Make a difference at a dog rescue retreat in the jungle of Cancun, Mexico

Detalles

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  Descripción

  Non profit Dog Rescue with 25 years of experience doing rescue in the area of Isla Mujeres and Cancun. Our main goal is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome. We also run spay and neuter campaigns and do a lot of outreach with stray and community dogs.
  
  in 2023 we started building a new shelter in the jungle on the edge of Cancun. Our small team lives on site with the animals and we do all of the rescue work and most of the construction work. When we moved here we knew we were going to want to have volunteers and we built an apartment with a shared kitchen, bathroom, hot water, and space for anyone wanting to experience rescue life in Mexico!
  
  If you like dogs and other animals, you will love it here! If you like to do something meaningful that can change lives, this may be the place for you!

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Trabajo de caridad

  Proyectos artísticos

  Práctica de idiomas

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Cuidado de animales

  Mantenimiento general

  Ayuda informática
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  Intereses

  

  Mascotas

  

  Trabajo de caridad

  

  Bricolaje y manualidades

  

  Arte y diseño

  

  Fotografía

  

  Cuidado de plantas

  

  Libros

  

  Historia

  

  Escritura

  

  Dibujo y pintura

  

  Idiomas

  

  Jardinería

  

  Animales

  

  Arquitectura

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Acampada

  

  Playa

  

  Senderismo
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Our team is international and we speak several languages, happy to help you practice!
  We also have years of experience in animal care and non profit management and we love sharing what we have learnt.
  We've built this shelter ourselves, we live here and run it, and we can share what we know regarding anything that happens here on the daily! Building, medication, gardening, social media management, animal welfare situations... we are always happy to share!

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  Ayuda

  🐶 What You’ll Be Doing
  There’s no typical day here — but there’s always something to do. We really appreciate people with initiative, especially when it comes to cleaning (because there’s a lot of it). Some days are calm. Others are absolute chaos. Either way, we need people who show up, stay flexible, and help however they can.
  Daily tasks might include:
  Feeding dogs and puppies (warning: you’ll be swarmed)
  Cleaning kennels and outdoor areas (yes, there’s poop)
  Bathing, brushing, and nail trimming
  Leash training and helping shy dogs gain confidence
  Giving meds or assisting with basic care (we’ll show you how)
  Organizing supplies, doing laundry, keeping the place running
  Welcoming visitors and giving tours
  Taking photos, making videos of the dogs, the shelter, and the work
  
  If you're here during one of our spay/neuter campaigns, you might help with:
  Trapping or transporting animals from nearby communities
  Check-in and paperwork
  Monitoring animals during recovery
  Cleaning instruments and keeping the surgery room running
  
  We also love when Workawayers bring their own skills — building, photography, writing, vet tech experience, or just being the calm presence a scared dog needs.
  
  We are happy to teach you what we know and show you the real side of rescue life in Cancun. We are a team of 2 or 3 people at most, and we do everything here ourselves, so we'll guide you. You'll find a full volunteer guide (with the basics) on our website! (ask for the address)

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas hablados
  Alemán: Fluido
  Inglés: Fluido
  Español: Fluido
  Italiano: Fluido
  Francés: Intermedio

  Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
  We normally speak English and Spanish at the shelter, so knowing a bit of these languages will help with logistics. But we can also accomdoate French, Italian and German.
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  Alojamiento

  We offer free accommodation for long-term volunteers (we ask for minimum age of 25, but we will consider younger applicants if you're independent, resourceful, and used to traveling)
  You’ll be staying on-site in our Volunteers' Apartment — a simple but cozy, shared space with the basics:
  A private or shared bedroom (depending on timing)
  Kitchen and fridge
  Bathroom with hot water
  Fans (no reliable AC but available in very hot seasons)
  Free Wi-Fi, washing machines, and drinking water
  
  This is a working shelter in the jungle — not a resort — but it’s safe, functional, and full of heart. You’ll be surrounded by nature, dogs, and a small team of humans who’ve chosen this life.
  
  Normally, we don’t provide meals, but we can accomodate offering you breakfast and lunch and help arrange for supplies you can use to cook dinner in your own kitchen! Lunch is often sandwiches, pizza, pasta, salads. Breakfast will be coffee (loads) and bread, eggs (we have our own chickens!), peanut butter, jam. We'll be happy to discuss this case by case, depending on what works best for you!

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  Algo más...

  There is a lot to do on your time off, from going to thebeach, visiting a cenote, checking out restaurants and taco stands and visiting cities around this area. We use Uber to move around, as it's not possible to just walk to the store here. We do not have many house rules, but we do have a curfew for safety reasons and mostly cause walking into a full working dog shelter at 2am will just wake up the whole neighborhood. We are happy to discuss this case by case and more than happy to offer tools and info so you ca enjoy your time off!

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  We have reliable internet but we cannot control electricity outages, which are not common anyways. We can try to accomdate a quiet place for you to work, especially if there are no other volunteers. We just ask that you're available to work with the dogs on the peak hours of the day (8-11am and 5-7pm)

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  Podría aceptar mascotas

  We are a dog shelter so of course we welcome dogs. We have areas with healthy dogs and areas where there are medical cases, so your dog should be ok, however, as a heads up, you'll need to adapt to the population on site (sometimes they are more welcome of new dogs sometimes not so much). We do not usually have dogs in the apartment, so there are spaces where your pet can rest without all the stress.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Más de dos

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  Mis animales / mascotas

  Turtles

  Ducks

  Chickens

  2 or 3

  betwen 10 and 60

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