Build a Horse Therapy Centre for Disabled Children

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We sent off 2025 with a great loss of one of our youngest mares that suddenly passed away. Bred, born and raised at our farm, she was a magnificent and gentle horse with one blue and one brown eye, a bit shy but eager to learn. She had to be trained to become a therapy horse one day and we deeply regret losing her.

On the bright side, 2026 will mark a new chapter for our organization. We plan to expand our work and help children with special needs and their parents! This is a new and challenging venture for us but we know that with so many wonderful people around the world to help us we can do it together.

The Equine-Assisted Program for Parents will hopefully begin in the spring of this year. As our program for the children with special needs this will also be completely free for the beneficiaries. Setting up a program for the parents has been our long-term goal and is finally becoming a reality. We have seen the burden the parents of children with special needs carry. Here are the 7 most common among them:

1. Emotional stress and burnout – Constant advocacy, worry about the child’s future, and day-to-day care can be exhausting.
2. Financial strain – Therapy, medical care, adaptive equipment, and reduced work hours can add up quickly.
3. Navigating complex systems – Dealing with healthcare, education (IEPs), insurance, and government services is often overwhelming.
4. Limited time and energy – Appointments, therapies, and extra caregiving can leave little time for rest, work, or other family members.
5. Social isolation – Parents may feel misunderstood, judged, or excluded from typical social activities.
6. Marital problems – Most of the parents are either having marital problems or are single parents.
7. Uncertainty about the future – Concerns about long-term independence, care, and quality of life are a constant source of anxiety.

The well-being of the parents is what ultimately helps the most the children with special needs. For that reason, this program is simply a natural extension of our efforts aid through equine-assisted activities.

Join us again this year in making even bigger impact!

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We are still struggling with finding staff or volunteers to help us with the therapeutic riding sessions. In the meantime, we are making plans for 2026. First, we are planning to create a program for the parents of children with special needs. Helping the families coping with a disability or another condition of their loved ones is a mission for us. It is not efficient if we are targeting only the children but we as a community need to support the entire family. For that reason we are planning to create a holistic equine-assisted activities program for the parents and/or caretakers of children with special needs.

We already have 2 horses that are advanced in age. With the first heavy rain of this autumn they began losing weight very quickly and now they need lots of extra special food. There are also two young horses who need regular training. That is only part of the everyday care for the horses that are the true therapists. So, our second goal is to broaden our volunteering program. We need to ensure staff is available for the therapeutic riding program in 2026 and we receive support for training and caring for our beautiful horses.

Finally, we are finishing our 3 year project Youth Going Back to Nature – Engage, Connect, Empower, supported by the Erasmus+ program where we managed to coordinate and participate in the development of 21 environmentally sustainable outdoor activities for young people with special needs, youth at risk, and young women. Check out all of its resources at www.outdoorportal.eu .

Big applause to all of you that donated and supported our organization! You are the hero!

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