An animal saver is ideally someone who is confident or has experience of working with cats and/or dogs and applicants to this position must have a good resistance to heavy and to long hours work. Animal savers are in charge all the day round. When they are not needed for emergencies or special one-time tasks, their main task will be to assure the best possible life conditions to our rescued dogs, working mainly at the shelter, but their mission doesn't allow to have a definite working schedule or a definite amount of free time, as they will help whenever is needed or during spaying/neutering campaigns, or in the clinic when necessary (especially on week ends, or when the staff is off or missing work). Applicants for this position will be also required to join the local volunteers of our partner association Biosfera to patrol beaches where turtles lay eggs.

Animal savers have no fear of difficult situations, can catch dogs with their hands and especially with their heart. Volunteers that wants to call themselves animal savers have no fear to make themselves dirty, never forgets to take a leash and a bag of dry food with them and a bottle of water with a bowl when they go out. They don't miss any occasion to catch a dog on the street and bring him/her to our clinic to be spayed/neutered as this is the easiest way to save lives, and to fight abandonment, starvation and suffering. Their help will be crucial during spaying/neutering campaigns outside the clinic. An animal saver is never tired, can work the whole night and has no fear to walk on the beach at night and to sleep in  a tent together with other volunteers that they barely know.

both the volunteers house and the backpackers hostel managed by the association are situated in Mindelo, the main town on sao vicente, in a very good position just a couple of minutes from the beach and the main square. 

simabo clinic is situated very near to the hostel and the beach, while the shelter is just out f town, on the main road to.the airport. transport to the shelter is provided every morning for volunteers and staff. volunteers can go back to town at the end of their shifts  on foot (4 kms), by bicycle, by taxi, by bus or with a lift. hitchhiking in sao vicente is safe also for women alone. 

both in the shelter and in the clinic the staff is capeverdean, only a few of them speak english, but there are always volunteers that show new volunteers around.

after confirming your mission you will be given access to our portal for volunteers where you will find all the information you need to organize your travel and to work with us, divided by sections according to the positions available. 

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