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Travel with a Purpose!
Travel with a Purpose - Spanish Immersion Volunteering Options
Enjoy the heart of the beautiful Colombian coffee region with year-round Spring-like weather, while you Serve & Learn!
Minga House Foundation, Carrera 9 # 11-34, Chinchina, Caldas Colombia 176020
ONLINE APPLICATION

AMPARO FOUNDATION

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ANIMAL RESCUE
Animal Shelter & Veterinarian Assistant


Service Term: 7 days min required  - 24 hrs/week required (no limit)
Spanish Skills: Beginners
Experience Required:  None

​​This volunteering & internship experience is rich hands-on opportunity!  You will be able to participate in 2 settings.
 
Setting 1:  Veterinary Clinic & Laboratory
You will have the opportunity to shadow 5 veterinarians as they conduct diagnosis & care, a vast range of surgeries, post-surgery recovery care, vaccinations, and control procedures.  You will also learn all laboratory blood-based testing procedures.
 
Setting 2:  Dogs and Cat Shelter:
Amparo Foundation is a shelter for abandoned Dogs and Cats ubicated outside Chinchiná. Most of these dogs and cats will live out the rest of their lives in this private facility 100% supported by volunteers. And, with some creativity and determination, it is still possible to provide them with extended healthy lives.  Volunteers/interns in this position will have an incredible opportunity to experience all aspects of what it is like to run the entire operation which currently holds 70-90 dogs and cats as well as dive into the dog and cat care awareness campaign community-wide. Participants are invited to play an active role in all aspects of operations of animal shelter management:
 

  • Dog and cat population assessment & dog selection
  • Dog and cat intake & health check-up 
  • Dog and cat health care management
  • Dog and cat grooming
  • Dog and cat nutrition
  • Dog and cat adoption campaigns
  • Dog and cat spay & neuter campaign
  • Dog and cat facility building & maintenance
  • Dog and cat volunteer management
  • Dog and cat shelter fundraising & event planning
  • Dog and cat life termination decision-making
  • Dog and cat veterinarian medical care & surgeries
ONLINE APPLICATION
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We love the concept of Minga House Foundation!  
Travel with a purpose! Colombia's Coffee Region is one of the most beautiful places on Earth; and Colombia is the 2nd most bio-diverse country in the world, next to Brazil. I love Colombia, my year-round Spring weather paradise.

Contact Us

Minga House Foundation
Carrera 9 #11-34
​Chinchina, Caldas, Colombia 176020

Colombia@MingaHouse.org

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  • MINGA
  • Teach USA
  • Teach Colombia
  • Volunteer Colombia
    • ALIANZA COMUNITARIA CHINCHINÁ
    • Emergency Medicine
    • Children
    • Youth
    • Seniors >
      • Senderos de Omaira Foundation
    • Animal Rescue
    • English Teacher >
      • Chinchina Bilingue >
        • English Immersion Week
        • English Conversation Group
    • Sports and Fitness
    • Community Health
    • Construction
  • Learn Colombia
  • Our Team
    • Testimonials
    • Facilities
  • Centro Educativo Menfis