This week was very interesting/normal due to the fact that I
was able to finally visit my activist project location. The delay was caused by
a lack of volunteer training days by SARDA (South African Riding for the
Disabled Association), which forced me and some of my classmates to wait almost
two weeks in order to find an opening. We were scheduled to have the training
on Monday but due to some complications with our transportation, my group ended
up arriving just as it ended. I truly thought at the time that we must have
made the worst first impressions in history, but the staff was actually really
understanding about what happened and offered us other opportunities that week
to receive training. Due to scheduling issues with the Ocean View Homestay, I
was stuck doing a private training session if you will consider that I was the
only person who chose that day to receive training. I was able to learn the ins
and outs in regards to what specific accessories for the horses are called and
a general rundown of important locations on the SARDA Centre premises and
procedures to follow. The particular task that I was assigned was to lead the
horse. I was actually amazed when I went in for training because I did not
expect to actually have to lead a horse on my first day. The experience was
kind of weird especially when turning because you have to lean into the horse
or nudge it (only when the horse is being difficult). Overall I think that this
organization will be really interesting and will provide me with experience and
knowledge of a field that I don’t interact with on a daily basis.
Another thing that was interesting was the fact that my
internship organization attended a National meeting, which meant in hind sight
that I was only supposed to come to work on Wednesday instead of three day a
week. This extra free time was spent catching up with work related to classes
and related to my internship.
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