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Help welcome at our sanctuary for senior and handicapped dogs in Catrâo, Central Portugal

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    6 dez. 2025

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Disponibilidade

  2025 

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  • Descrição

    Descrição

    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 the Netherlands with one little dog Little Belle. In her memory, I started the Sanctuary and now, after more than 6 years, we're having a beautiful place in Portugal where we will continue helping animals in need and giving them a forever home and family.

  • Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Trabalho beneficente
    Jardinagem
    Construção/faça você mesmo
    Cuidar de animais
    Ajuda em fazenda
    Ajuda a cuidar da casa
    Manutenção geral
  • Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

    Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

    Objetivos da ONU
    Erradicar a pobreza
    Erradicar a fome
    Saúde de qualidade
    Educação de qualidade
    Igualdade de género
    Água potável e saneamento
    Energias renováveis e acessíveis
    Trabalho digno e crescimento económico
    Indústria, inovação e infraestruturas
    Reduzir as desigualdades
    Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis
    Produção e consumo sustentáveis
    Ação climática
    Proteger a vida marinha
    Proteger a vida terrestre
    Paz, justiça et instituições eficazes
    Parcerias para a implementação dos objetivos
  • Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    Be a part of helping the animals in need, making their environment better, creating new things for the animals, learn more about our Sanctuary, how to take care of handicapped and senior dogs, enriching their lives, and feel a deep connection with the animals and nature.

  • Ajuda

    Ajuda

    Are you someone who would love to help build our Sanctuary? You can contribute to the goal of providing the animals - dogs, cat, horses, goat, and chickens - a beautiful place to live where they can be themselves, enjoy life fully, and have many beautiful adventures on the big land we have (around 25 acres).

    The Sanctuary's new home is in Catrâo, near Vale de Prazeres (Central Portugal).

    We're looking for people who truly love to be together with the animals and experience life together (without the need to train dogs or horses).

    At the moment, we're especially looking for help with feeding the horses. The horses are divided into pairs of 2, and they are at different spots at the Sanctuary. In the morning, you will give them their hay (and fill their water tanks if needed). At the same time, you'll feed the chickens and open their door so they can roam free during the day (and close it at the end of the day). At the spot you're staying, there are 2 cats, Simba and Minou, who love to be around and get attention, and have their bowls filled with food and water.

    Normally, there is also help needed with several things like:
    - Feeding the horses and cleaning their pastures
    - Creating a vegetable garden
    - Fencing
    - Painting
    - Gardening
    - Forest management
    - Planting (fruit) trees
    - DIY and building projects
    If you have any of those skills and love to help with this, you can always contact us!

    The volunteer hours are around 2-3 hours a day. Helping more during the day is always possible and very welcome.
    We are a non-profit organization, so we hope you'll understand that meals are not included. There is a separate kitchen to prepare your own food.
    You'll need your own care here so you have more freedom to go out and explore.
    We drive once a week to Fundao where there are several big supermarkets, If you like, you can join us then.

    If you:
    - would like to stay in peaceful nature for at least 3 weeks (a longer stay is even better if we have a good connection)
    - don't need a lot of people around you (when you're looking for a community, can't stay alone or with just 2-3 people, for a longer time, then this isn't the place for you)
    - have a calm energy
    - love to help build the Sanctuary
    - truly have a deep love for dogs, horses, and all other animals,
    - wish to spend not only time with the animals but also with all the work involved with running a Sanctuary and taking care of its surroundings and all the land.
    - would love to enjoy life together where both animals and humans can be themselves,
    Then I’m looking forward to hearing from you 🙂
    ~ Irene

  • Idiomas

    Inglês: Fluente
    Holandês: Fluente
    Português: Iniciante

  • Acomodação

    Acomodação

    There are a caravan, a small wooden cabin, and a big tent available. You could also come with your own camper(van). Electricity and water are available. There is a separate building with a toilet, shower, kitchen area, and washing machine.

  • Algo mais...

    Algo mais...

    Lots of beautiful nature around, like Serra da Estrela mountain range, several lakes, and also nice places to visit, like Alpedrinha, Monsanto, Castelo Branco, Fundao and Covilha. When you like to do other things during the day, that's always possible. There will be a lot of free time during the day. Most of the work is early morning and end of the afternoon or some in the evening.

  • Mais alguns detalhes

    Mais alguns detalhes

    • Acesso à internet

    • Acesso à internet limitado

      Acesso à internet limitado

    • Temos mascotes

    • Somos fumantes

    • Pode hospedar famílias

  • Pode hospedar nômades digitais

    Pode hospedar nômades digitais

    Este anfitrião indicou que adora hospedar nômades digitais.

  • Espaço para estacionar campervans

    Espaço para estacionar campervans

    We have enough space for campervans. There is electricity, water, and a separate space with a toilet, shower, and kitchen area.

  • Pode aceitar animais

    Pode aceitar animais

    Dogs are welcome, but they need to be very social with other dogs.

  • Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    Mais de 2

  • Meus animais / animais de estimação

    Meus animais / animais de estimação

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