstay

Eco Projects

Hospitality/Tourism

Charity Work

Languages

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Some knowledge of:  

Animal Care

More details about your skills

animal care, enclosure cleaning, farm cleaning, interaction and feeding difficult, orphaned animals like cheethas, baboons, caracals, unwanted pets..... gardening, help disable persons, helping tourists (no administration).

Age

49

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  no

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  Special dietary requirements
  no