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Excellence in Action: Expanding Unified Champion Schools Across Middle East/North Africa

The Special Olympics MENA Unified Champion Schools (UCS) Hub event, titled Excellence in Action: Expanding UCS across the MENA region, was held from October 23 to October 26, 2023
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Highlights from First-Ever Unified Champion Schools Competition Worldwide

For the first time, Special Olympics MENA hosted a regional competition dedicated to Unified Champion Schools, bringing together athletes and youth leaders from across the region to compete in unified sports.
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Celebrating the Launch of the First UCS Music Video: A Vibrant Tribute to Inclusion

Check out the first-ever UCS (Unified Champion Schools) music video!
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Special Olympics Romania Hosts “Excellence in Action” Conference: Expanding Unified Champion Schools Across Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia

Experts interested in inclusive education from 23 countries across Europe and the United States will attend
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Excellence in Action: Expanding Unified Champion Schools Across Africa

Special Olympics Global Center for Inclusion in Education and Special Olympics Rwanda hosted the Excellence in Action: Expanding Unified Champion Schools workshop.
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Paraguay, Leader in Inclusion

As a demonstration of this commitment, Asunción hosted more than 1,000 athletes from across the hemisphere to compete in the IV Latin American Special Olympics Games.
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A Journey of Inclusion and Connection

This past spring, Special Olympics Youth Leaders Britany and Denisher embarked on a journey that would change their lives forever.
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Excellence in Inclusive Education in Rwanda

Special Olympics Rwanda will host the region’s first continental gathering set to expand Unified Champion Schools across Africa—with support from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
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The True Beauty of Cape Town

Eltheo and Charl aimed to create a soccer club for 14–16-year-old girls, hoping to inspire school-going youth by showing them there is a future and that they can succeed if they set their minds to something.
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Special Olympics’ Action-First Push for Inclusion Everywhere

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Program Officer Panos Vazaios reflects on the power of Special Olympics’ approach and the partnership between Special Olympics and SNF, including the Play Unified: Learn Unified initiative and the Global Coalition for Inclusion.
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