Volunteers and Horses Make a Change for Children with Disabilities

Hankkeen kuvaus

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

Majoitus, ateriat ja kuljetukset

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.

Koulutus hankkeen aikana

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.

Osallistujan profiili

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.

Ajankohta

Yhteensä 8 viikkoa ajalla 01/04/2021–30/09/2021

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Paikka

2072 Kamenitsa, Mirkovo Municipality Bulgaria

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Maat, joista osallistujia haetaan

Albania, Armenia, Itävalta, Azerbaidžan, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina, Belgia, Bulgaria, Valko-Venäjä, Kypros, Tšekki, Saksa, Tanska, Algeria, Viro, Egypti, Kreikka, Espanja, Suomi, Ranska, Georgia, Kroatia, Unkari, Irlanti, Israel, Islanti, Italia, Jordania, Libanon, Liechtenstein, Liettua, Luxemburg, Latvia, Libya, Marokko, Moldova (Republic of), Montenegro, Pohjois-Makedonia, Malta, Alankomaat, Norja, Puola, Palestiina, Portugali, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Ruotsi, Slovenia, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkki, Ukraina, Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta, Kosovo * UN resolution, British Antarctic Territory, Anguilla, Aruba, Saint-Barthélemy, Bermuda, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Canary Islands, Curaçao, Falklandinsaaret, Ranskan Guayana, Grönlanti, Guadeloupe, Brittiläinen Intian valtameren alue, Caymansaaret, Saint Martin (french part), Martinique, Montserrat, Uusi-Kaledonia, Ranskan Polynesia, St Pierre and Miquelon, Pitcairn, Réunion, Saint Helena, Turks- ja Caicossaaret, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Virgin Islands (British), Wallis ja Futuna

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Toiminnan aiheet

Yhteiskunnalliset haasteet

Ympäristö ja luonnonsuojelu

Terveys ja hyvinvointi

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Hakuaika

Hakuajan päättymispäivän mukaan: 19/03/2021

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