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Testimonials from our voluntary work

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ELEONORA - August 2023
01/10/2023 - I sincerely thank IHP, Sonny and the team who accompanied me on this wonderful volunteer experience at the Rescue Center. Caring for those horses, each with their own difficult past, made me establish a true and deep connection with them that I have never felt before in any of my equestrian experiences
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BÁRBARA - August 2023
27/08/2023 - It was grateful to see how Sonny, president of the association, is really passionate and expert about horses and takes all the daily tasks – the very simple ones and the most complex - with passion, dedication and real commitment. A life lesson I would say
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TAIBAH - August 2023
12/09/2023 - The team, under the leadership of Sonny, was highly cooperative and welcoming. It was a great intercultural experience to work with volunteers from various countries and make new human friends as well. I totally recommend it for people who love animals, and are, in particular, passionate about horses!
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FRANCESCO - August 2023
06/08/2023 - I spent a week volunteering at IHP and I must say that it was a positive experience that went beyond my expectations. It is difficult to summarise in a few lines the depth of all that I took home, but I can say for sure that I learnt what it means to work hard and expend sweat and effort for such an important cause, how valuable the sacrifices made can be, and how one can be satisfied and fulfilled even by carrying out, on a daily basis, tasks that are only apparently simple.
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CHARLOTTE - October 2022
05/11/2022 - It will for sure not be my last time. Could I work something like that now full time.? Like give up basically all my life for one (very good) thing.? No, not yet, maybe far ahead in the future. But I would like to integrate volunteering more in my current life and for sure I want to start donating regularly to organisations like IHP. Organisations who are working relentless for animals or others who are less privileged
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CAROLA - September 2022
16/10/2022 - In a place in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by hills that host all the serenity with which horses live, run and graze freely. This is where the IHP centre is located: a fast-paced place, with a necessary routine 7/7 for 365 days a year, sun or rain. But if you love horses, this is the place to be. All the work, fatigue and effort are surely rewarded with satisfaction that no other experience can give you.
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MUTHU - September 2022
11/09/2022 - Like all volunteers, I was very lucky to meet IHP. The first time I entered in the volunteer house I felt comfortable even with people I didn't even know. I felt good.
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CHIARA - June 2022
30/08/2022 - Beyond the work experience of volunteering at IHP, I shall carry with me all I learned about horses from Sonny, his lessons on the management of senior equines, how to interact and approach, nutrition and the five senses...( and his willingness to answer my questions and clarify my doubts). My thanks too to Anna, who taught me so much as we chatted on our medication rounds (and sometimes the hill we had to climb to reach the group of horses seemed more a mountain), and she always found a natural remedy in her bag for each and every problem.
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MARTINA - June 2022
09/08/2022 - IHP was a truly formative experience both on a personal level, because it allowed me to get to know lifestyles different from my everyday life and allowed me to get out of my comfort zone, and on the level of knowledge of equines: in fact I learnt how horses' senses develop and their personal interactions.
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AMANDA - March/May 2022
09/08/2022 - For three months I moved to Tuscany to volunteer at the Italian Horse Protection (IHP). It is with great admiration and gratefulness that I look back to this period in my life. I met fantastic people who are all fully committed to the wellbeing of equids. I am grateful for IHP to trust me with their most vulnerable equids, and I feel honoured to be part of this organization. Thank you IHP, I am sure our paths will cross again in the future.
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