Volunteer in an animal shelter

The principal activity of this NGO is the rescue and rehabilitation of domestic animals.
They have a permanent on-site spay/neuter clinic and plan to build an education center to provide free environmental education to local children, eventually including basic literacy and numeracy, and perhaps English language teaching. The educational provision includes visits to schools and colleges - and even, on occasion, private homes - in and around Antigua and Guatemala City.

Tasks of the volunteer:
- Dogs: bathing, brushing, obedience training, medicating, cleaning cages, walking, and socializing.
- Cats: brushing, medicating, cleaning the cages, and socializing.
- Educational programs in local schools - must be fluent in Spanish.
- Helping with spay/neuter and rabies vaccination clinics in local villages.
- Thinking up and organizing fund-raising events.
- Photography.
On Sunday:
The shelter is open to the public from 10 am to 3 pm. People come to the shelter mainly to adopt one of the animals. Volunteers can help show people around, assist parking, discourage littering, show animals to potential adopters, etc.

The work hours are flexible, so it's perfect to combine your volunteering with Spanish lessons in the afternoons, which is a nice way to improve your Spanish but also learn about the Guatemalan culture.

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