Help Stray Dogs

Combine your passion for animals with a good deed by helping to improve the suffering of street dogs and cats in Santiago and finding a new home for these stray animals.

Unfortunately, the streetscape of Chile's capital Santiago is characterized by stray dogs and cats. The health of these animals is often pathetic since they mostly eat bad foods from the garbage. Diseases and wounds that they have suffered in fighting with other animals or that have been inflicted on them by humans often remain untreated.

Fortunately, in big cities like Santiago, there are people with a big heart for animals who are committed to saving and protecting the vagabonds. Volunteers from all over the world work to help improve the situation of animals on the streets in charitable institutions in Chile's capital city. The goal is always to care for the dogs and cats so far that they find a new home with loving owners.

No prior knowledge of animal care is needed for this type of volunteer work, but you should be patient and have a great sense of responsibility. Likewise, you must not be afraid of dogs and / or cats, because these are absolutely in the focus of this volunteer project.

Your tasks include:

• Bathing, feeding, and walking the animals 
• Cleaning cages and equipment
• Drug administration and support with sterilization procedures
• Help with rescue operations where animals are brought in from the street 
• Food distribution for animals that live on the street
• Help with public relations and educational work (not all volunteers are involved)
  
• Support in the adoption process (not all volunteers are involved)
• Fundraising (not all volunteers are involved)

Chile is a country that unites many different climates and landscapes. Due to its remarkable length of 4,300 kilometers you can discover extremes such as deserts, salt lakes, volcanoes, temperate rainforest, mountains over 6,000 meters high and eternal ice fjords. With its indescribably large variety of landscape, vegetation and climate, Chile is a popular destination all year round.

The capital of Santiago de Chile never sleeps and in recent decades has developed into a very popular and modern metropolis. There are activities that your heart desires! There is something for everyne; for art lovers, nature fans, culture enthusiasts and party people. Santiago’s location is just perfect since within about an hour can either be in the mountains or at the beach. You can find outdoor adventure sports, like hiking, rafting, climbing, horseback riding, and so on, or just relax at the beach during the weekend.