Wilderness Conservation & Wildlife Research in Africa
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700
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Description:
Askari needs volunteers to actively contribute to and participate in the daily management, wildlife research and monitoring activities taking place on a game reserve in Africa.
Volunteers at Askari will make a real contribution to conservation and the establishment of a benchmark wilderness area while enjoying world class wildlife viewing.
Once you have completed your training, you will be immersed into a huge variety of reserve and conservation activities such as anti-poaching patrols, brown hyaena research, cheetah monitoring and habitat improvement to name a few. You will also spend a night under the African stars during sleep-out.Each day brings a new variety of things to see and do, and at any moment Askari volunteers can be called upon to assist with certain situations and emergencies that arise. The work at Askari is divided into 2 main categories
Reserve management, and Wildlife conservation & research.
A typical day more... starts around 6.00 am with a morning work session perhaps removing alien plants, repairing an eroded site or removing bush encroachment. After a mid morning breakfast the team heads out again, this time maybe to track cheetah or brown hyaena with the radio telemetry equipment. After lunch the team departs on another activity such as an herbivore age and sex ratio research drive.
Volunteers also take it in turns to carry out various duties on a daily basis at Askari. These include meal preparation, data collection, vehicle checks and fence checks. All ingredients are provided for cooking along with easy to follow recipes so don’t worry if you’re not a master chef!
Depending on the season, events such as prescribed burns and game capture and release take place. Both emergency and planned veterinary dartings also occur and volunteers are involved in all of these if they coincide with the period of their stay.
Our activities are not only essential but also aimed at being educational, inspirational and fun. We are proud that we are valuable participants in the running of an active wilderness reserve
Conditions:
Minimum age 18 years
Need enthusiasm
Need a reasonable level of physical fitness
Must have good grasp of the English language
Minimu stay 2 weeks, maximum 24 weeks
Other Considerations:
Local airport/drop off included
Accommodation, food, training equipment, all activities, game viewing and laundry service provided
Responsible Action:
Askari is based on strong wilderness ethics and conservation principles
