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We are horse-assisted Learning Okinawa .

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We like to cater to , um , kids with

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special needs , kids with disability .

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We also invite dependents and families

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who are stationed on the island too ,

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and it's a fully , um , volunteer-based

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nonprofit .

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We do a lot with hope and wish . So

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they bring kids with special needs ,

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and that helps the kids with

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disabilities learn kind of motor skills ,

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social interaction , and they got to

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kind of be around the horses , the

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horses that kind of as a therapeutic ,

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um , means , and then we learn about

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groundwork with the horses , we learned

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about horse care . We want to

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be part of the community . We wanna

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make sure that we provide that

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connection , um , between the US forces

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and the local community to make sure

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that , you know , they're hosting us ,

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so we wanna be respectful and kind of

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give back um to the local community .