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Five individuals in ski gear on skis under a chairlift with a snowy mountain behind them.
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Making Skiing Accessible to All

Nina and Rubina are developing accessible learning materials for youth with and without intellectual disabilities to use to learn how to ski.
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Unifying Families in Samoa

Vita and Savaliga are empowering Youth Leaders to become financially independent through hosting entrepreneurship trainings.
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Handicraft Workshop in Savaii

Epifania and Jarred are providing women and girls the opportunity to become independent and develop skills to generate their own source of income.
Youth Leaders, Mila (left) and Rayan (right)
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Special Olympics Cyprus Athletes: Recovering from the Pandemic

Mila and Rayan are creating a survey to assess the pandemic's impacts on the lives of athletes in their community.
Youth Leaders, Inge (left) and Anette (right)
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Unified Special Olympics Youth Summit

Inge and Anette will host a Special Olympics Youth Summit in their program for athletes and young people to engage in leadership training.
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Education for All in Samoa

Benjamin and Ituau are planning a project to improve the literacy skills of young people with and without intellectual disabilities.
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Unified Dance Project for Awareness

Maximilian S. and Maximilian W. are hosting a Unified dance workshop event where dancers with and without disabilities will learn new skills together.
Dozens of individuals sit in classroom in rows facing a panel of individuals in suits sitting in front of a projector.
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Our Unified Society is Advanced

Lujin and Laila, Youth Leaders from Special Olympics Egypt, will promote in inclusion by hosting Special Olympics workshops at schools across the region.
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#UnifiedSteki

Jason and Konstantinos will be hosting several Unified sports events over the course of their project to unify athletes in their community and grow their Special Olympics Program.
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All Together for Inclusion

Olívia and Norbert will organize several Unified events to recruit new athletes and Youth Leaders to Special Olympics.
Youth Leaders, Jingkai (left) and Jiazheng (right)
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Unified Friendships in China

Jiazheng and Jingkai's project encourages people with and without intellectual disabilities to build friendship through Unified activities.
Two individuals ice skating together.
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Eastern Star Adaptive Skating Program

Zihan wants to offer more accessible sporting opportunities to people with and without intellectual disabilities. Zihan will be developing an adaptive skating program for local athletes in her community.
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