Support for Horse Riding Experience from Elementary School
Expansion of Horse Therapy Program for Teachers
Korea Racing Authority Let's Run Park Busan-Gyeongnam (Head Eom Young-seok) announced on the 8th that it signed a business agreement with the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education on the 4th to provide the Neulbom School program and support the mental and physical health improvement of teachers.
Through this agreement, Let's Run Park Busan-Gyeongnam will expand its social contribution projects using 'horse riding and horses (馬)' into public education.
The agreement focuses on linking horse industry job experience activities and field trip support to the elementary school learning-type Neulbom program, supporting Busan Neulbom School students to improve physical development and social skills through horse riding.
Citizens participating in horseback riding lessons. LetsRun Park Busan-Gyeongnam has signed a business agreement with the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education to support programs such as horseback riding experiences.
The support program consists of stable tours, horse riding experiences, and horse industry job experiences, designed as fun and diverse high-quality programs with students' safety as the top priority.
Additionally, a 'One-day Experience Program' to help heal and recover teachers affected by educational activity disruptions and a 'Rehabilitation Healing Program' for disabled teachers will also be supported.
The 'One-day Program' offers healing programs such as horse riding experiences, five-sense experiences, and stable tours for teachers who have suffered from educational activity disruptions. The 'Rehabilitation Healing Program' helps disabled teachers who wish to participate recover physically and improve health through horse-related activities. Furthermore, additional programs involving family participation will be jointly developed with the education office in the future.
The 'Horse Therapy' program supported for teachers is a series of activities involving horses and participants that promote empathy and interaction to heal social, psychological, and mental difficulties. The Korea Racing Authority officially introduced this program domestically in 2022, starting the project targeting long-term hospitalized patients in hospitals in the Busan-Gyeongnam area, and supported a total of 134 people through 12 sessions last year.
This year, Let's Run Park Busan-Gyeongnam plans to expand the scope of the horse therapy project in collaboration with local governments and various institutions into areas related to government policies such as marriage, childbirth, and parenting. The programs include Ma(saeng)yeonbun, which facilitates natural meetings for unmarried men and women through horses, wedding and family photo shoots with horses, support for Neulbom School educational programs, and confidence recovery programs for women with career interruptions.
Eom Young-seok, Head of Busan-Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters, said, "We hope that Let's Run Park Busan-Gyeongnam's educational donation to Neulbom School will contribute to the emotional stability and developmental growth of students and the welfare improvement of teachers," adding, "We will take the lead in creating a healthy society as well as leisure welfare for the public through the horse industry."
On the 4th, Eom Young-seok, Director of Korea Racing Authority Let's Run Park Busan-Gyeongnam (left), and Ha Yoon-soo, Superintendent of Busan Metropolitan Office of Education (right), signed an educational donation agreement for Neulbom School and are taking a commemorative photo.
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