Providing S.T.E.M. Career Opportunities and More

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What We Do

Horses Give Hope Education Foundation strives to enhance the lives, first and foremost, of underprivileged and at risk young people, by ensuring that they are socially responsible and academically aware, while leading and guiding them to stay on the best possible path. Our youth programs are based on motivation, aspirations and working to merit rewards.
We are a multifaceted organization offering Youth Services which include S.T.E.M. Initiatives; Animal Science Opportunities; Coding and Robotic; Entrepreneurship; Virtual Literacy; Test Preparation, and Mentoring. Accompanying our Youth Services, we offer Community Outreach Services which include volunteer opportunities for high school and college students, Professional Continuing Education, Community Volunteerism, and Certificate Programs.
Horses Give Hope Education Foundation will enhance the lives of others with the mirroring of perseverance, confidence, and grace of the horse, while fostering education, improving literacy, building character, and encouraging S.T.E.M with a focus on coding and robotics, Financial Literacy, and Entrepreneurship for at promised youths, including foster care, underprivileged, and other students ‘in need’, from cradle through college.

Programs

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1. Afterschool Literacy Program, “Reading with Pony Pals”- This program helps our elementary students improve their reading, writing and critical thinking skills.
According to Farbman, D. (February 2015) The Case for Improving and Expanding Time in School indicates that adding time to the school day and/or year can have a meaningfully positive impact on student proficiency and upon a child’s entire educational experience. Afterschool programs provide the additional time and one-on-one assistance that some youths need to master their reading skills. Study after study, research report after research report, and statistic after statistic all point to a crisis among the young, Black men of the nation - beginning in homes, stretching to K-12 educational experiences, and leading straight to the cycle of incarceration in increasingly high numbers. Black boys are more likely than any other group to be placed in special education classes, with 80 percent of all special education students being Black or Hispanic males. The youths use virtual polo ponies as reading pals to hold their attention while improving literacy through building confidence. This includes our “Literacy with Pony Pals”.

This program focuses on Orphans or Foster Care Youths ages 6 to 15 where the participants practice reading to Miniature horses. According to a study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, about 20 percent of high school graduates have not developed basic reading proficiency by graduation. Horses offer a perfect example of how animals inspire children to be interested in reading. Reading to animals fosters a non-judgmental environment so children can simply have fun reading. Children then equate the positive experience with animals to reading, which reinforces that reading can be a fun, and interactive experience. Animals, such as the horse, help children connect to their books. Young people also improve social skills by talking about what they read to the Mini Horse. Children establish a relationship with the horses, while building social skills. This also helps children and youths improve their literacy. The mini horses receive special training to work with children. Experiential reading activities can reach students who understand best through active engagement. Additionally, horses have the potential to help young people overcome fears and develop confidence that can be translated into real-life situations. Horses can also help put people at ease because they are unbiased and non-judgmental, thus responding only to people’s intent and behavior. Furthermore, horses have individual personalities, and interact with people in such a way that results in the building of a relationship with them.

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2. STEM Program - STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. STEM education for girls helps to bridge the ethnic and gender gaps sometimes found in math and science fields. Initiatives have been established to increase the roles of women and minorities in STEM-related fields. HGH provide STEM mentorship programs, workshops, and more for girls. Our programs build confidence and show girls they belong in STEM. Our program creates an environment in which girls are encouraged to indulge their STEM interests through fun, accessible, and interactive learning. This program includes our S.T.E.M. for Girls at Margate Middle School. A study by the American Association of University Women found that among first-year college students, women are much less likely than men to say that they intend to declare a STEM major. By graduation, men outnumber women in nearly every science and engineering field. This contributes to a serious gender gap in lucrative STEM careers, like web development, coding, robotics and engineering.

This program offers Educational Enrichment and Outreach Services by focusing on orphans, foster care and under-privilege children and teenagers whereby participants receive educational services,. The Horses Give Hope Education Foundation forms partnerships, with various orphanages, foster care group homes and churches. Staff members go out into the community, educate and interact. In addition, our organization ensures that these children and teenagers attend equestrian events, and visit a variety of equestrian related venues. Attendance at equestrian events helps to boost their aspirations. These youths are given an opportunity to pet horses after events when possible. The interaction, between horses and people, helps develop confidence, communication and trust. Horses Give Hope Education Foundation will provide funds for orphans and foster care youths who aspire to ride horses after experiencing the various escapes.

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Coding and Robotics: The Yunghanns Coding and Robotics program uses engaging simulation so students will have immediate life-like feedback and can work from any computer, even from home, which ensure that all students get to code their robots. Coding is essentially written instructions that a robot or computer program can read and then implement. In this program students have to think both critically and creatively to tell a robot what motions to fulfil and also have to ensure the code is correct. Students learn to code and build robots in this program. As our lives continue to be influenced by technology, the need for programmers is critical. By 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor predicts that 1.4 million jobs will be created in computing related fields. Our goal is to connect with youth who never thought of themselves as computer scientists, and open their minds to the possibilities of this career choice. The goal of horses Give Hope Education Foundation is to connect with youth who never thought of themselves as computer scientists, and open their minds to the possibilities of many career choices. This program includes a Horses Give Hope Education Foundation specific curriculum using equestrian related themes to make the learning of coding and Robotics easy and fun. This includes Yunghanns Coding and Robotics Academy.

This is a leadership program targeting young people during their Gap Year as well as students Studying Abroad. The program focuses on Horses Give Hope Education Foundation core values of respect and caring with an opportunity to learn to be respectful and unpresuming with a sense of commitment. Students, who are accepted to this program, stay on equestrian family properties and learn to care for horses. The student must be prepared to endure a rigid, yet flexible schedule which includes early and late hours. For example, students must awake at dawn to care for horses; may have to take care of horses during holidays, and students may need to check on the horses during evening hours. The student must respect the estate where they are assigned. Students must be prepared to listen to and respect those who are more knowledgeable about the horses. Students must care for the horses and the stables seven days a week. This is not only a humbling experience but definitely a learning experience. This experience does not guarantee students any luxuries of the city. Students must understand that this is true dedication and commitment. However, depending on the estate, there are opportunities for informal riding and other equestrian practices as well as opportunities to attend on-site equestrian competitions and activities. Students must also understand that riding lessons are optional when available and made available by Horses Give Hope Education Foundation. Whereas on some estates, students will have an opportunity to complete various levels of training and development of equestrian services and activities and receive certificates of completion from Horses Give Hope Education Foundation. All students will be expected to take an exam, at the end of the course, on Respect 101 and Caring 101 for leadership as set out in the core values manual of Horses Give Hope Education Foundation.

Emergency Incentive
In addition, Horses Give Hope Education Foundation offers incentives for students in return for prior community service hours and weekly services rendered for horse care in return for emergency assistance as needed when away from home. Amounts available to students may vary based on need and community service hours rendered. Students Studying Abroad work with Gap students and have different requirements for incentives. Their incentives are based on partnership guidelines developed between Horses Give Hope Education Foundation and their particular University.

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Yunghanns Afterschool Tutorial for Excellence: This tutorial program helps students to improve their study skills and academics. There are certain skills that students need in order to complete their homework that may not be taught in the school curriculum. Students may need help developing these supplemental skills such as time management, note taking, and test preparation. The staff focuses on mentoring students for success in homework: motivation, monitoring, and modelling. Modelling positive behaviour is also important for student success. Always be positive when assisting students with homework. The staff create an open and positive atmosphere, help students feel valued, and give frequent and positive feedback and praise. Yunghanns Afterschool Tutorial for Excellence assist students with homework, study skills and test preparation; this program also help students prepare for standardized test such as SAT.

The student and Equine interaction Program focuses mainly on first year college and transfer students who are away from home for the first time and attending universities with horsemanship programs or equestrian programs. This therapeutic program fosters a partnership between horses and students to benefit, empower and facilitate positive change in the lives of first year college or transfer students. This program is also designed to prevent loneliness and isolation or intervention among college students experiencing loneliness or isolation. The goals are accomplished by providing therapeutic activities such as riding, caring for the horses, feeding, grooming, petting and connecting with the horses. This is also a way for students to enhance their soft skills or interpersonal people’s skills, social skills and communication skills. These skills allow students to learn to build healthier relationships, in order to maneuver better in their environment, work well with others and achieve set goals while complementing their hard skills. These changes, as products of working with and spending time with horses, should project a higher level of emotional intelligence and greater harmony with other people. This therapeutic program implements a team approach and an evidence based interaction process. The former is geared to forming a path to success and balance while the latter is structured to helping the student develop his or her best self. This program offers students an opportunity to conduct research; furthermore through this program, grants are available to do research on the effects of the team approach and students working with horses and humans on the prevention of loneliness, anxiety and/or depression. The research will also focus on the management of loneliness, anxiety and/or depression and change in behavior or attitude. At the graduate student level, Research Grants are made available to study the effects of the horse on alzheimer’s and the alleviation of loneliness and depression.

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Mentoring, Careers and Role Modelling- Mentoring is very important in the lives of young people it helps them to understand that someone cares and that they are not alone. Mentoring, also assures them that they are not alone in dealing with day to day challenges. This program helps them to choose positive career tracks and role models. Mentoring helps the youth to feel like they matter. Research has shown that quality mentoring relationships have powerful positive effects on young people personally, academically and professionally. Students who meet regularly with their mentors are 52% less likely than their peers to skip a day of school and 37% less likely to skip a class (Public/Private Ventures Study of Big Brothers Big Sisters). In addition to better school attendance and a better chance of going on to higher education, according to research, mentored youths maintain better attitudes toward school. (The Role of Risk, 2013). Studies suggest that role models influence, along with cultural values play a pivotal role in informing the decisions made by young people on how they choose their future careers, and on how role models influence their overall career and life plans. Community Leaders take time to inspire the youths.

Horses Give Hope Education Foundation Scholarship Program offers Scholarship opportunities for every rider in equestrian sports. Riders include the recreational rider, the newcomer rider, the most committed amateur rider, and the aspiring professional rider. This scholarship program allows students opportunities not only to engage in equestrian sports, but also to support equine careers and student leadership. Horses Give Hope Education Foundation offers also offers scholarships to help students with boarding and academics. In addition, this program allows students to coordinate with respective equestrian programs in order to plan and organize horse shows and other equine events. Alternatively, students can coordinate with respective programs to become student leaders, whereby organizing a variety of activities including community service projects, orientation and open house events along with a variety of social and recreational events. Students are offered an opportunity to receive education and an opportunity to educate about the various equestrian sports, make trips to local competitions, make trips to equestrian museums and prepare horses for competitions and tournaments. These scholarships are available for all equestrian sports, at all levels.

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Aspiration Incentive program: Our reward principle selects those students who demonstrate an effort with school attendance, maintain positive behaviour and improve academic conduct. This includes our ABC initiatives: Academics, Behaviour and Course Performance is what this program focuses on with earned incentives Research shows that incentives are a great way to engage students and create excitement

Horses Give Hope Education Foundation offers various certificates of completion on Respect, Safety, and Character building through certificate of completion programs such as Horsemanship 101, Character Building and Protocols for the equestrian life.

A. Horses Give Hope Education Foundation Equine First Responders certification and certificate.

B. Horsemanship 101

The overall purpose of Horsemanship 101 is to ensure that horses are respected while students learn how to work with them through cooperative means. Cooperative means would promote a calm, confident, trusting horse who would understand through targeted communication. Horsemanship 101 is the understanding the safety of horses and riding a horse safely. Horsemanship 101 provides the building blocks for a strong foundation. A foundation that youths use in order to build and achieve things that perhaps one thought only possible in dreams. Horsemanship 101 aims to ensure that the student is in equilibrium with the thoughts, emotions and abilities of the horse, while knowing how to respond to the horse’s state. This will result in a special partnership and understanding between the student and the horse. Students will learn to teach the horse what they expect. Horsemanship 101 allows one the opportunity to build a relationship based on mutual trust and respect with a horses while increasing self-esteem and confidence and overcoming fear. Whether you are new to horses or it’s been awhile, this course will give you the basics and allow you to understand the way a horse thinks and ultimately why they act the way they do. This course will increase your confidence, safety and build trust.

C. Leadership Character Building Certificate Program

This character building program focuses on building strong character among students from
cradle to college. The purpose is to encourage equestrian volunteerism early, empower and
develop growth of students as scholars, leaders, athletes and community contributors by providing programs that support the students and by using an approach that is trusted by students and staff. The character building curriculum will be a way for students to focus on horses, their community and the art of caring and equestrian volunteerism. This will be called
a Total Care Education Curriculum and will be designed to address the student’s four essential needs which include academic, social, emotional and physical or “ASEP”. This holistic assessment will look at the student’s ASEP strengths and weaknesses as they apply to
learning, living, development and communication. The program establishes a customized plan which is computer generated.

D. Protocol and the Equestrian Life: Horses Give Hope Education Foundation protocol program is meant to instill discipline and self-esteem. It focuses on adapting to traditions surrounding equestrian sports and equestrian life.

E. Awareness 101: This program focuses on promoting awareness of charity and volunteerism. Horses Give Hope Education Foundation partners with high schools, universities and other programs to encourage youth action.

F. HGHE Core Value Certificates: These Certificates are based on Horses Give Hope Education Foundation core values.

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Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy: This program is focused on introducing youths to business and basic financial knowledge. This includes Yunghanns Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy Academy. This program is a compelling need because schools do not teach financial literacy nearly as much as they should. Students should be introduced to money early on and have goals and responsibilities for managing their finances. This program will teach youths the importance of saving and investing. The students will learn to open a savings or checking account. The program will give them an incentive to save money. The program teaches youth to model positive relationships because Entrepreneurs need to understand the importance of pursuing and building meaningful relationships. People like to work with and purchase goods from those they find likeable. Talk with your kids about their friendships, and focus on the importance of compassion, giving back and listening.

The Horses Give Hope Education Foundation provides scholarships to assist special needs youths who attend various equestrian or summer camp programs. These scholarships focus on mental and physically challenged youths. The scholarships assist these youths with attending therapeutic horsemanship camps, and Equestrian Equine therapy programs. Research finds that equestrian or equine therapy is also an effective technique for many therapists to teach troubled youths on how they learn, react and follow instructions. The scholarships help with equine assisted therapy training as well. Today, there are a variety of equine assisted programs which focus on delivering therapeutic riding and equine-activities to children and young adults.

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Community Outreach Services: The Community Outreach Program includes community outreach events, volunteerism and a variety of Certificate programs. Outreach services is way of providing needed services to our youth who might not otherwise have the opportunity. Community outreach is about giving, contributing, and helping those who cannot help themselves. Community outreach allows us to influence younger generations to give back to the community. It helps the community grow in a substantial way. Many of our activities are spearheaded by community volunteers.

Horses Give Hope Education Foundation Equine First Responders program certifies and educates mainly university student volunteers in disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact horses in their area while training them in basic Equestrian disaster response skills, such as fire safety, floods and other disasters that large animals such as horses might experience. This certification will provide volunteers with methods and tools necessary to successfully extricate a horse from entrapment using low-tech, low-risk options that are easier, quicker and safer than extreme techniques using helicopters, cranes or 4WD vehicles while using therapeutic horsemanship skill. This certification will teach various approaches for volunteer training that professional responders can rely on during disaster situations such as fires, floods, highway accidents during transport, chemical or smoke inhalation. This course will consist of video trainings, lecture, interactive teachings and hands on simulations which will allow them to focus on more complex tasks. Through this certification the capabilities to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters will help to instill discipline and self-esteem among the volunteers. This basic Course will be delivered by a team of trained first responders, and other qualified volunteers. It will be broken up into two to four hour blocks over a series of evenings or weekends. This will include: Disaster Preparedness which focuses on hazards specific to the community; Fire Suppression which deals with fire chemistry, hazardous materials, fire hazards and fire suppression strategies; Light Search and Rescue Operations where participants learn about search and rescue planning, size-up, search techniques, rescue techniques and rescuer safety; Psychology and Team Organization which focuses on signs and symptoms that might be experienced by the disaster victim and workers, and Review with Disaster Simulation where participants review and practice the skills learned during the previous sessions.

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