Kosovan children adjusting to new lives in Oxford were given a taste of home by riding horses again.
Six children, now living in east Oxford, were able to enjoy horse rides thanks to money raised by volunteers at the Asylum Welcome charity.
During a film-making project investigating the children's lives, volunteer Monica Crowe discovered many Kosovan youngsters had owned horses back home and longed to experience being close to their favourite animals.
Thanks to a grant from the Dorchester Tea Rooms charity in Dorchester-on-Thames, riding lessons have been made possible for the children, aged 12 to 17, who regularly attend the Jukes Youth Project in east Oxford.
North Hinksey Stables provided the rides at a discount.
Ms Crowe said: "They were used to riding in a very different bareback style.
"It took time for them to get used to our more formal approach to horse-riding with saddles and other equipment.
"It has helped them to re-affirm that they had a life back in Kosovo."
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