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Project title:Therapeutic Horse Back Riding
Organisation:K.A.NE., SOCIAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Main theme for the project:Disability
Project type:European Voluntary Service
Country:Greece
Place:Kalamata
The project starts:2009-12-1
The project ends:2010-12-1
Deadline for applications:2009-7-20
Duration:366
Group age (average):Not specified
Summary of the project:Aim: Volunteers will become the “added value” of the project. They will offer to the children the opportunity to feel part of the society, to improve themselves and get in touch with new cultures, languages.
The project of Therapeutical Horse Riding will take place at the “Horse Riding School” of Kalamata. The “Horse Riding School” is situated at the western part of the town, at a distance of 4 km from the city-centre. It is easily accessed by bicycle. The site consists of a waiting hall room, the horse stable and the training court. The volunteers will be asked to work with children with neurological damage, psychological and learning difficulties, autism etc.

Activities:

- Preparing, in cooperation with a specialist and according to each child’s or group of children’s needs, the session and the non formal education games.
- Maintaining and safe-keeping the props and other material used in or out the training court.
- Preparing and training the horse, as well as caring for the horse’s warm-up, prior to the session.
- They will be the volunteer-assistants to the trainer, following the child and the horse throughout the course. One of them will lead the horse according to the trainer’s instructions, while the other will be next to the child making sure that it is always safe. At the same time they will be monitoring the horse’s behavior and calmness.
- They will engage in non formal educational games and other creative activities with the children before and after the session making, thus, sure that the children’s waiting time is pleasant.
- Some time will have to be devoted to taking care of the horse and its gear before and after the sessions. This way, the volunteer builds a sense of trust and safety to the horse.
- After the end of the session, the volunteers and the trainer will keep a journal of the children’s progress, the difficulties faced and the new aims set.
- An additional task is to help spread the word for the therapeautical horse riding’s importance, promote the values of volunteering and accepting people with disabilities, by including them in the community’s everyday life.
- Also, in cooperation with other volunteers and the coordinating organisation, they might be asked to inform local youth about EVS.


The therapeutic sessions are taking place every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Some of the days are having morning sessions, others afternoon sessions and others both. This depends of the needs of the children. The timetable will be scheduled always from the previous week so the volunteers to be aware of it before.
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