Partners in the YGBN Project
The project ‘’Youth Going Back to Nature – Engage, Connect, Empower’’ is created and executed by a consortium of 6 nonprofit organizations from Bulgaria, Italy, Croatia, Estonia, Belgium, and Lithuania active in the field of outdoors and youth.
Partner/Coordinator
Paint and Quarter Horse Foundation Bulgaria
The nonprofit organization is dedicated to: Good treatment of horses and other animals; Raising and caring for horses and other animals in a way close to their natural environment; No violence and no training aids that degrade and infringe the integrity of the horse or inflict any pain; Partnering with horses in therapeutic sessions in safe and beneficial manner.
The organization aims to promote the breeds Paint Horse and Quarter Horse; develop and promote the natural relationship with the horse and its training/natural horsemanship/; develop therapeutic equine-assisted activities.
Partner
ASD Trekkify
Trekkify is a sport association located in the Umbria Region among the Apennines mountains range, specifically focused on outdoor activities and mountain sports. The primary aim of the association is that of bringing beginners closer to trekking and outdoor activities raising awareness about environmental issues and healthy lifestyle. It operates within a wide and consolidated network of public and private bodies active in the field of outdoor life and environmental issues. Furthermore, Trekkify’s sports experiences are aimed at promoting sustainable development, integration and social inclusion.
Partner
A Belgium nonprofit organization dedicated to Quality Education in Europe for Sustainable Social Transformation.
Partner
Association O.A.ZA.
The Sustainable Alternative Community has existed in Zagreb since January 2013. Our goal is to organize various programs for young people during which they can, in a pleasant and motivating atmosphere, develop their potential and become responsible and exemplary bearers of sustainable social change.
We create models of a sustainable society.
We encourage the holistic development of young people as builders of the future.
Partner
A Lithuanian state entity dedicated to the marine life and a Dolphin Therapy Center.
Partner
Equilibre NPO
The nonprofit organization is a social enterprise created in 2007 and active in the development of two main fields:
– Equine Assisted Therapy and Learning;
– Natural Building and Sustainable Lifestyle.
Both branches support and complement each other. Introducing and practicing two fields in the same place raises interest from more people and natural surroundings and close contact with animals provides a therapeutic atmosphere.
Vision is to create equilibrium within and around oneself using the environment we are creating.
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