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.
11 OFFICIAL SPORTS:
Hours:
Special Olympics Malta athletes competed in a very different kind of competition this week, which focused on art instead of sports. From a total of 22 athletes' Christmas drawings, 6 of the artworks were chosen to be the Prime Minister of Malta's choice of official Christmas cards for this year!
Fiona Ellul Bonici, 21, is not just a great goalkeeper for the Special Olympics Malta football team.
My son Sam is an 11 year old athlete with Special Olympics Malta. He is quite independent but faces other challenges; he needs help with organization, money management and most importantly, self-esteem.
The Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia Youth Advisory Committee took an active role in inspiring Program Leaders across the region to benefit from the potential of young people.
Valetta may be Europe's smallest capital but its hospitality holds no bounds. From November 21st to 22nd the city will host leadership from 48 Special Olympics national programmes across Europe and Central Asia for the 2014 Special Olympics European Leadership Conference.
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.
11 OFFICIAL SPORTS:
Hours: