Miniature Horses Enhance Special Needs

This is a U.S. news story, published by VOA, that relates primarily to Mina Karagianni news.

U.S. news

For more U.S. news, you can click here:

more U.S. news

Mina Karagianni news

For more Mina Karagianni news, you can click here:

more Mina Karagianni news

pets, animals & wildlife news

For more pets, animals & wildlife news, you can click here:

more pets, animals & wildlife news

VOA news

For more news from VOA, you can click here:

more news from VOA

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best entertainment news, business news, world news, and much more. If you like pets, animals & wildlife news, you might also like this article about

charity Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest miniature horse news, second miniature horse news, pets, animals & wildlife news, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

miniature horses

VOA

•

Greece's only miniature therapy horses bring joy to many, but the charity is struggling

Summary

Nutrition label

73% Informative

Mina Karagianni runs Gentle Carousel Greece, a Greek offshoot of a U.S. charity that trains miniature horses.

The horses are trained over two years to work comfortably in confined environments and with vulnerable children and adults.

The tiny equines provide a form of pet therapy that carers say offers valuable interactions and learning experiences.

But the charity they are part of is struggling to make ends meet.

Omiros Homer is a 12-year-old miniature gray and white stallion with a flowing mane and blue eyes.

He visits a state-run school for children aged 6-14 with cognitive or mobility problems or both.

"We saw things we didn't expect. We saw children with autism, or children who are generally afraid of animals, coming very close, letting the ponies get close to them," the school's director says.

VR Score

Informative language

Neutral language

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful