Berlin: District Mayor visits riding therapy center in Frohnau

The district mayor of Reinickendorf, Emine Demirbüken-Wegner, visited the synanon riding therapy center in Frohnau to find out about the therapeutic riding and its positive effects. The center is devoted to the care and basic care of pension horses, school operations for children and adolescents with their own horses and the therapeutic riding as an offer for both own residents and external with physical or mental disabilities. In total, the Reitzentrum takes care of 49 customer horses and offers children from the age of four to five years the opportunity to ride ponies. The district mayor praised the center for the practiced inclusion and the transformative effect of therapeutic riding, especially for children with the most difficult trauma.

The Synanon Foundation is a self -help organization that supports substance -dependent people to lead a abstinent life. It offers help to overcoming addiction, accepts addicts to addicts to the synon community and offers you the opportunity to learn a self-determined and independent life without addictive substances and crime.

Local effects: The synanon riding therapy center in Frohnau offers an important service for the local community, especially for families with children with physical or intellectual disabilities and for people who are affected by substance-dependent problems. The positive effect of therapeutic riding on the inhabitants of the center and external visitors is an example of the important role of facilities such as synanon for promoting mental and physical health in Berlin.

Source: According to a report by www.berlin.de