Volunteer Experience

Overseas Volunteer Experience Stories

Our volunteers make our sanctuary what it is today, and we are so grateful for their hard work. We welcome volunteers from all over the world. We have started inviting volunteers/interns to write a brief piece about their time at Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary so that our readers can see first-hand what it’s like to be part of our team. Scroll down below to read the monthly inserts and get a better idea about life at Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary.

Julie Fazio

My name is Julie, I’m 23 years old and I spent three months in Costa Rica. For the last three weeks of my trip, I really wanted to do something…
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Lauren Kezler

My name is Lauren and I’m from the United States. I volunteered at Alturas for a total of two and a half months. My time at Alturas was a truly…
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Jasmin Mandix

My name is Jasmin, I am from Denmark and am currently a volunteer at Alturas wildlife sanctuary. I was supposed to be here for 4 weeks, but because of the…
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