Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.
Not even an earthquake could keep the athletes of Special Olympics Afghanistan from the football field when there was pride on the line.
In May of 2003, I met Eunice Shriver at the Special Olympics Office in Washington DC. She was an elegant lady and I was deeply impressed with her love and affection for those who were forgotten by many.
Special Olympics Afghanistan continues to provide sports training and competition opportunities for its athletes, in spite of the conflicts and difficulties in the country.
Special Olympics and Lions Clubs International worked together to host a Family Health Forum and MedFest clinic for Special Olympics athletes and families in Kabul, Afghanistan, at the Aliabad Hospital.
Team Afghanistan is playing in its second World Winter Games, in Floor Hockey. The team is made up of players ranged 10 to 17 years old, beginner and seasoned players.
Fazil Rabi who is a floor hockey player from Afghanistan, nearly missed his opportunity to join Special Olympics.
John Langford, a mentor and trainer to the Afghanistan National Police Force from Canada and a member of the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR), recounts a beautiful story of the power of Law Enforcement Torch Run and the unprecedented commitment to Special Olympics that law enforcement officers demonstrate not only in their own communities but around the world.
Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.