Special Olympics Nigeria
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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.

Sports Offered:

  • Aquatics
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Cycling
  • Floor Hockey
  • Football
  • Table Tennis

Hours:

8am - 5pm Mondays to Fridays

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368, Ikorodu Road, Maryland, Lagos, Nigeria
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Special Olympics Nigeria
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Eye Exam Leads to Clear Vision and New Insights

A simple eye exam made an extraordinary difference for a Special Olympics athlete in Nigeria.

 

Posted 371 weeks ago

Special Smiles and Opening Eyes in Lagos for EKS Day

To commemorate the 2016 Eunice Kennedy Shriver (EKS) Day, Special Olympics Nigeria yesterday organised a Healthy Communities initiative at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

 

Posted 371 weeks ago

Nigeria Celebrates the Power of Sports to Change Lives

Special Olympics Nigeria athlete Solomon Jegede went to the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles this past summer. Since then, he said, “I feel like a star, people see me on the road now, call me a champion and want to snap pictures with me."

 

Posted 371 weeks ago

Special Olympics Nigeria Athletes Input Council

Special Olympics Nigeria held its Athletes Leadership Programs ALPs – Athletes Input Council (AIC) at Special Olympics Nigeria Office, Maryland, Lagos on Wednesday 5th November, 2014. 

 

Posted 371 weeks ago

Reaching for the stars

My story starts in the year 2002, the year my parents found out I had a severe mental disability. 

 

Posted 371 weeks ago

Special Olympics Nigeria Youth Activation

Youth activations through Project UNIFY® in Nigeria are proving to be a very useful tool in building awareness, and helping to create active youth that are prepared to advocate for people with an intellectual disability.

 

Posted 371 weeks ago

Opportunity For All

So wonderful and splendid to work with Special Olympics and as Special Olympics volunteer coach in Nigeria.

 

Posted 371 weeks ago

About
Location
368, Ikorodu Road, Maryland, Lagos, Nigeria
+234 1 4542919
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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.

Sports Offered:

  • Aquatics
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Cycling
  • Floor Hockey
  • Football
  • Table Tennis

Hours:

8am - 5pm Mondays to Fridays

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