Faith Equestrian Therapuetic Center

We exist to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities through the power of the horse.

What we do

Faith Equestrian is a therapeutic riding center located just outside of Savannah, GA. We are dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with disabilities through the power of the horse.

One rider says their first words on horseback, another has significant increases in core strength and another is given the confidence to stand up to being bullied at school. God makes it possible for us to do what we do, horses are our partners and we are supported by an amazing team of staff, volunteers, and donors. We offer a variety of programs, including an Equine-Facilitated Learning Program in partnership with local schools referred to as HorsePowered Reading & Math, a Therapeutic Riding program to address riders’ life goals, able bodied riding lessons, Special Olympics training, and numerous Summer camp options for special needs and able bodied riders.

“In March of 2018, Kyia was diagnosed with Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma (JPA) after losing all function from the waist down. JPA is a rare Brain Tumor that is usually found on the brain stem, Kyia is one of the few 0.01% of children who have the tumor on their Thoracic Spine. Kyia has gone through two very intensive spinal surgeries to debulk the spinal tumor, a spinal fusion, and most recently, a year of Chemotherapy. We found Faith Equestrian Therapeutic Center in the Summer of 2021 and Kyia instantly fell in love! She attended a special needs summer camp in July of 2021 and expressed interest in continuing therapy sessions and riding lessons. Since riding at Faith, we have seen a huge difference in Kyia. Her posture has improved, and her back muscles have strengthened tremendously, her gait is stronger and more stable, and her hip abduction has greatly improved. The weekly therapy sessions that Kyia has with Shadow have also helped pull Kyia out of a deep depression, deal with the trauma she experienced from going from a normal 13-year-old girl to an acute paraplegic overnight, as well as brought her self-esteem so much higher than we’ve seen it in almost four years. Our family is forever grateful for Faith Equestrian and what their therapy sessions have done for our daughter.”

“Our daughter just started horseback riding lessons last fall, and we are very pleased to say that we have been seeing the benefits as she has been developing a stronger core that helps her to maintain a better posture and in consequence a better balance and stability in her jaw and head. This contributes in a significant way to improve her speech and therefore her communication skills and her social inclusion as well. On the other hand, she loves riding Royal and looks forward to her lessons to have fun, feel the friendship and support and rise to the challenges every time!”

“A thorough love of horses and a thorough love for people, especially those with disabilities makes this place a blessing. Camp was a great experience for a young man needing some outlet for his energy and for a mama that needed to know something valuable was being learned and experienced!!”

“Thank you so much for all the hard work you did to make this camp possible. Your facility is amazing with all your farm animals, covered arena and CLEAN barn. Having been a past hunter/jumper, I know what it takes to keep a barn looking clean and well maintained. Your camp was so organized…all your volunteers were…..(hard to find the words)…a God send. All of them were so friendly and I could tell enjoyed the kids tremendously.”