Description:

Furkidz is a registered non-profit organisation with the mission to help South Africas thousands of shelter animals.

Our website www.Furkidz.co.za provides an easily searchable, comprehensive database of rescue pets available for adoption.

We visit each shelter, take pictures of their cats and dogs, film short video clips, write pet profiles, upload the information and monitor the adoption progress. We post interesting animal welfare events and articles, write food and nutrition articles and have a professional animal behaviourist on call for questions.

Regular newsletters are sent out, pet related articles written and FurKidz hosts and supports fundraising events and adoption days.

• FurKidz is looking for volunteers/ interns to assist with the following task:
• Visiting animal welfares throughout South Africa
• Taking pictures / filming video clips of shelter animals
• Picture and Video Editing
• Handling / interacting with shelter animals/ Assessment of shelter animals (personality, breed, age)
• Uploading of information / posting of ads
• Writing of pet related articles / Preparation and posting of daily news and events
• Finding, collating, writing of newsletter content
• Receiving and handling of email enquiries
• Administering the Lost & Found section / Administering the Happy Tails section
• Preparing of regular adoption updates
• Organizing Fundraising and other Events

We offer accommodation and meals on our 40ha bushveld lifestyle estate in Dinokeng (40km from Pretoria), surrounded by game farms and beautiful nature reserves (lots of wild life, birds, buck, jackals, monkeys, owls, kudu, zebras, elephants and even leopards) but with all amenities in close proximity.

Duration: 1 – 12 months
Start: immediately / flexible
Fee: $ 500/month (for accommodation and meals)
Audience: We welcome students from all backgrounds and studies
Contact: Please email Stefanie Dohner at stefanie@furkidz.co.za for more details or visit our website www.FurKidz.co.za ->About Us -> Volunteer

FurKidz is a registered non-profit organisation, we rely entirely on donations and are not making any profits. Our sole objective is to help SA’s shelter animals and all our funds are spent towards this aim.

Accommodation:
FurKidz operates from a 40ha bushveld estate in Dinokeng South (25km from Pretoria).
The name Dinokeng - a place of rivers - is derived from the languages of the Batswana and Bapedi who traditionally made this region their home. Dinokeng lies in the catchment area of the Olifants and Limpopo Rivers - which means, according to some African cultures, that this is a sacred place with healing powers.

Lying in the cleft of a valley, between two small hillocks, The Manor house is the citadel of the Estate, a Thatch Haven within a safety fenced area of 1,5 acres with many rooms, a large kitchen, library, lounges and fire place.

Surroundings:
For nature lovers, Dinokeng gets you straight into the bush. For those who revel in history, it is a blast from the past. The cultural richness and diversity of the area is remarkable. Afrikaners, Batswana, Bapedi and Ndebele people are only some of the groups in this diverse tapestry. All of this and much, much more is almost at your doorstep.

The ‘Bush’, as South Africans call it, is a lush bonsai-like natural garden of thousands of trees, hundreds of bird types, many different wild buck, and elusive but very present Jackals. Monkeys scurry through the forest playing in the trees. The terrain is full of hills and slopes and the wild hens and the noisy guinea fowl race over the rocks, past the trees and cactus’. At night the owls are active and out and about hunting for prey.

The large 400ha Roodeplaat dam is only 5km away. The Dam is home to a variety of wild life such as Zebra, Kudu, Impala, Warthog, Waterbuck, Blue-wildebeest, Common Duiker, Steenbok and Black-backed Jackals.

Over 170 species of birds have been recorded in the Roodeplaat Reserve, the most interesting of which include the Grey lourie, Woodland whoopoe, White-breasted cormorants and Crested barbet.

Fees & Expenses:
FurKidz offers an unpaid, volunteer position; Our fee includes accommodation on our 40ha lifestyle estate, meals, room cleaning service and the usage of our vehicle (after hours only, at managements discretion, subject to availability, excluding petrol).

By volunteering with us you are helping to save lives and are making a real difference for the many homeless animals of SA.

Qualifications:

- Genuine Love and Respect for Animals
- Affinity to internet and computer work and proficiency in MS Office
- Well versed in English a plus
- Picture and video editing skills a plus
- Writing and research skills a plus
- Drivers License a plus

Hours:

40/week

Length/Availability:

1 - 6 months

Start Date:

throughout the year

Tags:

south  africa    johannesburg    animals    dog    shelter    non-profit 

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