Emanuelle Dutra Fernandes de Souza

In a week of activities to mark the one-year anniversary of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, the official media and awareness report was published and a global webinar charting the event’s ongoing legacy impact was held.

Special Olympics Board Chair Dr. Timothy Shriver poses with Special Olympics athletes during the press event to announce that Santiago, Chile will be the host site for the 2027 Special Olympics World Games.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed during the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023

Emanuelle Dutra Fernandes de Souza, better known as “Manu,” is a 24-year-old Special Olympics Brazil athlete who embodies the spirit of inclusion.

On Monday, June 10th, Special Olympics International, in partnership with the United Nations Division for Inclusive Social Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations will host a panel discussion at the United Nations in conjunction with the 12th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Ian Harper, a Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger from Great Britain, interviews Emmanuelle de Souza, a Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger from Brazil.

Sargent Shriver International Global Messengers have been busy at the 2019 World Games!

Emanuelle de Souza, SO Brazil, started her four-year term as a Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger in January 2019.

Congratulations to the Sargent Shriver International Global Messengers (SSIGMs) class of 2018-2022 for being selected.