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Friday 1 June 2012

Help for Cambodian farriers and harness makers

By Horsetalk.co.nz on Jun 01, 2012
An FEI grant is helping World Horse Welfare with its work in Cambodia.
An FEI grant is helping World Horse Welfare with its work in Cambodia.
A grant from the FEI will help the British-based charity World Horse Welfare train farriers and harness-makers in Cambodia.
The charity said it was excited to be working in partnership with the Cambodia Pony Welfare Organisation after being awarded the grant, part of the FEI Solidarity development programme to support national federations by creating, supporting and expanding projects and programmes from “grass roots” to elite level.
World Horse Welfare says it is the first time it has worked in partnership with another welfare organisation in this way, and the first time it has worked in this part of Southeast Asia.
The first module has now been completed, where World Horse Welfare representatives Tom Burch and Stuart Russell shared their knowledge and skills with local farriery and harness-makers in the country.

The training course is taking place in the country’s capital, Phnom Penh, where 10 students will be taught the sort of advanced farrier techniques that will allow them to work with horses used in international sport and then train local farriers.
A further four students will study saddlery and harness-making techniques, with the intention that they pass on their new skills to other service providers and horse owners in Cambodia.
The head of programme development at World Horse Welfare, Karen O’Malley, said: “Although the Cambodia Pony Welfare Organisation is carrying out farriery training, it was felt that with this funding we could complement the work of the organisation and further advance the skills and knowledge of the trained service providers.
“It should be an exciting project as we haven’t been involved in something quite like this before.
“During our initial farriery research visit in January we found that the local horse owners and existing farriers are lacking in basic handling skills and knowledge regarding the anatomy of the horse. However, it seems that they are desperate to learn new skills and very much welcome what we have to offer.”
Another objective is to develop good quality farriers and harness-makers in order that future Cambodian horses can be used to compete in equestrian sport, with the end goal of taking part in the 2013 Asian Games.
The director of FEI Solidarity, Jacqueline Braissant, said: “We are extremely pleased to be able to offer the grant to World Horse Welfare and we are confident that the new skills gained will make a positive impact and contribution to the future sustainability of the area.
“The hope is to really engage local horse owners in Cambodia and create a solid foundation for equestrian sport which can be built on in the future. These are exciting times – over the coming weeks, we will be announcing a series of FEI Solidarity grants to support wide-ranging projects around the world. ”
World Horse Welfare chief executive Roly Owers said: “We have decided to take our international work in a different direction in order to make our training programmes more sustainable in the countries we are operating in.
“Therefore, the focus is more on creating in-house service providers so that local people can transfer their skills on to other local people. We are also turning our attention to providing cost-effective solutions.
“This means that our international team will be sourcing locally-made tools to make them more affordable as and when the people in a particular country need them.”

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