{"id":16394,"date":"2022-04-05T16:21:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/support-and-sponsorship-for-athletes-with-intellectual-disabilities-required-2"},"modified":"2022-04-05T17:01:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:01:32","slug":"support-and-sponsorship-for-athletes-with-intellectual-disabilities-required-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/support-and-sponsorship-for-athletes-with-intellectual-disabilities-required-2","title":{"rendered":"Support and Sponsorship for Athletes with Intellectual Disabilities Required"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS Organisation has a very specific and bold mission, and Special Olympics Namibia (SON) is no different. Its mission is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.<\/p>\n

It gives them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.<\/p>\n

Sport truly is a great unifier and the athletes that partake in the Special Olympics achieve greatness through their dedication, determination and unstoppable attitude. The actual Special Olympics that take place are quite well-known around the world and the next major event will take place in Germany in 2023.<\/p>\n

However, this is not all that the Special Olympics is focused on and certainly not the only thing that SON does for its athletes. From 31 July to 6 August 2022, Detroit will host as many as 32 men’s and women’s football teams, nearly 600 athletes with and without intellectual disabilities from more than 30 nations.<\/p>\n

Namibia has been invited to participate, and the women’s football team is eager to go and show off their skill, talent and dedication and, of course, bring home a trophy.<\/p>\n

This event will embody the mission and vision of the Special Olympics, and will show the world what inclusion truly means in terms of unifying people and countries. To be able to participate in America, SON and the female football team need sponsorship.<\/p>\n

Sport in Namibia always struggles in terms of funding, which is not surprising as there are so many areas in the country that need financial aid in some form or another. However, we have seen how sport unifies Namibia, and how it has put us on the world map. Not just with our amazing able-bodied athletes such as Christine Mboma, our boxers or the unforgettable Frank Fredericks.<\/p>\n

Our Paralympic team’s achievements made our nation proud and Johanna Benson became a national hero for her achievements, and rightly so. Athletes with intellectual disabilities have the opportunity to participate in an event that will put them on an international stage. They have the possibility to shine a light on the challenges faced by people with intellectual disabilities, they will be able to show that they can and do go above and beyond expectations and be true sporting heroes.<\/p>\n

The Special Olympics athletes and the sportsmen and women that play football truly go above and beyond and receive little to no funding at all, for that matter.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, together with the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service are working together with GIZ to promote physical education and sport through their integrated physical education and school sports and Sport4Development project. They have assisted SON greatly, but private sector sponsorship is essential and has been lacking up to now.<\/p>\n

We urge sponsors to get on board and be part of the joyous sporting event and give athletes with intellectual disabilities a chance to shine on an international stage.<\/p>\n

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