When you volunteer at Jukani Wildlife Sanctuary, we try to take into account your skills, interests and experience. We particularly welcome volunteers who are enthusiastic, hard working and will to get involved in a range of activities.
It takes a lot to run a sanctuary and volunteers may help out with any of the following general duties:
- Welcoming visitors to the sanctuary;
- Maintaining the Sanctuary and surrounding areas, keeping them clear of litter;
- Assisting with marketing;
- Explaining sanctuary rules to visitors;
- Supervising media visits;
- Helping with food preparation in the kitchen;
- Helping with general maintenance, cleaning walkways and photography ramps;
In addition to the general duties, volunteers are welcome to train to be a Sanctuary Guide or to volunteer their time supporting our marketing efforts.
We also welcome volunteers with specialist skills and experience who can lead or become involved in a number of different projects or help us with those wish list items that we never quite make it to. This includes, in particular, photography and film-making, those with experience in fundraising or applying for grants, IT specialists and web designers, social media experts, people with an interest or skills in journalism, marketing or public relations and people with trade experience, whether it be electrics, plumbing, carpentry etc., there's always lots to do to maintain our building, enclosures, and ramps.
General qualifications and/or experience needed:
No specific qualifications are required to volunteer at our sanctuary. The only requirements are that you can speak English, have a genuine interest in wildlife and are willing to get involved.
Costs
When you volunteer at Jukani Wildlife Sanctuary, you pay only for your uniform which is 1 Fleece top and 2 golf shirts for R1000.00 - you will get to keep these clothing items at the end of your term.
Sanctuary Guide
Jukani Wildlife Sanctuary funds itself through revenues from visitors who join guided educational walking tours in our sanctuary, which is home to a variety of wildlife species, majority apex predators whom each have their own dedicated enclosure in our 17-hectare sanctuary.
The tours are around 90 minutes and leave our visitors with a general knowledge, good information and a greater understanding for the protection of apex predators not only in the wild but in captivity as well.
Tours are primarily conducted in English although if you are not a native English speaker you may also be asked to conduct tours in your own language if we have overseas visitors.
Volunteers wanting to be Sanctuary Guides must stay for a minimum of 4 weeks to ensure there is enough time for them to be fully trained.
Marketing / Media Volunteers
Jukani Wildlife Sanctuary is a busy Wild Cat sanctuary and there are ample opportunities for volunteers so spread the word about the work we do and the experience guests can have visiting us. Our Marketing / Media Volunteers can be involved in a range of activities depending on their skills and experience. This can include, but is not limited to:
- photography and film-making
- content creation for our website and social media platforms
- creating blogs and/or newspaper articles;
- distributing brochures
- attending marketing shows and/or conferences
- presenting to schools
- helping with media tours in the forest
- creating new marketing material
Contact our Volunteer Coordinator, for more information, to check availability and to request an application form.
If you feel that volunteering with us is not 100% the right move for you but you still wish to assist us in some way by donating money, services and/or goods, please check out our Support Page.
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