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Yasmin Hassan

Yasmin Hassan Special Olympics Egypt
Special Olympics Egypt

Tamary Mujaranji

Tamary Mujaranji - SO Zimbabwe, Health Messenger
Special Olympics Zimbabwe
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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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Video 1: Welcome and Warm Up

Two athletes and a trainer in the ring performing stretching exercises.
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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!
Special Olympics Europe Eurasia

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.
In the News

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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Inclusion Means a Seat at the Table

By Leia Isanhart, Senior Technical Advisor, Health, Catholic Relief Services , May 22, 2019
A man holding a small boy, the small boy is looking at the photographer and another man is reaching out and shaking the small boy's hand.
Early childhood development (ECD) interventions are critical to helping children survive and thrive. In particular, according to the WHO, children with disabilities and developmental difficulties need nurturing care just as much as any other child, if not more, to reach their full potential.
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SHAPE America and Special Olympics sign Memorandum of Understanding to Formalize Longstanding Partnership

Group of students from Arizona posing for a picture during PE Class.
In Sioux Falls, South Dakota on 31 July 2019 SHAPE America (Society of Health and Physical Educators) and Special Olympics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formalize a partnership that has been in effect for over 50 years.

Boniface Kimeu

Boniface Kimeu, 2023 Global Athlete Congress Participant
Special Olympics Kenya
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