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David Evangelista of Special Olympics Europe Eurasia met Prime Minister Jüri Ratas to discuss Special Olympics Estonia’s development.

Dr. Timothy Shriver engaged in successful high-level talks with ministers representing Health, Sport, Disability and Education.

Special Olympics Ireland has welcomed a new Director of Sport to its family! Karen Coventry succeeds Frances Kavanagh who retired from the position recently after over 25 years of loyal service. Frances was one of the founding members of Special Olympics Ireland in 1978 and, rather fittingly, the baton was handed over from Frances to Karen on International Women's Day earlier this month!

Officials saw how initiatives like the Games can support efforts to protect the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities.

Special Olympics athletes, program leaders, unified partners, and family members converged on Capitol Hill on February 13.

When Eunice Kennedy Shriver hosted the first ever summer camp for people with intellectual disabilities in her backyard, it would have been hard to imagine that 50 years down the line, Special Olympics would be taking the lead to discuss an urgent issue in today’s society, the marginalisation of those already on the margins, namely, refugees with intellectual disabilities.

The 2018 Special Olympics Middle-East / North Africa (MENA) 9th Regional Games is the region's largest multi-sports event for athletes with intellectual disabilities of 2018.

2017 marks the 14th edition of one of Europe’s biggest basketball events, which aims to deliver unity through sport.

The December 2017 meeting brought together UNICEF officials, Special Olympics Kosovo staff, teachers, families, coaches and children.

Abdullah Najim is a 19-year-old refugee from Iraq. He is also a Special Olympics gold medal winner athlete!

The school was selected as the first school in Michigan to be a Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools National Banner program.

In Cacak, Serbia the inclusive youth activation committee (YAC) invited hometown heroes who had won the recent Special Olympics European Unified Volleyball tournament in Poland to participate in a come-and-try Unified Volleyball session at a local sports hall. “We thought that the experienced Unified players could inspire current and new Unified Volleyball players to join Special Olympics,” said Nikola Jovicic, (19) one of the four YAC members. “On the volleyball court playing together as equals is where we learn to respect each other," he said. Approximately 50 youth from the local special and mainstream school took part in the event. The YAC, comprised of four youth with and without intellectual disabilities, is one of 10 established in 10 cities in Serbia in a two-year USAID-supported project that aims to foster understanding and inclusion among youth. Using inclusive sports as a platform, youth are given opportunities to learn about and participate in leadership and advocacy.