Volunteer memories from Lilongwe Wildlife Centre
Category: Lilongwe Wildlife Centre | Date: May 08 2009 | By: bornfree
Hi, my name is Rebecca Heath from Chester, England. I was a volunteer at the Widlife Centre for 2 months from March to May of this year. The time went by so quickly, it only feels like 2 minutes since I arrived!!
Most of my work time was spent at the quarantine area, helping to feed and clean the animals there until they could be moved to the larger enclosures. I especially loved bottle feeding the baby vervet monkeys. They are so mischievous, always trying to steal each others milk, so it was not an easy task, but it was very entertaining!!
I was also lucky to be around when the Wildlife Centre rescued a female baboon and a blue monkey during their deal with Mua Mission, at the end of March. It was very rewarding to see them settled in at the Centre in nice big enclosures after being kept in such small cages for so long. Ada, the baboon, was very overweight when she arrived because she didn’t have room to get any exercise and has since lost nearly 3kgs since being here, so hopefully soon she will b fit and healthy and ready to join the other baboons in the large enclosure.
One of my favourite moments, and possibly the most exciting as well, being on of those once in a lifetime moments for me, was when the leopard, Kambuku, was given a health check. Kambuku is normally very shy and likes to keep himself to himself in his enclosure, so it was a real treat for me to see him up close and to actually touch his fur!! Oh I forgot to say, he had been darted and aneasthetised so that the vets could do his health check!!
I gained many amazing memories and lots of good friends while being a volunteer at the Centre and really enjoyed my time there. I also got to see some of Malawi, which is an amazing country, especially the lake. I would recommend it to anyone!!
That’s me in the brown top in the photos. These are the other volunteers and animal carers at the Centre. Photo thanks to my friend Tina.
For more information about volunteering visit http://www.lilongwewildlife.org/volunteer.html
Tags: Lilongwe, Malawi, rescue
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2 Responses to “Volunteer memories from Lilongwe Wildlife Centre”
Andrea, on 11 May 2009
Hi Rebecca - I am so jealous of your experiences in Lilongwe!|:) I can’t wait to visit the Wildlife Centre, hopefully next year! I grew up in Malawi so already know it’s a wonderful place to be but am curious as to how you go to know about it and ended up volunteering there?
Cheers, Andrea in Derby
Rebecca, on 13 May 2009
Hi Andrea. I know the marketing manager at the centre so heard about it through her. I want to work with animals eventually so thought it would be really good experience for that. Are you planning on just visiting the centre, or volunteering next year?
Rebecca
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