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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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A Four-Part Move to Inclusion

Ni Che is a Special Olympics Youth Leader and university student from China who is excited to implement a Youth Innovation Project with “four dimensions: physical health, sports competition, humanities education and publicity and promotion.”
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Youth Initiative Toward Inclusion

Yokutkhon and Valeriy are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Uzbekistan who are looking forward to “initiating establishment of a youth department within Special Olympics Uzbekistan” through their Youth Innovation Project.
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Sisters Inspiring Change

Ana and Elena are sisters and Special Olympics Youth Leaders in Romania whose Youth Innovation Project has two goals: change attitudes toward intellectual disabilities amongst youth and their teachers and to empower “youth with intellectual disabilities to be role models and agents of change.”
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A Unified Video Series

Dorian and David are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Hungary who are leading a Youth Innovation Project with a team of six high school students to utilize the power of social media to bring attention for Special Olympics and how sports can positively impact the lives of those with and without intellectual disabilities.
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Unifying a City

Natalie and Megan are Special Olympics Youth Leaders and best friends who recently graduated from Olympia High School in Washington.
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Inclusion Leads to High Fashion in Cote d'Ivoire

Leila and Akanvou are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Cote d’Ivoire who are excited to promote the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in their home country through their Youth Innovation Project.
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Empowering Girls of All Abilities for Inclusion

Nachel and Nyasha are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Zimbabwe who are committed to the empowerment of all girls, with and without intellectual disabilities.
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Talent Shows Toward Inclusion

Barbara and Edson are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Zimbabwe who will be searching for talent in three cities across the country.
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Increasing Inclusion Peer-to-Peer

Lizzy and Taylor are Special Olympics Youth Leaders and members of the Special Olympics Michigan Youth Activation Committee.
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Conferences Promoting the Unified Generation

Gizem and Yalkin are Special Olympics Youth Leaders in Turkey. Through their Youth Innovation Project, Gizem and Yalkin will lead a three-day conference for youth from nine different cities in Turkey to share and learn together as part of the Unified movement.
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Youth Training Youth

Njegos and Andela are Special Olympics Youth Leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina who understand that the youth can be a strong vehicle for change.
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Unified Sport for Unified Life

Anniah and Malvin are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Zimbabwe who drew inspiration for their Youth innovation Project from their personal experiences of seeing individuals with intellectual disability excluded in their own community.
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