Advocacy/Community Engagement
Developing Leaders in Inclusion
Satyananda
Stephanus
Region
Asia Pacific
Program
Indonesia
Project Year
2018
Stephanus is a Special Olympics Youth Leader and Leo from Indonesia leading a Youth Innovation Project to support local youth with and without intellectual disabilities to develop leadership skills, especially those needed in the workplace.
Through his project, Stephanus aims to support other youth to gain skills from cooking and baking and provide an example to community businesses of the strengths of an inclusive workforce. Throughout the training, Stephanus will post all of the progress on social media for all to see the power of youth leadership and inclusive workplaces. With this project, Stephanus is committed to changing the minds of individuals and companies to increase opportunities for inclusion in the workforce in Indonesia.
In the coming months, Stephanus will partner with a local baking company to organize and lead inclusive training sessions. With the skills that the participants develop through the training, they will not only be better bakers but also more effective advocates for inclusion in schools, communities, and workplaces. By changing perceptions and creating more opportunities for inclusion, Stephanus is growing the Unified Generation in Indonesia and beyond.