While the pedestrian races like the Ambush and the Olivier Escapade allowing to bring in some profits are suspended and the construction site of an equitherapy center has fallen behind, the Hameau d’Olivier Cheval & Handicap has received unexpected support on Sunday. The project is two years old.
Jean-Luc Christiny came across a prospectus from the Thionville association. A rider himself, he wanted to accompany Jean-Claude Barthélémy in his approach. The association Le Hameau d’Olivier Cheval & Handicap has existed for eleven years. In 2017, an innovative concept around the horse for mediator was imagined by the president and his wife, Liliane.
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€ 9,500 of equipment
Regularly, demonstrations are organized in Volkrange to raise funds and calls for projects have made it possible to finance the next construction. “But we have fallen behind with the confinement and the health situation, deplores Liliane Barthélémy. Despite everything, we work with Anne, the qualified instructor, and we train the horses and donkeys. “
Jean-Luc Christiny is part of Rotary, he mobilized his counterparts including Mirela Mocanasu, pediatrician and president of the club Thionville-Malbrouck. Very touched by the cause, she gave the green light and the foundation of Rotary too. Sunday, in Volkrange, Jean-Luc and Mirela donated equipment, namely a rider lifter and educational tools, to the Thionville association for an amount of € 9,500.
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Opening hoped for this year
“It’s an interclub operation, there are twelve of us who have participated in Thionville, Audun, Longwy, Briey, Verdun… This equipment will give them a foothold and serve them in their activity. “
For Anne, the instructor who has supported the project for nine years and who took up her duties at the start of the year in Vernéville and Volkrange, this is a real boost. “Without this seat, we can’t do anything. Now, we hope to see the equitherapy center open in Thionville to allow our seven horses and donkeys to help children with disabilities to feel better. “
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