I did some volunteer work in Namibia back in 2016. I spent 4 weeks in a wildlife sanctuary, including a week in a research center in the middle of Namib desert. It was an amazing experience ! I had the chance to take some walks with young baboons and cheetahs, care for a wide variety of african animals ans observe some big one in their natural environment. Now I can't go to the zoo anymore, it looks sad to me as I saw these same animals in the wild and it feels so much better. I learnt a lot about the Namibian wildlife and how to protect it from poaching or other issues that affect the animals. I also did some less interesting job such as cleaning the pens, preparing food, feeding pieces of horses to the carnivores, etc... But it's part of the deal! We were about 60 volunteers at the sanctuary, which was a lot in my opinion, and didn't like so much the atmosphere for some volunteers were there to show off and build a community around them... This is not my thing ! 😊