Greece, identified for its population of at the least 2 million stray cats, has long been a dream vacation spot for animal lovers.
However, some smaller islands may use help in caring for these furry inhabitants.
Syros, a small island located within the center of the Aegean Sea, 70 miles from the port of Piraeus, is home to at the least 3,000 stray cats. An group named Syros Cats is now offering ‘match, mature, healthy, and impartial’ volunteers the possibility to stay on the island and help care for the cats!
Volunteers are required to help with all facets of cat care for a minimal of a month, in return for free lodging, breakfast, and utilities. Once permitted, candidates would spend 5 hours a day, 5 days a week, feeding, cleansing, and even cuddling these rescued kittens.
Specific duties embrace however aren’t restricted to cleansing litter trays, grooming, gardening, catching or serving to entice feral cats, aiding with administering medicines, and taking sick, injured, or unvaccinated cats to the vet.
Regrettably, due to the overwhelming curiosity in this system, volunteer functions for 2026 at the moment are closed. However, Syros Cats encourages these nonetheless to stay tuned to its social media channels for bulletins concerning the following utility cycle.
When functions do reopen, potential volunteers will need to full an enquiry type and supply a rationale for their consideration, together with a abstract of previous work and any related cat care expertise.
The program is most certainly to contemplate candidates over the age of 25 who’ve expertise as a veterinary nurse or have beforehand labored with feral cats.
Volunteers will likely be supplied with their own bed room and can share kitchen amenities, a toilet, and a communal residing space with two or three different volunteers. It’s important for potential volunteers to notice that they are going to be accountable for their own travel bills to the island, in addition to the prices of lunch and dinner during their stay, together with some other personal bills.
Currently, this system solely accepts 4 volunteers at a time.
Participants hail from all corners of the world. The group emphasizes that candidates should be “tolerant and accepting of differences in customs, race, gender, and belief.”
This presents a incredible alternative for ‘digital nomads’ and distant staff, supplied they’ll work flexibly online and outdoors of fixed shift hours. Non-EU residents ought to notice that they’ll solely stay in Syros for three months with out a European passport.
Since the Nineteen Nineties, non-revenue organizations comparable to Syros Cats have been actively concerned in managing the population of stray cats via sterilization and offering care. Now, guests have an alternative to contribute considerably to this trigger.
More details about this system will be discovered at https://syroscats.com/volunteering/.Â
