EQUINETHERAPY

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About the project

EQUINETHERAPY

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

This therapeutic approach utilizes the movement of a horse to improve the physical, emotional, and cognitive function of individuals with disabilities. By moving the rider's body in a manner similar to a human gait, therapeutic riding helps individuals with a wide range of disabilities gain strength, balance and confidence. Riding and interacting with horses are also fun, motivating and empowering; these activities promote social, communicative and cognitive developments in horse riders.
Whether you're an experienced equestrian or have no prior experience with horses, you can contribute to our program. Under the guidance of experienced therapists, volunteers play a crucial role in supporting this unique form of therapy.

💼 What the programme involves

By joining our team, you will:
✓Gain valuable experience in the field of therapeutic riding.
✓Contribute to the well - being of individuals with disabilities.
✓ Develop essential teamwork and communication skills.
✓ Experience the unique and rewarding connection between humans and horses.

Roles and Responsibilities of the Volunteer:

Therapeutic support:

• Assisting therapists and teachers during sessions, providing guidance and support to riders.
Horse care:
• Participating in the daily care of the horses, including grooming, feeding, and cleaning stalls.
Facility maintenance:
• Maintaining a clean and safe environment by cleaning the barn, grounds keeping (weeding, mulching, planting), and assisting with minor repairs and construction projects.
Patient interaction:
• Accompanying patients during the initial stages of their therapy sessions.
• Interacting with parents and caregivers to provide support and build relationships.
Community engagement:

•Participating in family events and outreach activities throughout the year.

🏠 Accommodation on site

HOSTEL: Tingua Owns 2 hostels in Córdoba centro. They are located in strategically important points of the city, near business areas, shopping centres, theatres, cinemas, bars
and restaurants. Our guests will be able to enjoy their independence, and at the same time, get to know friends from all over the world.
The best choice if you want to share time with students of different countries and diverse cultures; you will be able to enjoy the independence that you need, and at the same time, getting to know friends from all over the world.
The hostel is fully equipped, hot shower, TV and Wi-Fi access available.

🍲 Food

We do not offer meals; you will have a full equipped kitchen to cook or a cheap restaurant or a bar to buy food nearby.
Supermarkets are open from 8 to 10 pm.

📍 About the location

Córdoba is the second largest city in the country. Its Jesuit heritage and its strong Spanish vividness result in a fascinating blend of past and modernity. Córdoba is also a university city, home to several colleges and universities which endow it with a youthful and forward - looking environment on many different aspects. This is the reason why people from Córdoba are kind, friendly, and open - minded, and easily integrate their visitors and students, a really valuable distinctive feature.
People of Córdoba are known as fun - loving folks with a fondness for cuarteto music, rally car racing, and the drink of Fernet and Coke.
Feel free to linger over a long lunch, relax in the square with a coffee or ice cream, and meet a few of the laid back locals.
Its rugged outskirts provide plenty of adventurous activities like parasailing and horseback riding.

🎒 Leisure activities

Since the project is located close to Cordoba City there are many tours and cultural activities that volunteers can join after work, such us: Museums/art galleries, listen to bands, concerts, restaurants, bars, etc.

⚠️ Requirements

✓ Good health: Applicants must be in good general mental and physical health to participate in the program.
✓ Cultural sensitivity: Respect for other cultures is essential. Volunteers must be open - minded and tolerant of diverse perspectives and lifestyles.
✓ Teamwork & independence: The ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team is crucial.
✓ Proactive attitude: We welcome volunteers who are proactive and eager to contribute to the project.
✓ Be able to participate for at least 4 weeks.
✓ Language: Basic Spanish.

🤝 Meeting point

We will pick you up upon arrival; our transfer service will be waiting for you with a sign with your name. It is very important that you send us your flight information beforehand. It takes
about 40 minutes to get from the airport to the accommodation. Please bear in mind that the transfer back to the airport is not included, you will need to take a taxi or a bus when you finish your project.

On Monday 9am we will meet for the cultural orientation meeting and the city tour. If you book Spanish lessons, you will also take a placement test that day and you will be assigned to a group of your level. The Spanish course includes 4 daily hours of group Spanish lessons (20 hours per week).
If there is not a group of your level you will take 10 hours per week of individual lessons.

If you don’t take Spanish lessons, you will be introduced to the volunteer project where we will set the exact schedule of your daily tasks