Advocacy/Community Engagement
Strengthening an Inclusive Community in Palau
Trang
Jemima
Region
Asia Pacific
Program
Palau
Project Year
2019
Trang and Jemima are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Palau implementing a Youth Innovation Project to educate their community on the issues of bullying and isolation that individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) face.
In six months, Trang and Jemma will engage 200 youth with or without an intellectual disability while conducting their project. By engaging youth in schools, Trang and Jemma hope to normalize education on this topic while influencing others to become a part of their movement to stop bullying. Trang and Jemma also believe it is essential to take a community approach and to educate teachers and care givers on this topic. Trang and Jemma hope that this project will be a big step to creating a Unified Generation in Palau.