Bona Fides Association in cooperation with The Association of Protection and Sustenance of Stray Animals is looking for Polish vets, vet students and vet nurses (between the age of 18 and 30), interested in joining a short-time ESC project in Sinop, Turkey between mid-February – mid April 2026!
Place: Sinop, Turkey
Dates: mid-February – mid April 2026
Duration: 59 days
About the hosting organisation
The Association of Protection and Sustenance of Stray Animals was established in 2005 in order to help the stray animals for their food and medical needs. We work in the collaboration with the Municipality of Sinop to help the ones which are sick, wounded, young and old. We work on the ones which are in the shelter as well as the ones which are living outside without an owner. Our members work in the shelter and help the staff there for their food and show affection. In the shelter there are about 350 dogs and 50 cats. The shelter staff provides food from the leftovers from the messhalls of the university, the military installations and the schools. However during the national and religious holidays, the food doesn’t come. Therefore our association provides food for the shelter. We always provide food for the cats and the young dogs. We also trim the long-haired dogs’ hair in the summer time. We take photos of the animals to show them in our Facebook page and webpage and make them adopted by the people. Through our Facebook page, we also post the photos and the information of the animals which are found in the streets by the people to make calls for the people to adopt them.
In 2014 we started “The Regional Sterilization” project. Within this project, we sterilize the stray animals which are living in the other towns and the villages. Also we sterilize the animals whose owners are economically disadvantaged. We also run to the rescue operations when we have a call. We work not only for the cats and dogs but also the wild animals and the farm animals which are in need of help. In order to do that we collaborate with the Directorate of Conservation and National Parks to save the wounded and sick animals in the wild and the farm animals which are abandoned. Our association organizes sales, tea parties, brunches and tours for fund raising. We start awareness campaigns such as fund raising for the “Regional Sterilization Project”, “Charity Event for Collecting Cat and Dog Food” for the welfare of the animals. In order to do that we design posters and hang them in several locations in the town. We are the only animal welfare organisation in Turkiye which has been accredited to work on EVS / ESC. We coordinate, host and send within the EVS / ESC program.
For more information about us:
Website: http://sahipsizhayvanlar.org/en/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sinopshpszhyvn
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sahipsiz_hayvanlari_koruma_der/
Activities of the volunteers
● Working in shelters:
• Cat and dog sterilization
• Diagnosis and treatment in internal medicine
• Traumatic surgery and amputation
• Post-op care
• Distemper, Panleukopenia and Parvoviral Enteritis Treatment
• Daily check-up of the patients and babies
• Cooking especially for the babies and the patients and feeding
● Working in a village for animals under the protection of the association
● Working at home with sick animals and orphans
● Working outside for stray animals
● Working in a wildlife conservation centre
● The volunteer can receive an emergency call anytime of the day 24/7
Please download THE INFOPACK for the complete info about the project
Application
If you are interested in this project send us your CV and a motivation letter (in English) to: mariachiara@bonafides.pl and anna@bonafides.pl with a title: ‘ESC in Sinop, Turkey’ or contact us for any further information!
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