PROFAUNA INDONESIA
VOLUNTEERING PROGRAM

ProFauna Indonesia provides volunteering programs to allow volunteers to make a significant contribution, both physically and financially, to aid wildlife conservation program, whilst giving volunteers a unique view of working in the organisation protecting wild animals and the threatened species, as well as giving a taste of life, culture, and local region of the people being helped.

ProFauna Indonesia’s Volunteering Program aims are:

1.       to raise funds for Indonesian wildlife conservation programs, to improve animal protection, to increase capacity on wild animal rescue, to aid campaign against cruelty to animals, to promote better animal welfare, to educate the community on wildlife conservation issues

2.       to allow the volunteers to work and help hands on, on the project at the Wildlife education centre and/or at the wildlife rescue centre.

3.       to give the volunteers the experience of living in a third world country under local conditions

4.       to allow the volunteers to meet and integrate with the indigenous population and experience their culture

5.       to show the volunteers the conservation programs that ProFauna Indonesia is involved in

6.       to show the volunteers the local area that the ProFauna Indonesia is working in

7.       to provide some organised visits to local heritage and/or cultural sites and/or areas of conservation interest

Funding:

Thousands of volunteers each year fund raise towards the cost of their expedition (i.e. the return flights, insurance, visa and the cost of your placement).  You’d be surprised that friends and family are happier to help towards the relative costs.  However, there may be a difference, which you need to make up.  The following are some ideas on in how to fund raise:

§         Sponsorship:  You can write letters to companies or individual to sponsor you, explaining the purpose and the benefit of your trip towards wildlife conservation.

§         Provide services such as:  working, car wash, cleaning, gardening, weekend jobs, odd jobs, waitressing, bar job, etc

§         Auction, car boot sales,

§         Send appeal to your local media (newspapers, magazines or radio)

§         Request for grants from charitable trusts

§         Hold fund raising events:  Raffle, Bar-B-Q, throw theme parties, gigs and charge your guests

Volunteers placements:

Volunteers are placed in Petungsewu camp, 10 km from Malang in East Java, located at the foothill of Kawi Mountain, to work either:

§         at the educational centre at Petungsewu Wildlife Educational Centre or P-WEC (www.p-wec.com).  Where education, workshop and training are run for the young generations and the local community to increase their awareness on wildlife conservation, animal protection and animal welfare issues, or:

§         at the PPS Petungsewu wildlife rescue centre, where volunteers would help to care for about 220 rescued wild species, from parrots, cassowaries, peacocks, eagles to apes.  Wild species are given veterinary treatment and rehabilitation program as a preparation to return the animals to their natural habitats in the forest. 

Programs may vary to include some field trips or local school visits.

General tasks and activities for volunteers:

§         Volunteers for PPS Petungsewu are required to perform the following tasks: to help care and feeding the wild animals including the preparation of feed, cleaning the cages and enclosures of the compound and any other assigned duties.  For volunteers with medical background (veterinary or paramedic skills) tasks would include assisting the PPS Vets in giving medical examinations and treatment to the wild species. 

§         Volunteers for P-WEC are required to work as assistants in the educational program, helping to create andto  design educational materials, to receive and look after visitors, and other duties assigned.  Volunteers of P-WEC will also be given opportunity for 3 days to work in the wildlife rescue centre performing the tasks of care and feeding, animal food preparation, cleaning cages and enclosures.

Period:

The duration for volunteering is 30 days (extendable).  Any extension request is subject to a consideration.  Each volunteer will get 1 day off in one week, subject to the rota. 

Cost and facilities:

Each volunteer is required to pay £ 716 per person for 30 days program. 

The above placement cost will cover your lodging, foods, local travel, entrance fees, staff, services and trekking to Mount Bromo or camping at Sempu Island. 

Remember, your participation in the volunteering scheme contributes to the animal welfare and wildlife conservation programs in Indonesia.

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