How Your Donation Makes a Difference
$10
Every dollar counts, pledge your support. Every $10 can go towards horse feed.
$50
Every $50 can go towards providing horse-riding helmets for Riders.
$100
Every $100 can go towards providing Horse shoes for 4 Therapy horses.
$200
Every $200 can go towards providing a Leather Pony saddle for a Therapy horse.
About Campaign
ends 02 Jul 2017, 11:59 PMThe connection between a therapy horse and the child is such a special and sacred bond that sometimes only they will understand.
Recently, one of our therapy horse - Lukas, who was a charming, well loved and hardworking therapy horse who amazingly helped his 13-year old RDA rider Malcolm with expressing his feelings because of the relationship they have! Malcolm found out his friend Lukas was unwell, and took the initiative to write his first ever letter, which his thrilled mother shared, then leading to a kind RDA volunteer helping pass the letter on, and the rest is viral history! Read about it here:
https://www.facebook.com/rdasgp/posts/721203861365115
This campaign is created to help RDA Singapore continue to provide horse riding therapy free of charge for kids with disability.
Thank you for your support!
About the Charity
INSPIRING HOPE & IMPROVING LIVES OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore is the only local charity which provides Therapeutic Horse-Riding and Equine-Assisted Activities for children and adults with disabilities, 100% free of charge.
Our therapy horses and ponies provide a tool for the purpose of contributing positively to the cognitive, physical, emotional and social well-being of individuals with special needs, in a non-clinical setting, that is fun and effective, helping the beneficiaries to function better in school/at work, at home and general daily activities, and ultimately helping to improve the quality of life for the beneficiaries and their families.
As part of the therapy, we bring our riders out for walks at a nearby forested trail. For many of our riders with physical disabilities, going into a forest is impossible on a wheelchair or with a walking aid. But they can do so with ease on a horse-back.
Over the years, some of our riders have advanced beyond therapy riding to international competition level! Two of our riders, Gemma Foo and Maximillian Tan, who represented Singapore in the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics Games started their riding sessions