The influence of the horse in our lives

"CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVESStakeholders of this project are students and trainers working with horses. The horse is a support for vocational skills and support for the acquisition and development of social skills (self-help, communication, confidence...). The main objectives of this project is to help students with fewer opportunities to feel more confident in themselves, to be better integrated into the society and to get easily a job.Concretely, this project will give opportunities to students and also to teachers :- to get more competences (horse knowledge or practises, English, ICT...)- to become more mobile ; - to open their mind. 6 PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS- EPDRA is a portuguese agricultural school. Presecondary and secondary vocational educations in the areas of agriculture : horse riding, forestry, horticulture etc. 320 students. - BURTNIEKU AUSEKLA VIDUSSKOLA is a latvian public school. Each year, some students chose hypology as their optional school subject.- The ""Daniel Brottier"" agricultural school is located near Nantes. A two-year program prepare students to be stable boy (groom). 80 students.- MFR ""LES 4 VENTS"" is located in the east of France. This school is specialized in equine and bovine trainings. 200 students- UDDETORP is a swedish school specialized in horticulture and horseracing professions. 200 students.- The italian association ""INCONTRO A CAVALLO"" promote rehabilitation activities through horse riding.DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN ACTIVITIES Each partnering organization planned a week long training focused on an equine theme (cf 5.5) : - EPDRA : dressage- BURTNIEKU AUSEKLA VIDUSSKOLA : horse riding - Le LYCEE AGRICOLE Daniel Brottier : ethology- La MFR ""LES 4 VENTS"" : cross-country riding- UDDETORP : harness racing- L'association italienne ""INCONTRO A CAVALLO"" : equine therapyRESULTS AND IMPACTS° Number of teachers and students who participated in trainings :- EPDRA : 5 teachers, 10 students- BURTNIEKU AUSEKLA VIDUSSKOLA : 4 teachers, 2 students- LYCEE AGRICOLE Daniel Brottier : 7 teachers, 17 students- MFR ""LES 4 VENTS"": 5 teachers, 16 students- UDDETORP : 3 teachers, 5 students- INCONTRO A CAVALLO : 10 adults (teachers ans volunteers in the association)Total : 34 adults, 51 students° By the end of the trainings, technical teachers have filled the skills passport (see attached annex). The fill rate vary from 20% to 80%, depending on the training content and the skills of the student.° Some pedagogical documents have been created (available on the project website : www.horseinourlives.eu/)LONG-TERM BENEFITS- Students can add their skills passport to their CV.- This skills passport will be used by partners, especially for internships in foreign countries.- Teachers have enriched their pedagogical practices.- Each participant has improved his English.- A partnership has been established between the D. Brottier school and a Portuguese equestrian center. This center takes on 2 students as apprentices each year.- Some collaborations are being built between partners and equestrian centers to allow future students to do european internship."