nairobi animal orphanage placement


		Volunteer at NAIROBI Wild ANIMAL ORPHANAGE June 2008- this program is not active - Please look at our other Wildlife programs in Kenya HERE. The animal orphanage is about 20 minutes drive from Nairobi’s city centre. The orphanage is a wider part of the Nairobi National Park – the first to be established in East Africa on the 16th of December 1946.The park makes Nairobi a special capital as it is the only city in world where wild animals live naturally in the wild transforming Nairobi into Africa’s prime safari capital. Nairobi has risen in a single century from a brackish uninhabited swampland to a thriving modern city. The place never seems to sleep. The entire town has boundless energy, thriving human life and great contrasts where race, tribe and origin all become facets of a unique Nairobi character. Together with Mombasa the two cities paint a vivid portrait of Kenya. They create a diverse melting pot of races and traditional and modern cultures, with a history as rich as the natural wealth, hospitality and topographical beauty that is truly African and could probably be found only in Kenya.	Actual Placement Photos.
		Work at the orphanage revolves round intimate animal conservation. Here volunteer(s) get to lock eyes with the African cats, feed them and strike a rapport with them on a name basis. This placement is popular even amongst the Kenyan youths and students, hence one must book at least 3 months in advance to be able to secure a chance. Amounts of work given to a volunteer would depend on the time of the year.
		This placement would be perfect for any one wishing to work breath the same air with a cheatah, mother the animals by cleaning their cages and feeding them, lock eyes with Lions and watch monkeys leaping from twig to twig. One must flexible in terms of job allocation and interested in learning about wild animals.
		Food and accommodation will be provided for by a carefully selected host family in Nairobi.
		This placement would be perfect for any one whose satisfaction is gratified by simply laying eyes on a cheater, a lion, warthog or a crane. Animal lovers heaven. A great opportunity to get close and learn about Africa's fantastic wildlife. It is best taken for a period not exceeding a month. Those wishing to stay longer in Kenya could team this project with another or safaris.
		Many who have visited East African cities, have an impression that, “Nairobi is East Africa’s hub of fun" The city is awash with standard fun bobbling joints for the young and the old alike. Nairobi is the only city in the world where one can go for a game drive in the wild, thus, weekends out to the Nairobi National Park could be in order. There is also the Nairobi Safari Walk just next to the Animal orphanage, a giraffe and an elephant sanctuary, where one could get to kiss a giraffe lip to lip. For a cultural night out a visit to the Bomas of Kenya, will leave you thrilled and educated about various Kenyan traditional cultures, music and history. One could also climb Mount Longonot, two hours drive from the city, for skilled climbers, Inspire Kenya will be more than glad to organise her volunteers a climb up Africa’s second highest point – Mount Kenya. The mountain’s icy peaks of Batian (5199m) and Nelion (5,189m) are accessible only to experienced mountaineers, Kenyans are uniquely hospitable people, intelligent and out going. A chat with them over a drink after a hard day’s work could be equally a fun.

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