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Hi, From star Mountain Animal Sanctuary we are looking for motivated by their love of animals, volunteers to help with Fencing, cleaning animal areas, cleaning and painting the volunteers house. It's physical work, so if you are injured or unfit, it probably isnt for you as we live in the mountains and the walk from the volunteers house to the sanctuary is a 800m slope. You don't need to be skilled but you do need to be motivated by a want to help improve the animal sanctuary. We have puppies and kittens at the moment and they generate a lot of poop. On days I am away catching street cats for sterilisation I might ask you to help with animal care of the bigger animals but it's rare. After work hrs you are welcome to pet, cuddle walk as many as you like. But that's not in your work time.
I am Annie , i run a registered not for profit Animal Sanctuary. We rescue, rehabilitate and rehome when possible the animals in my care. I live with my partner Adam on a 5 hectare property on the out skirts of Melo, a village in the Serra da Estrela national park in central Portugal. We moved here in 2015 . The Quinta/farm is a place for people to enjoy the area in a vegan, healthy, non toxic atmosphere. You do not have to be a vegan to visit, just whilst you are here we ask you to not bring meat, animal products, alcohol, marijuana or other intoxicants onto the property. We have loads of projects to complete they include, plumbing , fencing the boarder and planting trees, pulling up bracken, cutting back brambles , poo picking, hay turning, fruit picking, herb and flower collection, painting the house, decorating, amongst other stuff, all quite physical work.
You will be staying in a private room in a house 5 minutes walk from the sanctuary. We stock the kitchen with food (Vegan only) and volunteers make food for themselves or as a group. Emptying bins and keeping up with washing up and keeping the house tidy is a job out of hours. Just generally treating the house with respect. Anyone leaving the house in a mess and not pulling their weight will be asked to leave.
We have both travelled extensively and have many a tale to tell, we also enjoy listening to our guests tales, thoughts, hopes and dreams. We like to socialise but also appreciate our privacy, so its important that you dont expect us to be around all the time. We are going to try and organise workaways so we have a few people in at a time, as this will allow us to get more work done in a shorter amount of time and make it a more social occasion, again however you may find that its just you, so being able to do jobs alone is important.
At the sanctuary we have up to 30 dogs, 30 cats, 3 horses, 4 sheep and 10 pigs. We also run sterilisation days for dogs and cats and raise money through raffles to pay for it. In fact this is such an important part of the work we do. On sterilisation days we receive the animals the day before , load up early morning and then drive 2hrs to a clinic where we can take advantage of cheap prices. We then return with them that evening and keep street animals in our care for the next few days until they are healed enough to be released. On these days there are animals in cages everywhere in the house. I take care of them but you need to be ok with a house full of animals and understand that they are scared and hurting and need to be left in peace.
On your time off you are welcome to take the dogs for walks. But to be clear this is your personal choice not a job. I walk all the dogs that can be in the morning and most are free on our 5 hectare plot during the day.
Please bring long trousers that will protect you from the brambles as well as working shoes. It does rain a lot here in the winter and spring so waterproofs are good too, also if you have them working gloves, we have some gloves you can use if you dont have your own. We do not have insurance to cover any injuries you might sustain whilst working here, so please make sure you have your own insurance. We will ask you to sign a disclaimer when you arrive and also expect you to be honest with us about the jobs you are happy or un happy to do. We prefer people to stay for a week and then for both parties to review from there if a longer stay is a good idea. If from day 1 or early on we realise you really are not suited to our project we will drop you back to the nearest bus or train station that can safely take you to your next destination
Look forward to hearing from you
Annie
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Trabajo de caridad
Proyectos artísticos
Jardinería
Construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de animales
Ayuda en una granja
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Be a part of helping to expand our vegan animal shelter. Nice walks in the local area . The chance to be part of foster animal rehabilitation and the chance to visit a wildlife rehabilitation centre close by.
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We have loads of projects to complete they include, plumbing, making an irrigation system, fencing the boarder and planting trees, pulling up bracken, cutting back brambles and maintaining the veggi garden, poo picking, hay turning, fruit picking, herb and flower collection amongst other stuff, all quite physical work. We also have daily tasks which involve cleaning, washing up and we have some art projects.
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Private room in a house with wifi, hot showers and electricity.
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Things to do in the local area- Lots of walking and cycling opportunities in the National Park, the local municipality holds numerous events around the year. Possibilities to visit the near by towns of Gouveia and Guarda, not to far from salamanca in spain for the weekend off.
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Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
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Puede alojar familias
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We have good internet connection
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When she was away for one week everyone knew what to do.
I enjoyed my time there with the animals in a beautiful… read more
Annie’s passion for all the animals is inspiring and all the work she puts into giving them a better life is amazing.
The Sanctuary is located in a beautiful part of Portugal. The work to play… read more
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When she was away for one week everyone knew what to do.
I enjoyed my time there with the animals in a beautiful… read more
Annie’s passion for all the animals is inspiring and all the work she puts into giving them a better life is amazing.
The Sanctuary is located in a beautiful part of Portugal. The work to play… read more
Amelie's stay was probably one of the most dramatic stays a volunteer has had at the sanctuary and she… read more
We both liked the work which was varied and interesting, we helped with… read more
He did some labouring jobs for us with supervision.
Wishing you well on your travels Steven.
Our main job was taking care of the animals, so we got to walk the dogs every morning, feed the… read more
Annie and Adam are very nice (too much!! =) ) they take care about volunteers. Working conditions are very easy.
They are intelligent, funny, and they cook very good Vegan food!!!
Hope to see you someday!
They managed to hitch hike right to our small village and turned up at our gate with big smiles and hands ready to work. They were a pleasure to spend… read more
They helped us with renovating the floor of our cottage, lots of ripping up of floor… read more
The work was hard some days, but Adam and Annie always made us feel at home, we could have our breaks and some time to rest whenever we needed it. The animals are absolutely… read more
When I arrived I was still shy and insecure because of my first experience abroad as a volunteer. But Annie& Adam had big empathy for me and knew how to bring harmony in rounds so that let me feel better… read more
The work… read more
Looking after the animals is something I really enjoyed so it… read more
Lydia is very easy to get on with and works well both in a group and on her own, and doesnt need much instruction other than being pointed in the direction of the job needing to… read more
She is a pleasure to spend time with and was independant in her time off.
I… read more
