Volunteer at The Kenya Bird of Prey Trust, Naivasha, Kenya
- Kenya
- Nakuru
About Program
Our Volunteer Programme offers a unique and immersive opportunity to experience conservation on an operating wildlife sanctuary in Kenya. Our volunteer itinerary ensures a hands-on and practical experience, offering training in raptor conservation, a field few other conservation organisations specialise in.
Volunteers can expect to conduct population surveys and banding studies (pending permits) of African Fish Eagles on Lake Naivasha by boat and on land (a RAMSAR site and birdwatching hotspot in the Rift alley), monitoring the breeding population of Critically Endangered Ruppell’s Vultures in Hell’s Gate National Park, learning surgical techniques from our in-house avian vet, as well as undertaking important work to improve and protect Kilimandege Sanctuary.
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Program Highlights
- Hands-on experience with raptor rehabilitation
- Conservation on an operating wildlife sanctuary
- Based on the shores of Lake Naivasha, in Kenya's Great Rift Valley
- Start dates every month from April
Program Impact
Volunteers will make significant contributions to local raptor conservation by assisting in research projects on critically endangered species and the captive breeding thereof, they will participate in the rescue and rehabilitation of rare African raptors as well as improving the quality and diversity of a wildlife sanctuary in The Great Rift Valley of Kenya. Students intending to pursue a career in conservation, avian veterinary studies, careers in research in biological science will have the opportunity to work with highly qualified professionals and renowned raptor conservationists.
