War veterans and rescued horses? Here’s the Joyful Horse Project

Redazione — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 13:55:27 +0000

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Lori Scott-Johnson (S4C Austin, Texas) just sent us a few images of a very interesting project.

The Joyful Horse Project , founded by Beth Rand, is a horse rescue organization based out of Austin, Texas that finds horses given up for slaughter and abused horses in various circumstances. The rescued horses are rehabilitated emotionally and physically.

Beth Rand thought why not bring together war veterans and the rescued horses?

That is where the pilot program started. It is still in it’s infancy and continues to grow.

The program is about bringing together wounded veterans and rescued horses. This program is unique in that the horses benefit too. They have emotional and physical scars just as the veterans do. It is amazing to

see the power of touch between man and horse.

The thing about this pilot program is its uniqueness. There are similar programs but this is different in that it helps to heal both man and horse; A symbiotic relationship between man and horse.

It is about giving purpose to living beings.

She’ll go back there soon and will keep us updated on how the project develops.

Thank you Lori!

S4C

Uomini e cavalli (di Lori Scott-Johnson)

Lori Scott-Johnson (S4C Austin, Texas) ci ha appena alcune immagini di un progetto molto interessante.

Il Progetto Joyful Horse, fondato da Beth Rand, è una organizzazione per il recupero dei cavalli – con sede a Austin in Texas – con la finalità di recuperare cavalli sottratti alla macellazione o comunque maltrattati o abbandonati.

I cavalli vengono salvati, curati e riabilitati emotivamente e fisicamente.

Beth Rand ha avuto un’idea: perché non fare qualcosa contemporaneamente per i veterani di guerra e i cavalli recuperati?

È qui che il programma pilota nasce. E ‘ancora nella sua fase iniziale ma cresce ogni giorno.
L’obiettivo è creare associare ippoterapia per i veterani di guerra e il recupero dei cavalli stessi, portando tutti a beneficiare del reciproco contatto. Nelle idee della fondatrice, quei cavalli maltrattati hanno ferite simili a quelle dei veterani di guerra. E questi ultimi possono beneficiare dal rapporto di vicinanza con quei magnifici animali.

La caratteristica di questo programma pilota è la sua unicità. Ovviamente esistono programmi simili, ma questo è diverso, in quanto aiuta a guarire sia l’uomo che e cavallo mettendoli in rapporto simbiotico.

Lori ha promesso che tornerà presto a vedere come procede il progetto e ci riferirà.

Grazie Lori!

HOPE (a message from S4C Texas)

Redazione — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:13:51 +0000

I’ve just received an email from Lori Ann Scott, a Shoot 4 Change photographer in Austin, Texas.

Whitin her active work as a fine art photographer she took time to travel North Vietnam with a medical mission to bring relief and aid to remote areas of the Country.

Here’s what she brings to our attention. It’s worth reading and admiring.

Thank you Lori Ann!

Antonio

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“Dear All

Attached is the “Hope” series.

I believe there is such a varied look on the subjects faces…sadness, joy, pain, relief, dignity… but all show “Hope.”

(click to see the gallery)

One of them includes me with a little boy and his mother (last image). For a small amount of money I was able to donate a wheelchair so the mother and father did not have to carry the little boy around on their backs.

(click to enlarge)

The moment the pic was taken was when the translator was informing them. It is a rare occasion that I am on that side of the camera…a self portrait for sure. I look at that photo and I am there again.

I was the official photographer for a medical mission to the northern most part of Vietnam. www.gsmedicalministry.org [Take a look at the front page banner for more of Lori Ann work if you have a minute]

This particular organization goes once a year (for 11 years now) and administers medical aid to the outermost tribes and regions in N Vietnam. They administer care to 5,000 patients many of which never have received aid ever before. For some it was getting glasses for the first time and with some it was open heart surgery…

The attached photos are a series that are currently in San Antonio on display. I hope to use them as facilitators to promote the region in North Vietnam and the work that is charitable organization is doing and to raise awareness of the need in third world countries that are still recovering from the results of war even after all these years.

(click to see the gallery)

Of course, there is lots more to the story and I am willing to share. Using my photos in mission work has been an incredible journey that I hope to be a part of again in North Vietnam and around the world.

With Shoot4Change I hope to help in anyway that is needed too.

Lori Ann Scott”

(click to see the gallery)

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War veterans and rescued horses? Here’s the Joyful Horse Project

Uomini e cavalli (di Lori Scott-Johnson)

HOPE (a message from S4C Texas)