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Lebanon

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Special Olympics Lebanon 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.

Download the Special Olympics Lebanon FactSheet (PDF)
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II SO Central American and Caribbean Football Tournament 2018

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In 2018 we will experience the passion of football with the Special Olympics II Central American and Caribbean Unified Football Tournament. From June 1 to 10, 2018, Guatemala City will welcome around 200 Special Olympics athletes with and without intellectual disabilities from 12 countries. This second version will be developed under Special Olympics Unified Sports, a program that joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It will follow the Gold Cup format of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).

Youth Voices: Meet Special Olympics Inclusive Youth Leaders from Bosnia and Herzegovina

By Jenni Hakkinen, May 25, 2018
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Special Olympics Inclusive Youth Leaders Njegoš Mihajlovic, aged 17, and Anđela Petrović, aged 19, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, are among the passionate youth leaders across the world leading the charge for a more inclusive future!
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Leadership on Full Display During the Global Athletes Congress

Global Ambassadors and youth leaders gather for a group photo in the Dominican Republic sitting on the stairs inside a building with plants on either side of the group.
The Special Olympics ' Global Athletes Congress is serving as a platform where Special Olympics athletes lead the way to a more inclusive world.
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Official Kazan 2022 Logo, With the Friendly Zilant Welcoming All Athletes

Official Kazan 2022 logo, with the friendly Zilant welcoming all athletes.
The wait is finally over. The light of the Flame of Hope leads the way for Special Olympics athletes to follow towards the World Winter Games 2022, in Kazan, Russia.
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Special Olympics Chief Health Officer Calls for Vaccine Equity in Boston Herald

Renee Manfredi sits in a chair at a clinic with her sleeve rolled up to her shoulder right before she gets the vaccine.
Dr. Alicia Bazzano, MD, PH.D, MPH calls for immediate COVID-19 vaccination prioritization of people with intellectual disabilities.
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Detroit 2022 Unified Cup Announcement

Detroit announced as the host city for the 2022 Special Olympics Unified Cup.
Detroit announced as the host city for the 2022 Special Olympics Unified Cup.
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Elisabeth Röhm Shares Her Passion for Special Olympics

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Though she's since learned that a distant aunt was once a participant in Special Olympics, Röhm tells Yahoo Life that what drew her to the movement and its year-round programs was both its empowerment of athletes with intellectual disabilities and its guiding principles.
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Global Ambassador Didier Drogba Spends Holiday Season Giving Back to Special Olympics Cote d’Ivoire

Special Olympics Global Ambassador, Didier Drogba, holding his phone to take a picture with Special Olympics Cote d'Ivoire athletes.
Global Ambassador Didier Drogba celebrated the 2022 Holiday season giving back to Special Olympics Cote d’Ivoire.
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CBS Sports Radio Interviews Special Olympics Chief Health Officer about the Benefits of Sports for All

A gym full of young children sitting on the floor.
CBS Sports Radio host, JR Jackson spoke to Dr. Alicia Bazzano, Special Olympics Chief Health Officer about the benefits of sports, fitness and movement for people of all ages and abilities.
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