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November 15, 2011

Healthy Athletes in Africa launches Family Health Forums and a ground-breaking Malaria Awareness Campaign

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September 30, 2011

A DREAM COMES TRUE

When Dr. Tim Shriver, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer , Special Olympics asked Special Olympics Tanzania whether we could organize for a Special Olympics athlete from Tanzania to accompany Mr. John Dee from Singapore and Salihin an athlete from Singapore, we confidently said “YES”. We mentioned the name of Herith Suleiman and started training him.

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July 15, 2011

Africa’s Athletes return victorious with 354 medals from the Special Olympics 2011 World Summer Games, Athens

21 African countries participated in the World Summer Games held in Greece 25 Jun – 4 July.Over 350 Special Olympics athletes from the Africa region travelled to Athens, Greece to participate in the Special Olympics 2011 World Summer Games.

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February 16, 2011

Future Full of Hope

At birth, Deon Namiseb was all but discarded but Special Olympics gave him a chance and hope. Today Deon is an accomplished athlete and a role model.

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Rise Up Revolutionaries!

And today, I watched this video by Stu Chaifetz about teachers and adults who bullied Akian, a ten year old with autism in Cherry Hill New Jersey.  It is a tale of fear and rage, as heartbreaking as it is infuriating.  It is a call to all of us to rise up again, to demand change in Cherry Hill, to ask for an accounting from those who were abusive.   Our own young leaders in Special Olympics Project Unify will understand the horrors of this video perhaps better than anyone.  In a special way, I ask their leadership now.read more »

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