Unified Schools
Learn and Play Unified Sports in Malawi
Iven
Christopher
Region
Africa
Program
Malawi
Project Year
2021
Iven and Christopher are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Malawi who will lead a Youth Innovation Project to set up Unified and Unified Champion Schools in the Mwanza District.
Over 6 months, Iven and Christopher will work to recruit 400 new athletes and 300 new Unified Partners through their workshops. They will begin their project by holding an awareness event at the District Education Office to enlist the help of community leaders and the community at large in promoting inclusion and supporting their project both during and after implementation, with the goal that it becomes self-sustainable over time. Iven and Christopher hope that their project will improve awareness about intellectual disabilities and inclusion in their district by 25%, thereby creating a more inclusive community and putting an end to any further discrimination.