ESC: Monkey Business
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About the project
ESC: Monkey Business
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
AAP started its activities in the late sixties and has been officially established as charity in 1972. Since then it has developed towards professional organization which gains an ever growing respect in the European field of animal welfare. In AAP's mission statement, co-operation is stated as being one of the main working methods. On both national and international level, AAP has been establishing member of coalitions struggling for animal welfare, it is a/o also associate member of EAZA and active member of Eurogroup for Animals. AAP also fulfills function as facilitator to different European governments who use the rescue center for sheltering confiscated live animals.
Increasingly AAP's volunteers, especially those working at Animal Care Departments, come from different European countries. They are often young people of different levels of education who gain at AAP an important working experience.
For AAP, ESC volunteers represent a valuable assistance in its daily work. Due to their extensive period of involvement many of them also develop towards intermediaries between the organization and its volunteer teams. This is of mutual interest as it enables smooth communication but it also enables the volunteer to gain extra experience from this European Solidarity project.
💼 What the programme involves
🏠 Accommodation on site
🍲 Food
We will provide pocket and food money due to the funds of the European Solidarity Corps project.
🎒 Leisure activities
⚠️ Requirements
Deadline: 22/06/2025 23:59
ℹ️ Additional information
There will be an on arrival training and midterm training organized by the Dutch National Agency during your project. At AAP you will work, rotating every 3 months, at four animal departments; Quarantine, Mammals, Primates and Chimpanzees. During your project you will also spend one day a week at the Central kitchen. At every department you will be trained to work with the different species present and work under the supervision of the animal care staff.
The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
- Training before and after the project
- Health insurance during your project
- round-trip travel reimbursement
- accommodation and food
- pocket money
- language course
- Return Week-end
- Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport
Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
NL46187
01/10/2025 at 00:00 → 01/09/2026 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Kemphaanpad 1, 1358 AC Almere, Netherlands
Netherlands
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Summer Time
Local time: 20:53 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken