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Youth Innovation Project Search

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Promoting Health and Creativity in China

Ni and Weile are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from China who participated in the 2019 Global Youth Leadership Summit.

Short Track Joint Training Program and Disability Awareness Campaign

Gayun and Yeon-woo will first create a short track joint training program where youth with and without disabilities can participate together.

Expanding the Potential of a Special Olympics Club

Ava aims to get more young people in her community involved in Special Olympics and engage them in Unified Sports events as well as improve their digital literacy.

Unified Teams during COVID-19

Saša and Marko are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Montenegro.

Fit and Empowered

Isaiah and Oluwatobiloba are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Nigeria who will lead a Youth Innovation Project to educate young people with and without intellectual disabilities about health and fitness topics to improve their quality of life.

Youth Cooking Up Inclusion

Special Olympics brings athletes with and without ID together through sport, but one pair of Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Zimbabwe asks, “beyond Special Olympic sport, what is next?” Isaac and Munyaradzi answer that question through their shared love for cooking.

Miles of Smiles in El Salvador

Loyda and Luis are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from El Salvador leading a Youth Innovation Project to host a Unified “marathon” of relays for Special Olympics athletes and Unified Partners.

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.”

Virtual Tennis in Venezuela

Antonio Rafael and Daniel are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Venezuela who will lead a Youth Innovation Project together to create inclusive virtual spaces where athletes can activate their minds and bodies as they develop technical skills in tennis.

Fit Five at Home

Darija and Mirko are Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Montenegro who attended the 2018 Global Youth Leadership Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan and the 2019 Global Youth Leadership Summit in Abu Dhabi, UAE.