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Youth Innovation Project Library

Looking for inspiration? Our Youth Leaders have designed and completed over 750 projects around the world, involving everything from sports to advocacy to art. Explore the project profiles to see how young people are transforming the world to be more inclusive, one community at a time.

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Opportunity for Inclusion with Unified Volleyball

Yulia and Bogdan are siblings and Special Olympic Youth Leaders from Ukraine who will lead a Youth Innovation Project to create opportunities for Unified Sports in their local schools.

Using inclusive Methods to Battle a Pandemic in Senegal

Fatou and Diéry are siblings and Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Senegal who are leading a Youth Innovation Project together to spread the message of inclusion digitally, and to understand how Special Olympics athletes have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reducing Stigma by Raising Awareness

Gounlénn and Aicha are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Togo who participated in the 2019 Special Olympics Africa Family and Sibling Workshop.

Growing Inclusive Youth Leadership in Arizona

Jo and Josie are Special Olympic Youth Leaders from Arizona who will lead a Youth Innovation Project to empower youth and adults in Unified Schools, spread the message of inclusion, and raise money to support Unified Sports and other Special Olympics activities.

From Social Segregation to Inclusion

Gilmour and Matthew are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Malta with plans to use physical activity and sports participation to replace social segregation with inclusion.

Empowering Youth Leaders in Turkey

Yalkin is a Special Olympics Youth Leader in Turkey leading a Youth Innovation Project to organize a three-day conference to train students and sports coaches to create Unified Sports and inclusive youth leadership opportunities throughout the country.

Celebrating Achievement and Growing the Unified Generation

Satyananda and Stephanus are Special Olympics Youth Leaders in Indonesia leading a Youth Innovation Project to increase social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in their community.

Breaking Down Barriers with Unified Schools

Benedek and Alexandra are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Hungary leading a Youth Innovation Project to initiate Unified Schools programming in schools across Hungary.

Recruiting Youth Leaders in Immokalee

Juana and Tajha are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Florida, USA leading a Youth Innovation Project to recruit new youth leaders in and around their community of Immokalee.

Recruiting Leaders of the Unified Generation

Petar and Darija are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Montenegro who will lead an initiative to recruit and empower ten more youth leaders from five schools in Montenegro.

Inclusive Youth Leadership in Every Region

Simona and Gintare are Special Olympics Youth Leaders in Lithuania leading a Youth Innovation Project to recruit and empower new youth leaders from throughout the country to create a network that will propel the Unified Generation forward.

Healthy Cooking in Senegal

Fatou Kiné and Khadidiatou are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Senegal who will lead a Youth Innovation Project to improve the nutritional health of Special Olympics athletes through the new Special Olympics Senegal YouTube channel.
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