Talented Volunteers

Activity description

Hippotherapy is a treatment with the help of a horse. Today, equine-assisted therapy is incorporated into physical, occupational and speech language therapy plans world-wide. Equine-assisted activities (EAA) involve horse related skills (such as riding) and are used to improve quality of life. Ample evidence supports that hippotherapy is successful. The horse's rhythmical movement, resembling the human gait has both physical and psychosocial benefits. Through this project volunteers; - will have chance to get to know, and spend time with horses, animals, and environment, - will work with children, and people with special needs, organize activities, - might have observe hippotherapy sessions, - will arrange speaking clubs, organize events for special days.

Сместување, храна и транспорт

Volunteers will be accommodated in a guesthouse. According to the availability, they will stay in private rooms or they will share the room with other volunteers.

Training during the activity

Volunteers will; - receive training related to horses, and at least basic knowledge about hippotherapy, - have chance to meet professors, health professionals for learning different perspectives about hippotherapy, - will receive Turkish course. In addition to these trainings, volunteers will have chance to receive different trainings on daily different topics such as first-aid, disaster management etc.

Participant profile

A volunteer who; - is motivated to work with disabled people, - loves animals, and abstain from taking care of animals as cleaning barns, feeding, - likes being in natural environment, - will bring positive energy, - likes social interactions with different groups of people.

Activity dates

Во вкупен број од 5 недели во времетраење од 30/12/2022 до 31/01/2023

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Activity location

Odunpazarı/Eskişehir Türkiye

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Looking for participants from

Албанија, Ерменија, Австрија, Азербејџан, Босна и Херцеговина, Белгија, Бугарија, Белорусија, Република Чешка, Кипар, Германија, Данска, Естонија, Грција, Шпанија, Финска, Франција, Грузија, Хрватска, Унгарија, Ирска, Исланд, Италија, Лихтенштајн, Литванија, Луксембург, Летонија, Moldova (Republic of), Црна Гора, North Macedonia, Малта, Холандија, Норвешка, Полска, Португалија, Романија, Србија, Russian Federation, Шведска, Словенија, Словачка, Украина, Обединето Кралство, Kosovo * UN resolution

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Activity topics

Здравје и благосостојба

Образование и обука

Креативност и култура

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Deadline for applications

Краен рок на аплицирање: 16/12/2022

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