Grécia

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Data de início: 05-09-2012

Data de fim: 01-03-2013

Vagas: 1

Duração: 6 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 05-04-2012

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 95 €

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Resumo: Volunteers will become the “added value” of the project. They will offer to the children the
opportunity to feel part of the society, to improve themselves and get in touch with new cultures,
languages.
The project of Therapeutic Horse Riding will take place at the “Horse Riding School” of Kalamata. The
“Horse Riding School” is situated at the western part of the town, at a distance of 4 km from the citycentre.
It is easily accessed by bicycle. The site consists of a waiting hall room, the horse stable and the
training court. The volunteers will be asked to work with children with neurological damage, psychological
and learning difficulties, autism etc.

Perfil: Volunteers must have social, cultural and environmental conscience and strong feeling of volunteerism. The selection procedure will be made by assessing their C.V.'s, and a specific questionnaire that our organization developed. The final selection will be made by the EVS coordinator of our organization, the mentor and a consultant with experience in recruiting volunteers. In this way we secure the equal treatment of all applications and selection of the volunteers mainly according to their motivation.
There are no additional restrictions in the candidate's profile.
Our organization will cooperate, within our network of partners, and we are always open to new partnerships. With the organizations, we already collaborate we have set agreements and they are aware about our needs. With our new partners we always have a preparation phase before the finalization of our three-party agreement.

Tarefas: Preparing, in cooperation with a specialist and according to each child’s or group of children’s
needs, the session and the non formal education games.
- Maintaining and safe-keeping the props and other material used in or out the training court.
- Preparing and training the horse, as well as caring for the horse’s warm-up, prior to the session.
- They will be the volunteer-assistants to the trainer, following the child and the horse throughout
the course. One of them will lead the horse according to the trainer’s instructions, while the other
will be next to the child making sure that it is always safe. At the same time they will be
monitoring the horse’s behavior and calmness.
- They will engage in non-formal educational games and other creative activities with the children
before and after the session making, thus, sure that the children’s waiting time is pleasant.
- Some time will have to be devoted to taking care of the horse and its gear before and after the
sessions. This way, the volunteer builds a sense of trust and safety to the horse.
- After the end of the session, the volunteers and the trainer will keep a journal of the children’s
progress, the difficulties faced and the new aims set.
- An additional task is to help spread the word for the therapeutic horse riding’s importance,
promote the values of volunteering and accepting people with disabilities, by including them in
the community’s everyday life.
- Also, in cooperation with other volunteers and the coordinating organisation, they might be asked
to inform local youth about EVS.

Horário: The therapeutic sessions are taking place every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Some of the
days are having morning sessions, others afternoon sessions and others both. This depends of the needs
of the children. The timetable will be scheduled always from the previous week so the volunteers to be
aware of it before.

ATTENTION: The project of the Therapeutic Horse Riding is taking place at an open space. Therefore, when
it is raining, no lessons are taking place. During rainy days the volunteers are working on other activities.

Documentação: CV, Carta de Motivação e o Questionário em anexo

Download: questionnaire Greece.doc