Amazon Animal Service Project

During this service project your group will work at one of the animal rescue facilities near Puyo, based on their current needs. The Amazon Animal Rescue Centre works in partnership with the Ecuadorian Environmental Police and the Ministry of Environment in the fight against the trafficking and abuse of wild animals. As a volunteer, your duties could include day-to-day care of animals (cutting up fruit, feeding and so forth), helping new animals adjust to the center, general maintenance and cleaning work, repairing animal enclosures or building new ones, and daily hikes to pick fruit and catch insects for the animals. You might also be asked to harvest yucca, corn, sugar cane or cocoa.