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.
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During the opening of the AFRIVAC Gala Match for vaccination featuring the teams of El Hadj Diouf and Nicolas Anelka, Special Olympics Senegal teams clashed in a Unified Football match.
Abdou Aziz Diagne was named "Model Athlete" at the 2016 National Championships in Senegal, a distinction he richly deserves.
Special Olympics Senegal organized two Healthy Athlete screenings in remote districts of the country to celebrate EKS Day and the legacy of our movement’s founder.
Special Olympics Senegal organized EKS Day in three sub-programs this year, Saint-Louis, Thies and Kaolack.
In December 2014, in honor of the International Day of Disability, Special Olympics Senegal, under the patronage of the Ministry of Health and Social Action, and supported by UNICEF Senegal, hosted the inaugural "National Conference on Intellectual Disability" in Dakar.
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: