Veterinary Doctor
Highlights
At Simabo's vet clinic we really need help from veterinary doctors!
Simabo was the first free veterinarian clinic in Cabo Verde. We offer help to the local people who want their dogs and cats to be spayed/neutered, dewormed and treated.
Skills require
- To have a university degree of veterinary medicine
- To be independet and responsible
- To have organizational and time-management skills
- To have the ability to relate to other people working on the project in view of the objective
- To be patient
- To have a strong work ethic, reliability, punctuality
- A little sense of humor does not hurt
- Ability to quickly assimilate and follow instructions
- Ability to recognize problems and to communicate to the leaders
- Ability to give your utmost attention to the task in hand
- To be tolerant, diplomatic, and possess a cooperative spirit
- To have a willingness to understand a different culture other than their own.
- Speaking portuguese is helpful (to communicate with the local people) but not essencial
What to expect?
- A lot of work to do!
- You will see a lot of ill and wounded animals, some of them will also die
- Complete immersion in the local community...
Tasks
- To consult dogs and cats at our clinic
- To consult our animals in our dog and cat shelters
- To spay/castrate
- To do other surgeries that are not castrations
Typical day
The clinic is open to the public from 9AM to 1PM and then again from 3PM to 6PM, but surgeries are held only during the morning. So your working time will depend on the tasks that are agreed:
- If you operate, you shold work in the morning. Please be aware that sometimes surgeries are numerous and need to be completed during the lunch time
- If you don't operate, you will work during the time when the clinic is open, up to the limit of 6 hours a day.
- You can also be asked to provide consultations in our dog shelter. In these cases you will work in one of the shifts: from 7 am to 12:30 pm or from 12:30 pm to 7 pm.
In our experience, veterinary doctors are always very motivated and work long hours by their own choice. It is true that they really make a difference to the animals that arrive at the clinic and this is very rewarding.
Free-time activities
The island is famous for its music and its partying vibe! So night activity is guaranteed!
Music
Requirements
What's Included
Our driver will wait for you in the airport arrival hall with a sign with your name! Driving time to town is about 10 min.
Accommodation for volunteers is available in single rooms with shared bathroom in our volunteer house or in double or triple rooms with shared bathroom in the hostel. Both are located just a couple of meters away from our clinic, the beach, and the main square of Mindelo. Extra fee is charged for a single room in the hostel.
Volunteers can prepare their own food in the hostel kitchen, where paying guests are hosted to raise funds for the project.
At the hostel volunteers can meet any kind of travellers and together they can plan trips, excursions, parties, dinners, anything that makes fun and makes your volunteering time unforgettable.
Surgeons that can make at least 10 castrations/day get a pocket money for food and access to the communal kitchen.
Pocket money for food is not included for veterinarian doctors who come to help but can't castrate at least 10 animals/day.
Dates & Fees
Details on arrival
We accept veterinary doctor all year around according to availability. Usually we accept one veterinary at a time.
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Veterinary Doctor
The veterinarian will treat sick animals and, preferably, will also do surgeries and castrations.
Free of charge
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