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Citaat:

The minimum stay is one week. During that first week lectures are held everyday. The lectures include the introduction to Chimp Eden, introduction to primates and the history of chimpanzees, chimpanzee feeding habits and dietary requirements, chimpanzee behaviour, sustainable tourism and environmental education, introduction to primates in captivity and sanctuary management.

After the morning lectures there are chimpanzee introductions so you can meet the heroes of the sanctuary. After all the introductions, chimp observations start. The chimp observations are not only for us to conduct an on going study of the animals’ improvement, but also for the volunteer to learn chimpanzee behaviour and each animal individually.

Other duties for the volunteers include:
• Filling of water in the enclosures
• Filling of ‘tree feeders’ in the mornings with fruit
• Cleaning of the enclosures in the afternoon
• Removing of invasive plant species in enclosures
• Spraying herbicide
• Fence maintenance
• Searching and removing of snares on the farm (anti-poaching)
• Helping any of the other staff with daily tasks

After the weeks work volunteers have half day off on Saturdays and full day on Sundays. On these days volunteers can arrange activities such as going to Kruger National Park.