31/08/2010

Volunteer With Brown Bears in Romania!

Follow in the footsteps of Leona Lewis on your Gap Year! International singing superstar, and passionate animal welfare supporter, Leona Lewis recently travelled to Romania at the end of her European Tour and spent 2 days at a Bear Sanctuary.

Gap Year specialists Oyster worldwide have very close links with the bear sanctuary and has been sending volunteers there since the Sanctuary opened in 2006.

The project has attracted all sorts of people, some on gap years that have spent up to 3 months helping out in any way they can and others, on holidays or mini career breaks, that have spent a few weeks there working hard and enjoying the fresh country air.

Oyster Worldwide volunteers get involved in the day to day running of the Sanctuary assisting the full time staff. Some of the tasks that volunteers get involved in are preparing food for the 50 or so bears (10kg each per day!), feeding the bears (chucking food over the fence to them) monitoring behaviour and checking fences. The days are long and the work is tough, but if you love bears and enjoy being outdoors then the Sanctuary, set in the beautiful Carpathian Mountains, could be just the experience that you are looking for.

For more information please visit www.oysterworldwide.com

Oyster Worldwide

Romania: Bear Sanctuary Volunteering