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Yasmin Hassan Special Olympics Egypt
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Tamary Mujaranji - SO Zimbabwe, Health Messenger
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Venezuela

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Special Olympics Venezuela is an active program that offers many activities, has outstanding athletes and continues to change lives through inclusion, acceptance and respect.

It’s at the local level—right here—where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.

Download the Special Olympics Venezuela FactSheet (PDF)
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Celebrating Fathers

Celebrating Fathers
Special Olympics is grateful for the participation and support of fathers all over the globe. Fathers who are athletes, fans, coaches, volunteers, staff and cheerleaders help make this movement so special.

The Revolution Is Inclusion

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Together, we can overcome the fear of difference through the power of inclusion! Join @SpecialOlympics in support of our #InclusionRevolution!
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Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools®

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This program engages schools to create climates of inclusion, acceptance, respect, and human dignity for all students with and without intellectual disabilities.
Athletes

Special Olympics Athletes Included as Virtual Fans for NBA Game

By RJ Nealon, August 28, 2020
A behind-the-scenes view of the NBA virtual fan experience on Microsoft Teams.
To say everything is a bit different these days is an understatement. But the NBA is doing everything it can to make things feel normal.
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Slovenia

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Special Olympics is a global organization that serves athletes with intellectual disabilities working with hundreds of thousands of volunteers and coaches each year. Since the establishment of Special Olympics in 1968, the number of people with and without intellectual disabilities who are involved with the organization has been growing, but the unmet need to reach more people with intellectual disabilities is staggering.

It’s at the local level—right here—where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.

Download the Special Olympics Slovenia Fact Sheet.
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Times of Malta Featured an Original Piece by David Evangelista

Group of Special Olympics athletes walk out during Opening Ceremony of Special Olympics Malta Inviational Games 2022.
The following is an excerpt from the article titled Architecture and Significance at Special Olympics Malta written by Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Regional President and Managing Director David Evangelista and published by Times of Malta.
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