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Equatorial Guinea

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Special Olympics Equatorial Guinea provides empowerment, acceptance and joy. But for every Special Olympics athlete, there are many people with intellectual disabilities we haven’t reached yet.

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.
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Congo

Athletes playing basketball on a court.
Special Olympics Congo provides empowerment, acceptance and joy. But for every Special Olympics athlete, there are many people with intellectual disabilities we haven’t reached yet.

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.
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Special Olympics Athletes Become Assistant Coaches to Julen Lopetegui!

Special Olympics Athletes Become Assistant Coaches to Julen Lopetegui!
Six Special Olympics Spain athletes served as assistant coaches to Julen Lopetegui, manager of Spanish national football team, at a Special Olympics and Futbol y Futuro Football Clinic in Madrid. Watch them in action!
In the News

Hearts of Champions: USA Games

Hearts of Champions: USA Games
Look back at some highlights from the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games, held in Princeton, N.J.

Kilifi’s Quiet Shift

For more than 20 years, Coach Kai has shown up the same way, early, consistent, and quietly committed. And over that time, he has quietly shifted the mindsets of the community in Kilifi.
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Building Leaders, Connection, and Impact

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Leadership Academy brings together staff and athlete leaders from across Special Olympics to grow leadership skills, strengthen relationships, and create lasting impact across the movement.
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Raised in Love, Seen by the World

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There was a time when Purity's mother worried about what her daughter's future would hold. Today, she struggles to put into words just how extraordinary that future has become.

Purity wins gold at World Games

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Purity raced in the 50m dash and won gold at the Berlin World Games in 2023.
Healthy Start

Reaching the Diagnosis

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Children are diagnosed with ID/DD through medical, psychological, and educational evaluations. These evaluations are usually performed by a team of providers from different disciplines.
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