What's in common between a horse, some hot springs and a mentor ?
So, we were lucky enough to meet 29 other young people in the very famous Stupicke Toplice in the Croatian countryside, which is famous for its hot springs. So we took the energy from these hot water sources and created an incredibly hot group and together with our 2 wonderful trainers we started a journey to forge the powers of the mentor or as it is called: the "Forging Mentor’s Power" program!
So there we learned what an ESC Volunteer Mentor should be equipped with, we saw in an interactive theatrical way how various problematic situations that may arise in Volunteers can be addressed, we discovered various tools and guides that can be used to help interact with Volunteers and of course we exchanged experiences with one of the most dynamic groups of people we have ever met (blame the hot water springs!)
Among the surprises of the program was our visit to a nearby volunteer center of hippotherapy, where we spoke with volunteers who took care of the horses and guided interested visitors on this magical riding trip for therapeutic purposes.
Marina and Vasilis
