The Silva Project is a non-profit organization located in Corfu, Greece which is dedicated to preserving the Skyrian horse. This volunteer based charity has a riding school and is involved in the rescuing of abused animals and owns an organic kiwi farm.

My first week at the Silva Project has been an amazing experience. I have worked with Greek children, eaten Ostrich for dinner, and live in an amazing villa. But I am getting ahead of myself… 

 
The flights to Corfu (three of them) were quite nice.

 
After almost 19 hours of traveling I finally got to see Corfu.
This is the main house on the estate
A short walk from the house will bring you to a beautiful sitting area with an awesome view of the beach!

Old Town is an amazing shopping area with all sorts of beautiful buildings, churches and old streets.

This is from the beach right by the estate.

Life at the Silva Project has been both challenging and wonderful. We work 6 hours a day, 6 days a week. Our work includes looking after the 35 horses on the farm, tacking and untacking for lessons, leading the younger children during lessons, cleaning tack, and any other random things that come up. I taught a couple of grooming lessons and leading lessons, which was fun because most of the children are little greek kids and do not speak english. When the volunteers are not working we usually hang out at the beach or explore Corfu town. There are also a lot of other animals at the Villa Silva, 17 dogs, many different kinds of birds, cats, chinchillas, geese, and rats that like to visit us when we eat supper outside. So far this trip has been wonderful, I’m excited to see what happens in the coming weeks.