Experience report: Support at the Sanctuary

Jana used her day of special volunteer leave, which her company makes available to her for volunteer work 3 days a year, and got involved with a sanctuary. It was an exciting day with her colleagues, away from everyday office life and with completely new impressions:

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“I was able to visit the sanctuary near Munich for the second time and support the nurses for a day. This experience was great fun and gave me a deep insight into life and the demanding work at the Sanctuary.

Almost 500 animals live on the farm and many of them come from difficult circumstances. It was impressive to see how much love and effort the keepers put into each individual animal.

I was assigned to the paddock with a small team that day. Our job was to maintain the pastures and clean out the stables. Breakfast, coffee and delicious lunches were provided. At the end of the day, the supervisors gave us another all-round insight into everyday life at the sanctuary.

Conclusion: Personally, this day completely fulfilled me and this experience has shown me how important it is to be committed to animal welfare. I find it encouraging to see that there are people who do everything they can to give animals a caring life. Working with animals in the fresh air is also a good balance to our everyday office life. I think it's great and important that my employer supports my social commitment with up to three special vacation days a year: If that were standard in all companies, we could use all the extra volunteer work to do so much more good — in places like this and in many other areas of society.

I am already looking forward to visiting the Sanctuary again soon.”

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Would you also like to plan a social day? Then simply arrange a short initial consultation With us and we will tell you everything about the costs, the process and what added value our work provides for your company. We are looking forward to seeing you!

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