Volunteer Programme
Volunteer Programme
Volunteers from all over the world are welcomed to join our conservation effort to help these sun bears!
“Do what you do best”
Activities
Animal husbandry
This involves cleaning cages and feeding. You will work with different sun bears depending on the needs of the bears, keepers or the centre. Cleaning is vital to BSBCC as better hygiene helps to prevent disease. You must be capable of cleaning up animal faeces – this can be extremely smelly!!
Some daily maintenance work such as conduct daily checks on the facilities and general maintenance (electric fence voltage, weeding to avoid short circuit, painting etc) may be included.
Enrichment
The idea of enrichment is to stimulate the animals and improve their living conditions as much as possible to mimic their natural habitat. Some examples are:
Provide leaves in cages for bedding and nesting purposes
Buy special fruit to ensure a varied diet
Put branches from fig or fruit trees in their homes to observe behaviour
Rope work – make this fun and varied for the animal
Hiding treats around cages to encourage foraging behavior
Trek into the jungle in search of termite nests
Ever wanted to be part of a sun bear conservation team while exploring the wonders of the Borneo wildlife?
Come join us and volunteer in Borneo with the sun bears! Borneo is famous for its wildlife diversity and celebrates many endemic species. Sun bears, the smallest species of bear, are only found in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia and here at the sun bear conservation centre in Sepilok, Borneo, we rescue sun bears and work to rehabilitate them to the wild.
Volunteers from all over the world are welcomed to join the centre’s conservation effort to help rehabilitate these sun bears. Through the centre’s volunteering programme, volunteers have to opportunity to work with dedicated biologists and researchers as well as learning how wildlife conservation is being carried out on site. Volunteers will learn about the importance of creating enrichment programmes for the sun bears, the importance of maintaining the cleanliness of the centre, observe the sun bears behaviour and diet and so much more!
It is a great volunteering programme for anyone who is interested to know more about animal conservation or just to get their hands dirty and do something meaningful while travelling.
It is an experience not to be missed!
Volunteers will be involved in designing & preparing enrichment. The effectiveness of the enrichment items on the sun bear behavior will then be observed. You always have to clean up after enrichment activities.
Sun Bear Observation
Gain fieldwork experience in the tropical rainforest environment and involve in rehabilitation process.
Construction
You may be asked to design and work on small construction projects to improve the night dens or enclosures. This may include assisting in building new exhibits and extensions to improve the facilities, or improving existing exhibits by adding furniture or painting.
Education
There is an education centre and library at BSBCC. Volunteers should learn as much as possible about the sun bears. You may be asked to talk to school children and design an education session for them. You may also be asked to speak to visitors at the visitor centre and outdoor education gallery about sun bears. You may also be asked to prepare displays and information on them.
Besides, Volunteers will be in charge of updating the blog and data entry of the Bear Behaviour Record and the Weekly Record.
ARE YOU INTERESTED TO VOLUNTEER OR INTERNING WITH US?
MYKAD HOLDER (MALAYSIAN)
NON MYKAD HOLDER (NON-MALAYSIAN)