THAILAND / Global Vision International
Volunteers will have daily contact, caring for elephants that have been rescued from unacceptable living conditions. Saved from begging on city streets, they are being reintroduced into their natural habitat. This program brings volunteers for 1 to 4 weeks to the remote Surin Province of Eastern Thailand, famous for it’s elephant keeping tribal traditions. This province is home to several elephant-keeping communities, on a once heavily forested plateau that was decades ago home to wild elephants and diverse wildlife. A main focus of this project is reforesting habitat and researching the current status of biodiversity. You will be working with local communities to provide basic elephant care, food, and habitat for these endangered gentle giants. Volunteers who stay on longer or apply as interns can expect to get more deeply involved with elephant behaviour research, lead biodiversity surveys, and retrain local people in alternative livelihoods so they won’t return with their elephants to beg in the cities.
Program durations: From 1 to 4 weeks
Participants Travel: Independently
Application Process Involves: Online application plus application assessment
Dates: Please visit our website for upcoming start dates
For further information please email info@gviworld.com or visit: http://www.gvi.co.uk/projects/asia/thailand/volunteer-elephant-thailand/home
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