Volunteering in an animal welfare project in Hungary

Location:
The administrative center of Baranya region is Pécs. This city has existed since Roman times and has been a World Heritage Site since 2000. A cemetery of the early Christians was found near the cathedral. In addition, the first Hungarian university was established in this region. The protected area is located in a very rural area in a village. Here you can, for example, go hiking because of the hiking trails in the area. In the village there is a shop where you can buy everyday items.
In the Baranya region, you can relax in a spa, visit a wine-growing area and castles, walk through chestnut forests or attend summer festivals and a carnival in Mohács. The largest city in the area, Pécs, is half an hour away and has pubs, bars, cinemas and shopping malls, among other things.

A typical day:
It is very important that you take off earrings, piercings, rings, etc. before work and leave them in the volunteer house because the animals like to play with bling-bling and it can end extremely painfully for you. Your day starts at eight in the morning and ends at five in the afternoon. There is a one-hour lunch break and two short breaks at ten in the morning and three in the afternoon. For your own safety, you always work in a team; no one works alone with the animals. However, some tasks, such as cleaning the animal kitchen or preparing food, you have to do alone from time to time. Depending on the number of volunteers, work is carried out in one to five teams. Each team specializes in a different area. For example, one day one team takes care of the dogs, while the other team is responsible for training the animals in the sanctuary. The tasks are rotated within the teams each day and since there are five working days in a week, you will be able to carry out all the activities during that week.