📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteering project will take place in our hippotherapy center located in Eskişehir Osmangazi University main campus. The Hippotherapy Turkey project is also funded by European Commission, and the hippotherapy project center was established accordingly. In our center, volunteers will have different routine and creative tasks with horses, disabled children and local community. Some of the activities are;
- Playing games and helping kids with special needs couple days a week, before therapies or in the scope of specific aimed activities,
- Taking care of the natural environment of hippotherapy center,
- Helping to take care of horses for their daily needs
- Speaking clubs (English or) for local youngsters to improve their language skills and exchange cultures
- Language courses in different languages (volunteer's native language or a language that they can teach)
and some more activities according to special occasions.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will be provided food allowance and pocket money per month that they will be participating in the project.
The accommodation will be provided by the organization, volunteers will be accommodating in a flat, shared room with another volunteer.
(Female participants are wanted due to current accommodation availabilities).
🎒 Leisure activities
Volunteers will/might have chance to:
- Receive basic horse handling, grooming etc trainings as long as the daily workload allows
- Turkish courses by our local volunteers every week
- First-aid trainings given by professionals
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We are looking for youngsters who;
- are interested in working with disabled people and children,
- are interested in nature and taking care of animals
- are keen to meet different cultures,
- are positive minded,
- will bring his/her energy and different perspective.
Deadline: Application deadline: 26/03/2023
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.