Special Olympics Africa Region Newsletter | January 2022
🎆🥳Happy New Year!
Happy 2022 from the Special Olympics Africa family!
As we look forward to a new year filled with inclusion and possibility, sport continues to build and shape a diverse community that unites and empowers people of all abilities, from all backgrounds.
Here are some of the events you can look forward to this year:
- Special Olympics World Winter Games Kazan
- The USA Games
- The Special Olympics Unified Cup
Holiday Season Highlights
⚽️🌲Ambassador Didier Drogba celebrates Christmas by giving back
Football legend and Global Ambassador for Special Olympics, Didier Drogba, wished the world a Merry Christmas by giving back to his community in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
In a video he posted on his Instagram, Drogba can be seen wearing a red Christmas hat and singing in French along with the children. He made the day special for children by giving them gifts.
🤶🏾Special Olympics Gambia shares Christmas cheer with The American Corner gifts
Special Olympics Gambia showed the world what Christmas looks like — with smiles and laughs!
The American Corner organized and hosted a Christmas party for the students of the Methodist Special and the Special Olympics Gambia to celebrate and share the memorable moments of Christmas.
The day featured Mother Christmas with children on her lap, presents and sweets.
🎉🥳Special Olympics Spreads holiday cheer
The Special Olympics family invited the world to celebrate the holiday season by being present!
Watch the video below to see a few familiar faces join us in spreading cheer across the entire #InclusionRevolution.
Inclusion Works!
Special Olympics Youth Leaders Continue Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s Legacy of Inclusion
The next cohort of Special Olympics Youth Leaders is here!
A total of 108 Youth Leaders will participate in the Youth Innovation Project Initiative, where they are becoming the living legacy of Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s bold vision of inclusion and lasting social change.
Watch the video to hear from our Eunice Kennedy Shriver Champions as they reflect on how her legacy has impacted their lives and motivated them to live a life of leadership and inclusion.
Diversity and Unity: Everything you need to know about the Berlin 2023 logo
The Berlin 2023 logo represents diversity & unity. It aims to spread joy, power and togetherness!
Special Olympics athletes are the creators of the Games and this is reflected directly in the logo.
With the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, the aim was to achieve exactly this! Break down walls in people’s minds and raise awareness for unification and diversity.
OP-ED: 2021 Reflections
4 Lessons Special Olympics Global Messenger takes into 2022
‘2021 lessons become 2022 impact’, that’s according to Special Olympics Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger, Hanna Joy Atkinson.
Hanna shared four lessons that she learned from the year 2021, which she plans to implement in this new year of 2022.
“I learned it is better to be humble and to do something for someone else. My grandmother taught me that praying at breakfast is giving thanks to God and this helps me get a humble mindset each morning.” Hanna said.
What lessons did you learn in 2021 and how do you plan to implement those lessons in 2022 to make the world more inclusive?
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