Volunteers and Horses Make a Change for Children with Disabilities


Volunteers and Horses Make a Change for Children with Disabilities

Paint and Quarter Horse Foundation Bulgaria

Kamenitsa, Mirkovo Municipality, Bulgaria

La date limite de candidature est passée.

Description de l’activité

The activities our organization has planned can be divided in two topics– A1: Volunteering with the ‘’Program for free therapeutic riding for children with disabilities’’; A2: Volunteering with maintaining the facilities of the ranch where the organization and its horses are based; volunteering with construction of small projects. For more information regarding the tasks and activities, you can check on this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y5ECKPOf2qfErOQcfaU6lzLZXQc7aDWW/view?usp=sharing and on our website: www.pqfbulgaria.org

Modalités d'hébergement, de restauration et de transport

Accommodation is in a small house in the village 10 mins away from the ranch. The house is equipped with kitchen, bathroom and WC. There is WiFi and a washing machine at the ranch where the activities take place. More about the living conditions we can provide upon request. Money for food, pocket money, also money for transport to the placement are included.

Formation pendant l’activité

Volunteering with the ‘’Program for free therapeutic riding for children with disabilities’’ is possible only after the volunteer passes successfully the internal training by one certified therapeutic riding instructor. The volunteers will be also trained how to take care of the horses. That includes basics in grooming the horses, leading them from and back from pasture, assisting the instructor during the exercises and during the riding sessions with disabled children, maintaining the ranch, feeding the horses and more.

Profil du participant

All of the following criteria are obligatory: Young people who are tolerant of children and young people with disabilities; Young people who are patient with others and with animals; Outdoor people who like nature and being outside most of the time; Young people who have no problem being around horses and dogs; Young people who don’t mind doing physical work; Young people who care for the environment and can cope with living in an eco-friendly facility; Young people who want to spend their volunteering time outside the city, in lower mountains, in a family-like atmosphere.

Dates de l’activité

Un total de 8 semaine(s) entre 01/06/2021 et 30/09/2021


Lieu de l’activité

2072 Kamenitsa, Mirkovo Municipality Bulgaria


Nous recherchons des participants venus de

Allemagne, Portugal, France


Thèmes de l’activité

Enjeux sociaux

Environnement et protection de la nature

Santé et bien-être


Date limite de dépôt des candidatures

Délai de dépôt de candidature: 10/04/2021