
KNGF Geleidehonden
Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands Geleidehondenfonds
Amstelveen, Netherlands
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Founded in 1935, KNGF Geleidehonden is a charity based in Amstelveen, Netherlands working on disability, mental health, children & youth.
KNGF Geleidehonden is a Dutch foundation that trains professionally educated assistance dogs for people with disabilities. Its best-known dogs are guide dogs for people with visual impairments, and it also trains ADL assistance dogs for people with motor disabilities, PTSS assistance dogs for people with post-traumatic stress disorder, and assistance dogs for children with autism. Its work includes breeding, training, placement and aftercare, as well as information and awareness activities and research into the impact of assistance dogs. Founded in 1935, it operates from its training centre in Amstelveen and serves clients across the Netherlands. It is funded mainly by donations and legacies, and holds ANBI status.
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PAWS workshop
Children & Youth · Netherlands
Training and support programme for parents and carers of children with autism and their dog, teaching them to use the dog as everyday support.
PTSS-assistentiehond workshops
Mental health · Netherlands
Workshops that teach people with PTSS, including uniformed personnel, to train their own household dog to support them during anxiety attacks, tension and nightmares.
Puppy-pleeggezin programme
Disability · Netherlands
Volunteer puppy foster families raise KNGF puppies for about a year to socialise them before formal training as assistance dogs.
Sponsor een Pup
Disability · Netherlands
Sponsorship scheme in which supporters follow a puppy from the start of its training to placement with a client.
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