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Special Olympics Uganda coach Samuel Mubiru and one of his athletes, Ambrose Mukwaya. [Photo by Kathy Smallwood] |
Special Olympics Uganda athletics coach Samuel Mubiru joined Special Olympics after his brother, Alfred, 19, joined his local Program to train and compete as an athlete.
“He was very lonely and Special Olympics gave him a tremendous boost," said Mubiru, who accompanied the Special Olympics Uganda delegation as a coach for the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Dublin, Ireland. "He encouraged me to be part of it, and I realized it would be fun. Special Olympics is now a part of my life.”
Mubiru said that being a person with an intellectual disability can be difficult in his country — in particular if they look, speak or act differently. “But when you get to know people with intellectual disabilities, you learn they are just like everyone else,” said Mubiru.
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