Belgian teacher Annie Timmermans has already started her 1,500 kilometer walking trip with your dog Dax from his home in Belgium to the facilities of an animal shelter located in Estivella: SOS Animals Sagunto.
As Levante-EMV advanced, at 60 and after overcoming breast cancer, Annie has embarked on this challenge in search of aid for two solidarity projects: those of the animal shelter SOS Animals Sagunto and Equizorgbos (Belgium).
Your intention is to make a path of solidarity in which people can collaborate in different wayss from the web odysseydaxannie.com and contribute to two solidarity projects related to animals.
“Even though I’m nervous, I really wanted to get started. We carry training a lotor time both Dax and me, “said Annie just before leaving, as explained in a statement the protector Saguntina.
In addition to the weather, long distances and fatigue, the protagonist must face the changes in pandemic restrictions through the passage of Belgium, France and Spain.
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Nothing stops your decision travel 25 kilometers a day and sleep wherever it is allowedn, with her tent and her great friend Dax. In total, it will be 63 tireless days that Annie Timmermans has calculated that her odyssey will last. “If I do not find problems that delay me, I hope to arrive at SOS Sagunto Animals in Estivella (Valencia) in two months,” Annie details. To make the route easier, you can participate by looking for accommodation or camping sites, where Annie and her dog Dax can rest. Also, people can show support and encouragement towards the two protagonists through the web by posting comments. They can also follow the route that Annie and Dax travel on a daily basis.
From the Flemish province in which she resides, Annie will enter through France and will travel through various sections of the Camino de Santiago, part of Aragon and, finally, the Valencian Community with a total of 1,574 kilometers traveled.
Annie’s Odyssey has mobilized hundreds of people from the three countries that they have offered him a place to sleep. Donations and financial contributions also arrive for the two altruistic projects that it disseminates. “There is still a long way to go,” adds Annie. “People can sponsor each kilometer with the contribution of only three euros and help the animals because there are still many things to do,” explains Timmermans, who can be followed on his website www.odysseydaxannie.com o en Instagram: Timmermans.annie
SOS Animals Sagunto, as explained by the entity, is a non-profit association that has been rescuing abandoned and abused dogs for 10 years to give them a new opportunity to live with dignity. It promotes their adoption in homes where animals are respected, reaching adoptions in other countries such as: Russia, Italy, France, Belgium … “His good work has positioned SOS Sagunto Animals as one of the best known in the country. No in vain its founder, Carmen de Andrés, has participated in numerous programs and articles in the media, the best known being ‘El Hormiguero’ and ‘Frank de la Jungla’ “, they point out. https: // sos-sagunto.org
Regarding the Belgian project Het Equizorgbos, It works with horses as a therapeutic tool to help young people and children, mainly. In addition to the appropriate techniques for each case, such as autism, ADHD or High Sensitivity, the union between the experience of the moment with the natural environment is reinforced, giving importance not only to the relationship but to the fact of experimenting in the open air, as pointed out from SOS Animals Sagunto. https://www.equibos.com/
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