San Alfonso
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About the project
San Alfonso
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This Center was founded in 2007. The staff is composed by a professional team formed by professional equestrians and a psychologist specialist who are dedicated to give a specialized treatment to each patient. They work with the movements of a horse to provide carefully graded motor and sensory input. This helps the patients to improve neurological functions and sensory process, which can be generalized to a wide range of daily activities.
Their method is personalized; they use lots of ludic resources as they treat one patient every hour. The session is divided in 3 parts: introduction (warming, 15 min), lesson itself (30 min) and final part (15 min).
It is needed to be 2 or 3 persons with a patient in each session.
As well, the horse-riding center works beside the hippotherapy space.
They work everyday teaching and practicing horse-riding. Many young girls and boys come to learn how to ride.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers help assisting the therapists, to the horse-riding instructor, in everyday activities related to the care of the horses, interacting with the patient´s parents, getting involved with daily team activities and many others.
Working days are variable. Mainly classes are from Monday to Saturday, during mornings or afternoons.
As this activity is practiced in outdoors, they depend on good weather. There are no lessons when is rainy or very cold.
Required clothes: bring trousers and closed shoes or boots for horse-riding. During autumn and winter a coat is need as very windy in the field.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will live in an apartment with other volunteers and have two meals included: breakfast and dinner (you could arrange to have lunch instead if you prefer). It is probable that you will share your room with another participant. Normally there are single beds but in some apartment, there are bunk beds. Hot shower, towels and laundry facilities are at your disposal. All apartments have tv and wifi access available. There are some apartments that offer laundry service for a small extra cost (it depends on each place). You have a full equipped kitchen; we need to know beforehand if students have a special diet like vegan or vegetarian.
Alcohol: Alcoholic drinks are only offered and allowed during outings or during special occasions as directed by the owners of the apartment. Beware that if you drink alcohol in your free time or during special events, you are not allowed in the projects unless you are 100 % sober.
📍 About the location
The Horse Riding and Assisted Therapy Center is in Mendiolaza Village, Córdoba, which is about 40 minutes away from Córdoba City towards the North West. This Village is in Sierras Chicas area which is one of the fastest growing areas in the Province of Cordoba. The farm is in a very populated area. There are many stores, restaurants and densely populated areas nearby.
⚠️ Requirements
Able Spanish does not discriminate against persons with disabilities, however you must be in general good mental and physical health to be able to participate.
In addition:
• You must be respectful of other cultures;
• You must be tolerant towards others and respect the differences
• You must welcome team work but also be able to work alone;
• You must be able to speak and understand Spanish;
• You must be at least 18; if you are underage you need to come with a permission from your parents
• You have to be a proactive person, we welcome volunteers with initiative
You can participate from March to November. You can register for a period of 4 weeks minimum.
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SATHIPPO
01/03/2018 → 30/11/2018
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
450.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Mendiolaza, Córdoba Province, Argentina
Argentina
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Argentina Peso (ARS / $)
Exchange rate
1 ARS = 0.000579 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Argentina Standard Time
Local time: 21:22 (12/11/2026)
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