Hiring Organization:
Volunteer Work Thailand
Date Posted:
2012-08-21
Position Description:
This
project has been rescuing and rehabilitating white handed gibbons from
the pet trade and tourism industry since 1992. Every year new baby
gibbons are smuggled into the bars and onto the beaches in Phuket to
entertain the tourists. Wiped out on the island 30 years ago, the
illegal trade is now decimating wild populations throughout Thailand.
Since 2002 the project has successfully re-established a small
independent breeding wild population of reintroduced captive gibbons in
Khao Phraw Thaew non-hunting area on Phuket.
The project is looking volunteers who are available for at least three
weeks. Depending on the duration of your stay, your education and
experience, you may participate in activities at the quarantine and
rehabilitation site (i.e. food preparation, feeding, cage maintenance,
enrichment/observation), the reintroduction site (i.e. forest feeding,
mapping and trail maintenance, data collection, etc), at the education
centre (environmental education and fundraising), and with other
miscellaneous tasks (i.e. campaigning, office work, teaching English in
the local primary school, etc).
Volunteers pay a 20,000 Thai Baht deposit (£400) and they get 75% of
this back on the completion of the agreed volunteering period. The 5,000
Thai Baht fee (£100) includes accommodation but volunteers are
responsible for their own food. There are no other fees involved but
volunteers will obviously have to pay their travel to Thailand and make
sure they have their vaccinations prior to working with the gibbons.
Qualifications/Experience:
None.
The initial two weeks will be considered your training period. You will
be learning as you work. You will alternate your days working in
Quarantine Site, Rehabilitation Site and Education Center. Training will
finish at the forest site.
Comments:
If you
have any questions or want to apply please visit the VWT website and
then contact host organisation directly. This project is listed on page
four of volunteer pages: www.volunteerworkthailand.org
Contact
Information:
Office 1722
London, none W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Telephone Number:
+44 (0)20 7193 9163
Fax Number:
N/A
Website:
E-mail Address: