Pendazier a life changing experience

Testimonials

I first met Wanda in 2001 when I was working in a specialized service of the County Council. Over the years we have met frequently. I very much appreciated her availability, her seriousness and spontaneousness. Wanda has developped an original approach  with her love of culture, art, voyages, which opens up the association to the world.

She has a rare capacity to see the youngters potentials rapidly and also to spot the youngsters weaknesses. This helps her to find different ways of helping the youngsters find out what they want to be.

Wanda uses her passion for horses as a remedy for youth at risk. She also saw the importance of opening up to outside events (including music, storytelling, themed trips, linguistic holidays and trips to discover Europe).

Family life at the Pendazier is also very important for the youngsters (participation in everyday life, festivals, team TREC competitions, foaling and breeding at the stud...).

Concerning the organization of the association, new rules and regulations meant that Wanda had to work hard on the followup of paperwork even though time was limited. She started the association with people from different horizons who were complimentary to each other in order to make the Pendazier run smoothly.

In conclusion! I saw the Pendazier grow thanks to Wanda's energy and willpower, she gives the Pendazier her all. She is also vigilant to keep the Pendazier going on track, so does not hesitate to stop and think.
Playing a small part in this with Wanda has been a very gratifying professionnal and personnal experience and I thank her very much for allowing me to participate.
I also wish her all the best for 2008 and hope she aquires the VAE of specialized educator that she has been working so hard for.

H. BIBES Social Assistante, Childwelfare Services,  Aude County Council

Mrs Lee-Jones knows how to use her qualities of kindness and generosity to a professionnal cause : taking in youth at risk. Her professionalism has grown over the years with her training and also with an authentic collaboration with the parteners of the psycho-socio-educational services for younsters of the Aude.

Nathalie TAVAGNUTTI, psychologiste, A.S.E. medico-social center, Lézignan.

I met Wanda when a court order placed one of the adolescents under my supervision into care at Pendazier. We worked together for eighteen months.

Wanda gave this youngster a close knit family life in the country,  filled with rural activities, but also open to the world with trips abroad on a regular basis.

Her care to achieve the objectives we set together for this youngster, along with her high professional standards and her real concern for the youngster as an individual, turned him round and helped him to re-establish a positive and dynamic attitude to life.
                       
I wish the Association every success and hope that Wanda's professional competences get her the recognition she deserves as a truly qualified specialized educator.

I hope we will get to work together again.

Gislaine Darré,     Specialized Educator,    Medico-Social  Center, Coursan.

My experience at the Pendazier

I was at the Pendazier from august 2002 until october 2004. The stay helped me to have a good look at myself and my life. I learnt how to express myself and how to listen to others.
Being with horses, and specially Leo (the pony) helped me overcome my problems of authority, and the trick riding helped me to express myself and to have confidence in the horses.

I learnt to open up to people thanks to the trips I made with the association. My trip to England helped me to speak the language and to see a completely different lifestyle and my trips to Spain, Poland and Switzerland showed me how to face up to the unknown and to have confidence in myself.

I thank Wanda Lee-Jones and her family for all the help and support they gave me during a difficult time in my life.

Julien Tardivel Carcassonne.

My stay with the association  « vivre à plein temps » was from march to august 1999.
I met very warm and friendly people and also discovered a sence of responsibility looking after the horses, which made me become more mature.
Since then I have become more aware of others, and if I had to do it again, there would be no hesitation.

Fred Mellon  Quimper.

" Here at Pendazier, I learnt to enjoy life"
Cyril Pisseau.
July 2008