Horseback Riding is Used as Treatment for Kids with Special Needs in Namibia

Susan De Meyer hosts children from the Dagbreek School for Children with Disabilities and the Hope Village Orphanage twice a week at the Bergheim Country Estate, located outside Windhoek, Namibia’s capital.

The ‘Enabling via the Horse Program’ was created for kids with special needs, and they are here to participate. To help them grow and enhance their cognitive and psychomotor abilities, they are receiving treatment by learning to ride horses. These children, who range in age from five to fifteen, suffer from several developmental problems and impairments, such as foetal alcohol syndrome and cerebral palsy.

Susan de Meyer, a former educator and equestrian, claims that her personal experience with her dyslexic son, who showed notable progress after taking up horseback riding as a pastime, served as inspiration.

It is a huge benefit for all children with disabilities. For children to sit at a desk and complete their schooling, it helps them develop their balance, equilibrium, and posture. Additionally, it aids individuals with speech impairments. Because the horse is an extension of the body when you sit on it, they start chatting while they ride, she explains. They were terrified some of them quite so, when they first began riding horses, but today they are ecstatic. When they find out we’re going to the horses, they become thrilled and prefer to go alone, Louw adds.

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