Fundacion- Amen riding with the disabled
I loved watching the children’s faces when they saw the horses. These severely disabled children would come alive with the touch of a horse. My job was to hold the child onto the horse and walk round the paddock. Getting up very early and travelling from Quito to Tumbaco was tough but the rewards of happy children were worth it. The foundation does have a place to stay for volunteers who want to stay a month or longer. there are very little facilities in Ecuador to help disabled children and their parents. I saw one mother piggybacking her 12 year old child to walk as she had no other way to transport him.
AMEN is a non-profit making charity. Most of the people who receive therapy cannot afford to pay for the sessions. AM-EN relies almost exclusively on international grants and donations.
The Foundation Amor y Energía (love and energy) AM-EN is an independent, non- profit charitable organization committed to the social development of handicapped
children and young people.
We offer Ridingtherapy (Hipotherapy or therapeutic riding), Volting, horse back riding early estimulation for children from 1 to 6 years, recreation for disabled and “Global rehabilitation on the basic of hipotherapy” through the application of alternative and conventional therapies (Fisiotherapy, language therapy, occupational therapy, energy therapies, art therapy, theatre therapy and music therapy) to persons with different disabilities (autism, down syndrome, brain palsy, mental retardation, multiple sclerosis, poliomyelitis, bifid spine, blindness, deaf, anorexia, bulimia, problems with learning, language and behavior).
Volunteers: Dorm rooms bunk beds 4 in bedroom kitchen bathroom shared by all
Bedroom: a double bed and a single room. There is a Cafeteria but it is not used and lies empty. Jobs include: Brush down horses clean feet feed. The volunteers get a lift into town once a week to do shopping and buy water ( not provided) The stables are not actually in Tumbaco but in a lovely little wooded area with birds flowers peaceful meditative. The clients are schools and disabled children.
schedule for volunteers: arrive early before 7am best schedule is 6-7 feed horses 7-8 breakfast 8-9 clean offices therapy room and horses
8.30-12 horse therapy
12-14.00 lunch
14.-15 feed horses
15-18.00 riding class
