organized vet nurse/student vn trips to Africa?

RE: organized vet nurse/student vn trips to Africa?

Feezy — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 08:31:27 GMT

I did a month with Cheetah Outreach, hand rearing cheetah cubs near Stellenbosch in South Africa. It was, without doubt, the greatest month of my life. Accomodation is free, you get an allowance for food and one day off a week to do a bit of exploring. Its a beautiful area and you meet some AMAZING people. AND YOU GET TO PLAY WITH CHEETAH BABIES!!! Highly recommend it! Happy travels!

RE: organized vet nurse/student vn trips to Africa?

lbt — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:31:19 GMT

I know of a rescue facility in Lilongwe in Malawi that is always grateful to have any volunteer vet nurses or vets there to assist in their new veterinary clinic - no trips are specially organised but they have weekly spay/neuter ops days and work with the local community. You'd have to cover your own flights, insurance and accom / food costs. A great place to spend a few days if you want to add on to the start or end of a trip to Malawi or southern Africa. PM me for contact info.

RE: organized vet nurse/student vn trips to Africa?

samantha Tully — Sun, 31 May 2015 10:45:28 GMT

I went with a group called African Conservations Experience (ACE) who were ace! I worked with a vet for 3 weeks near Kruger and got very hands on. Their website is amazing and will tell you everything you need to know - great for experience with large wild animals and working abroad.

RE: organized vet nurse/student vn trips to Africa?

k.91 — Fri, 29 May 2015 05:20:25 GMT

depends on what you want to do? from an animal care/husbandry side there are loads of projects available, you jus have to shop around to find a reasonably priced one you like.

if you want to practice while abroad you will have to be qualified, i don't know of any charities that take unqualified nurses for practical nursing abroad, you may be working with a very small team so it just isn't practical to have a student (i'm currently doing voluntary nursing in Malaysia, it would be an absolute nightmare here if we didn't have people with a decent amount of clinical nursing in all areas of veterinary practice)

globateer, vetsand wildlife, wvs, africanimpact all have animal and veterinary projects in Africa.

Do you want to work with wildlife or small animals? Africa will be like Asia in the respect that big cats etc will cost you a small fortune unless you can find the right contact, here if you want to work in direct contact with Orangutans you need to know someone. Also check how long of entry on arrival visa you can get for your chosen country, some countries charge a lot for volunteering visas and doing visa runs is not ideal, is hella dodgy and even though loads of people do it is actually illegal. rehab centres and the like will have volunteers coming and going all year.

Make sure you find out exactly what is included and what you have to pay for (we get accomodation, a car and a fuel allowance which is never enough, but have to pay for food etc which depending n where you go could be a big expense