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Current Members

Membership Categories:

Full Members: National organisations which are registered in their own country as non-profit organisations with charitable status.
Associate Members: Individuals and organisations which are not necessarily registered in their own country.
Concession Membership: Available to seniors and students.


Total of Member Countries: 46 (December, 2011)

Full Members:
48 in 31 Countries
Associate Members (Associations & Individuals): 131 in 35 Countries
Total Membership (Full, Associate & Concession): 195


Full Membership (Countries and Details)
Country
Member Details (Revised February, 2010)
Australia
R.D.A.A. Ltd (Riding for the Disabled Assoc. of Australia Ltd)
Contact: National Executive Officer
E-mail: admin@rda.org.au
Website: www.rda.org.au
Austria
Osterr. Kuratorium fur Therapeutisches Reiten
Contact: Dir. Andrea Bossler
E-mail: bossler@a1.net
Website: www.oktr.at/pub/home/index.php

Osterr. Initiative - Pferde helfen Menschen
Contact: Gundula Hauser
E-mail: g.h.hauser@gmx.at
Website: www.pferde-helfen-menschen.at/
Belgium
HANDHIPPO (Union Nationale Belge des Therapeutes specialises in Hippotherapie)
Contact: Marie-Therese Kuypers
E-mail: mth.kuypers@skynet.be
Website: users.skynet.be/handhippo
Brazil
ANDE BRASIL (Assoc. Nacional de Equoterapia)
Contact: Lelio de Castro Cirillo
E-mail: ande@equoterapia.org.br
Website: www.equoterapia.org.br
Canada
CANTRA (Canadian Therapeutic Riding Assoc.)
Contact: Donna Naylor
E-mail: ctra@golden.net
Website: www.cantra.ca
Finland
Suomen Ratsastajainliitto (Equestrian Federation of Finland)
Contact: Merja Alasjarvi
E-mail: merja.alasjarvi@ratsastus.fi
Website: www.ratsastus.fi

Association of Finnish Riding Therapists
Contact: Sanna Mattila-Rautiainen
E-mail: sanna.mattila@saunalahti.fi
Website: www.suomenratsastusterapeutit.net
France
F.E.N.T.A.C. (Federation Nationale de Therapie Avec le Cheval)
Contact: Dominique Darques
E-mail: griswold@wanadoo.fr
Website: www.fentac.org/

HANDI-CHEVAL (Assoc. Nationale Handi-Cheval)
Contact: Isabelle Claude, President
E-mail: fnhc@wanadoo.fr
Website: www.handicheval.asso.fr/
Georgia
Georgian Medical Federation of Ridetherapy (Hippotherapy)
Contact: Prof. doct. Med sc Dimitri Tsverava
E-mail: dodosokhadze@yahoo.com
Germany
D.K.Th.R. (Deutsches Kuratorium fur Therapeutisches Reiten)
Contact: Sacha Eckjans
E-mail: DKThR@fn-dokr.de
Website: www.dkthr.de

Deuts. Reiterl. Verein (Deutsches Reiterliche Vereinigung)
Contact: Soenke Lauterbach
E-mail: fn@fn-dokr.de
Website: www.pferd-aktuell.de/
Greece
T.R.A.G. (Therapeutic Riding of Greece)
Contact: Dimitra Karouzaki
E-mail: triding@otenet.gr
Website: www.trag.gr/default_en.htm
Hong Kong
RDA Hong Kong (Riding for the Disabled Association of Hong Kong)
Contact: Canney Cheng
E-mail: info@rda.org.hk
Hungary
Maygar Lovasterapia Szovetseg (Hungarian Riding for the Disabled Federation)
Contact: Dr Peter Edvi
E-mail: Peter@GYERMEKMENTO.HU
Website: www.lovasterapia.hu/
Ireland
RDA Ireland (Riding for the Disabled Association of Ireland)
Contact: Niamh Kingston
E-mail: rdaisecretary@eircom.net
Website: www.rdai.org
Italy
A.N.I.R.E. (Associazione Nazionale Italiana di Riabilitazione Equestre)
Contact: Dott. Daniele Nicolas Citterio
E-mail: info@cnranire.it
Website: www.cnranire.it

Associazione “LAPO”
Contact: Prof’ssa Anna Pasquinelli
E-mail: pasquinelli@neuro.unifi.it
Website: www.associazione-lapo.it

C.N.R.A.F.A. ONLUS (Centro Nazionale Ricerco Assistenza Onlus ANIRE)
Contact: Dott. Daniele Nicolas Citterio
E-mail: info@cnranire.it

F.I.S.E. (Federazione Italiana Sport Equestri)
(Equestrian Federation-Therapeutic Riding dept)
Contact: Giovanna Rabbia Piccolo
E-mail: fise.vda@tiscalinet.it
Website: www.fise.it
Japan
Japan Therapeutic Riding Association
Contact: Seiji Miyasaka
E-mail: office@jtranet.jp

RDA-Japan (Riding for the Disabled Association of Japan)
Contact: Miho Kaneko
E-mail: rda@rdajapan.com
Korea (South) RDA-Korea (Riding for the Disabled Association of Korea)
Contact: Amy Lee
E-mail: ji.02.lee@samsung.com
Website: http://horse.samsung.com/eng/rd/rdsamsung.html

RDA-KRA
Contact: Ms Shin Jung Soon
E-mail: 88hada@hanmail.net
Luxembourg

A.T.E. (Association Therapie Equestre)
Contact: Christiane Betz
E-mail: secretariat@atelux.lu
Website: atelux.lu/

Mexico
A.M.E.T. A.C. (Asociacion Mexicana de Equitacion Terapeutica A.C.)
Contact: Francisco Munoz Hinojasa
E-mail: equinoterapia.amet@hotmail.com
Website: www.equinoterapia.net
Netherlands
F.P.G. (Federatie Paarijden Gehandicapten)
Contact: Dieuwke Papma
E-mail: info@verenigingfpg.nl
Website: www.verenigingfpg.nl
New Zealand
New Zealand RDA (New Zealand Riding for the Disabled Association)
Contact: Guy Ockenden
E-mail: admin@rda.org.nz
Website: www.rda.org.nz
Norway
Hest og Helse
Contact: Ole Hvamstad
E-mail: ole@hvamstad.net
Website: www.nhest.no

Fagforum for Terapiridning (Fed’n of Therapy Riding)
Contact: Eileen Strand
E-mail: eileenaa@online.no
Website:www.fysio.no/ORGANISASJON/Faggrupper/Terapiridning/
Poland
Polish Hipotherapeutical Assoc.
Contact: Anna Struminska
E-mail: fundacja@hipoterapia.org
Website: hipoterapia.org/
Russia
N.F.T.R. (National Federation of Therapeutic Riding-Russia)
Contact: Alexander Denisenkov
E-mail: rider960@yandex.ru
South Africa
S.A.R.D.A. (South African Riding for the Disabled Association)
Contact: Belinda Thom-Bain
E-mail: national@sarda.co.za
Website: sarda.co.za/
Spain
AEDEQ (Asociacion Espanola de Equinoterapias)
Contact: Lorenzo Lucarelli
E-mail: lucarellil@hotmail.com
Website: www.aedeq.org

Fundacion Caballo Amigo
Contact: Mercedes Jimenez Horwitz
E-mail: gestion@caballoamigo.org
Website: www.caballoamigo.org
Sweden
I.R.T. (Intresseforeningen for RidTerapi)
Contact: Charlotte von Arbin
E-mail: von.arbin.charlotte@telia.com
Website: www.irt-ridterapi.se/

Svenska Ridsportforbundet (Swedish Equestrian Federation)
Contact: Helena Hagberg
E-mail: helena.hagberg@ridsport.se
Website: www3.ridsport.se/
Switzerland
SV-HPR (Schweizerische Vereinigung fur Heilpadagogische Reiten)
Contact: Natascha Geier
E-mail: n_geier@bluewin.ch
Website: www.sv-hpr.ch/
Taiwan
Chinese Taipei Equestrian Association
Contact: Uta Rindfleisch-Wu
E-mail: ctea@ctea.org.tw
Turkey
Turkiye Binicilik Federasyonu BAS
(Turkish Equestrian Federation)
Contact: Meriç Baysal
E-mail: mericbaysal@binicilik.org.tr
United Kingdom
A.C.P.T.R. (Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Therapeutic Riding)
Contact: Mrs. Lesley Furnell
E-mail: furnell@btinternet.com
Website: www.csp.org.uk/professional-networks/acptr

F.C.R.T. (Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy)
Contact: Jennifer Dixon-Clegg
E-mail: enquiries@fcrt.ac.uk
Website: www.fortunecentre.org

GUL (God Unlimited)
Contact: Dr. Celia Grummitt
E-mail: office@god-unlimited.org
Website: www.god-unlimited.org

RDA - UK (Riding for the Disabled Association - U.K.)
Contact: Julie Dargie, Executive Director
E-mail: jdargie@rda.org.uk
Contact: Sue Adams-Wheeler
Website: www.riding-for-disabled.org.uk
United States
A.H.A. Inc. (American Hippotherapy Association Inc.)
Contact: Jacqueline Tiley
E-mail: info@americanhippotherapyassociation.org
Website: www.americanhippotherapyassociation.org/

PACTH (Pennsylvania Council on Therapeutic Horsemanship)
Contact: Pam Hayes-Houldin
E-mail: pacth@comcast.net
Website: www.pacth.org

PATH International (formerly NARHA)
Contact: Kaye Marks
E-mail: kmarks@pathintl.org
Website: www.pathintl.org


Associate Members (Individuals & Organisations)
Country
Members Details (December, 2011)
Argentina
A.A.A.E.P.A.D. (Asoc. Argentina de Actividades Ecuestres para Discapacitados)
Australia
RDA –NSW (Riding for the Disabled Association NSW) - B. Amery
Claremont Therapeutic Riding Centre Inc. -WA - Miss Henry
Jaci Armstrong
RDA WA Hippotherapy Centre 
RDA Australia Hippotherapy
Jennifer and Doug Denby
Brooke Dinning
Ann Sands, OAM
McIntyre Centre PRDA Queensland -
D.Keates
RDA SA
- Kay Milton
Mary Longden
Norma Pearce
Pegasus RDA of the ACT
Pauline Perry
Belgium
Arteveldehogeschool - Godi de Vos
Dominiek Savio Instituut
- Mrs. B. Buyse
Canada
Lanark County Therapeutic Riding centre - Sue Cressy
Andrea Malisia
Jane James

Northern Lights TR Association - Jo-Anne Chevalier
Wendy Roberts
F.Q.E.T. (Federation Quebecoise Equitation Therapeutique) -
Eliane Trempe
China
Shanghai Riding for the Disabled (S.R.D.) - Ms Ming Liu
Priscilla Lightsey - H.O.P.E.
Lenel Roux
Columbia
Jeannette Rosas Rodriguez
Czech Republic
OS-SVITANI JABLONEC nad NISOU - Iva Michalska
The Czech Therapeutic Riding Association -
Vera Lantelme
Ecuador
Heidi Paliz
Finland
Tamja Kulmala
Annette Lindroos

Sanna Mattila-Rautiainen
Sosiaalipedagoginen Hevostoimintayhdistys ry - Ritva Kjaldman
Suvi Thornley
Ypaja Equine College
France
Association Regionale d’Equitation Therapeutique d’Alsace
Renee Garrigue
Dr Jean-Paul Hoff
Georgia
Medical Academy of Georgia - Doct. Med Sc.Prof. Manoni Loria
Prof. Manana Rukhadze - Dept. of Physical Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine & Therapeutic Riding
Germany
Angela Bauersfeld
Dr med Evelyn Fischer
Forderkreis Therapeutisches Reiten
Gerlinde Hoffmann
Dr med Barbara Kluwer
Prof. Dr.med Carl Kluwer
Armgard Schoerle
Henrike Struck
Greece
Greek Scientific Association of Therapeutic Riding and Hippotherapy (GSATRH)
Maria Liga

Alexandra Stergiou
Honduras
Fundacion Hondurena de Equitacion - Astrid Panting de Ruiz
Ireland
Festina Lente Foundation - Jill Carey 
Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Centre
- Tina Schmill
HEALS - “Horse Energy Alleviates Living Scars “ - Kevin G.A. Smith
Israel
Anita Shkedi
Judy Kay
Italy
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica "Incontro a cavallo"
AIASPORT
- Maria Laura Tabacchi
A.V.R.E.S. (Associazione Valdostana Rieducazione Equestre & Sportiva) - Giovanna Rabbia
A.P.R.E.S. -
M. Carmine Macchione, D. Maurizia
Prof’ssa Anna Pasquinelli
Japan
Yukari Nakai
Masako Nakata
RDA Utsunomiya -
Masayo Ihara
Mali
SPANA (Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad) - Dr Amadou Doumbia
Mexico Centrio de Equinoterapia del DIF de Atizapan de Zaragoza - Adriana Tamez
Centro de Rehabilitacion Infantil HOGA A.C. -
Ms Adriana Sanchez Montemayor
Equipo DIF Municipio de San Nicolas de los Garza -
Miriam Molina
Edith Gross Naschert
Rosa Pineda
Grupo Reyte -
Mr Jose Alberto Richaud
Sistema Municipal DIF de Puebla -
Francisco Zepeda
New Zealand
Dr Olive Webb
Norway
Morten Antonsen Beitostolen Helsesportsenter - Ellen Traetteberg
Mary Best Granly
Valnesfjord Helsesportsenter - Carola Biberg
Peru
Mg. Fernanda Morey Yrigoyen, Pdte. Asociacion Nacional de Equinoterapia y Salud Integral
Poland
Foundation for the Development of Horse Riding Rehabilitation for Disabled Children - Aleksandra Wlodarczyk
Portugal
Association Hipica Terapeutica
Cavalo Amigo -
Dolores Campiao
Raquel Corte-Real

Saudi Arabia
Open Skies Therapeutic Riding Days - Judy Houry
SULTAN BIN ABDUL AZIZ HUMANITARIAN CITY - Dr Abdul Aziz Al-Shamekh
Singapore
RDA Singapore: Riding for the Disabled Assoication of Singapore - Sally Munro
Slovakia
S.H.A. Slovenska Hipoterapeutika - Karol Hornacek MD
Spain
Association Equite d’Equitacio Terapeutica - Prof. Vincenc T. Segerra Vidal
Centre Equinoterapia Cadi Moixero SCCL - Miquel Gallardo
Fundacio Terapia a Cavall - Maria Teresa Lloria Llacer
Sweden
G.H.R.K. (Goteborg HandikappRidKlubb) - Charlotte von Arbin
Margareta Hakanson
Stiftelson Hippocampus - Pia Tillberg
Taiwan R.O.C.
Uta Rindfleisch-Wu
Therapeutic Riding centre for Taiwan -
Uta Rindfleisch-Wu
Turkey
Istanbul Binicilik Kulubu,  Ulvi Haznedar
United Arab Emirates
RDA Dubai (Riding for the Disabled Association of Dubai) - Satish Seemar
Geni Cabre
United Kingdom
God Unlimited - Dr. Celia C. Grummet
Pauline Lipscomb
Pembroke RDA Centre
- Pat Burgess
Jonquil Solt
Sue Adams Riding School
- Sue Adams-Wheeler
The Red Horse speaks
- Beth Duff
Carolyn Walker
United States
Barbara Abrams, CT
Sarah Armentrout
, ME
Barbara Engel Therapy Services
, CO - Barbara Engel
Joann Benjamin
, CA
Octavia Brown
Karen Cuneo
, NH
Dr. Jan Fernandez
, TX
Green Chimneys Farm & Wildlife centre
, NY - Michael Kaufmann
Elizabeth Haartz
, VT
Heritage Christian Stables
, NY - Lorrie Renker
High Hopes Therapeutic Riding
, CT - Kitty Stalsburg
Touchstone Farm, NH
- Boo Martin
Horses and the Handicapped of South FL
- Alison Plaza Beth Macauley, MI
Teresa Morris
, OH
Marilyn Sokolof
, FL
Somersets Hills Handicapped Riding
- Nicola Redmond, NJ
Special Equestrians
, ME - Gisela Heimsath-Rhodes
Spirit Open Equestrian Program -
VA- Davorka Suvak
Strides to Success
, IN - Debbie Anderson
Kathryn Splinter-Watkins
, NY
St. Andrews Presbyterian College, NC -
Pebbles Turbeville
University of New Hampshire, NH -
Cindy Burke
Christine Wheelwright
, TX
Wilson College
, PA
Windridge
, TX
Clare Wren
, CA


Concession Members (Seniors & Students)

Country
Members Details
Australia
Frances Corry
Patricia Fisken, Riding for the Disabled
Marguerite Francis
Canada
Joyce Mac Kinnon
Lelia Sponsel
Germany
Dr. Marie-Luise Mueller Klewes
Japan
Ayako Tanaka
Lelia Sponsel
Mexico
Norma Angelica Patino Marquez
Netherlands L.M. Reijnders
Norway
Ann Kern-Godal
United Kingdom
Jenn Baillie
Albert Clyde
United States of America
David Anderson (Rocky Dell Resources)
Tom Gramke (Greater Cincinnati Love Quest.org. Inc.)
Laura Mantell


Honorary Members

Country
Members Details (Revised September 2010)
Germany
Ernst Reinhard Verlag
Contact: Annegret Schulz:
E-mail: schultz@reinhardt-verlag.de
www.reinhardt-verlag.de
International
IAHAIO (International Association of Human-Animal Interaction Organizations)
Contact: IAHAIO Secretary Dr Andrea M. Beetz
E-mail: info@iahaio.org
www.iahaio.org
United States
Horses and Humans Research Foundation
KC Henry, Executive Director
E-mail:  kchenry@horsesandhumans.org
www.horsesandhumans.org



Full Members: 48
31 Countries
  Associate Members: 131
35 Countries
Australia 1 Argentina
Austria 2 Australia
Belgium 1 Belgium
Brazil 1 Canada
Canada 1 China
Finland 2 Columbia
France 2   Czech Republic
Georgia 1 Ecuador
Germany 2 Finland
Greece 1 France
Hong Kong 1 Georgia
Hungary 1 Germany
Ireland 1 Greece
Italy 4 Honduras
Japan 2 Ireland
Korea (South) 2 Israel
Luxembourg 1 Italy
Mexico 1 Japan
Netherlands 1 Mali
New Zealand 1 Mexico
Norway 2 New Zealand
Poland 1 Norway
Russia 1 Peru
South Africa 1 Poland
Spain 2 Portugal
Sweden 2 Saudi Arabia
Switzerland 1 Singapore
Taiwan 1 Slovakia
Turkey 1 Spain
United Kingdom 4   Sweden
United States 3 Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Turkey
      Un. Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)
United Kingdom (UK)
United States (USA)