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WINNER
Best Volunteering Organisation |
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"Absolutely one of the best experiences of my life!"
Alison Golsmith, 2007 |
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Project schedule |
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Please note that this itinerary is an example only.
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Day 1: Arrive in Antananarivo
Settle into hotel. First night welcome dinner with staff of Azafady and Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT).
Days 2 - 5: Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Tsimbazaza
Volunteers will work in PBZT with mainly English-speaking Malagasy staff, helping with all aspects of the care and management of captive lemurs. This will include feeding, cleaning, nursing, etc, and will involve staff from the animal nutrition section of the fauna department.
There will occasionally be work to do in the flora department, for example, when specific data is required by the fauna department for the ongoing nutrition study. You will be taking part in PBZT's latest initiatives geared towards the study and maintenance of lemur populations, aiding with its captive breeding programs, and doing practical work such as assisting with feeding and caring for the animals, while being fully briefed on the work of PBZT and how captive breeding aids conservation. During this initial stay in PBZT, all volunteers will have the opportunity to visit the famous and elusive aye-aye, in the specially constructed nocturnal aye-aye house.
Day 6: Transfer to Fort Dauphin
A quick air transfer and a little time to set up in the beautiful lake-side camp at Lake Lanirano before orientation in and around Fort Dauphin.
Days 7 - 10: Orientation
Detailed orientation about Madagascar, the Anosy region, local customs, and detailed introduction to the work that you will be doing over the next seven weeks. Projects are determined in consultation with PBZT staff and will be subject to change. However, field projects are likely to focus on one or more of the following: lemur behaviour, feeding ecology, conservation biology, population censusing, home range studies, community natural resource management and habitat management.
The next three weeks
These weeks will be spent in the fragmented littoral forests north of Fort Dauphin (Tolagnaro) focusing on lemur species including the collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris), woolly lemur (Avahi laniger) and the brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus)
Break
There will be a break of four to five days back at Lanirano, to enable you to write up your work, do your post, emailing, dining out if you wish, shopping, and having a break from the routine of the bush.
The last three weeks
The final three weeks of field work will be spent in the arid spiny desert of the southeast, focusing on sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) and the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), known locally as 'maki'. Other smaller nocturnal species are also present. This is an amazing place of extraordinary beauty, with ancient forests full of wildlife.
Finally
All work will be compiled and sent to PBZT from where it will be distributed to partner institutions around the world. |
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Any questions? Feel free to call +44 (0) 20 8960 6629 or email us at mark@azafady.org. |
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