Great Britain’s Special Olympics youth representatives leave for Athens
Keven Shard and George Holt have been selected to be the representatives of to the Special Olympics for Great Britain. They will be making the journey to Athens today, June 27, to take part in the Global Youth Activation Summit.
The summit has become associated with the Special Olympics World Summer Games and is an international event in which the youth from around the world take part. This time a total of 30 countries are sending youth representatives to Athens to be a part of
the summit.
The youngsters who are attending the event are all aged between 12-17 years. These representatives belong to all of the seven regions whose countries are sending their teams to Athens for the Special Olympics. The aim of the event is to generate awareness
among local communities to which the participating youngsters belong to about special people and their needs and achievements. By sending out representatives, awareness is created among the communities about the event as well.
When these youngsters come back to their communities, they bring back a message of hope to create a sense of belonging for the special people in the communities that they live in.
Both Keven and George are going to act as flag bearers for their country. Keven is not new to the world of Special Olympics as both his parents have been involved with the event in previous years. Both Keven’s mother and father are coaches at the Special
Olympics. Not only has Keven been indirectly involved with Special Olympics, he also actively participates in the local Special Olympics programme.
George too has associated himself with the games since 2008. George is a member of the Special Olympics Unified Football team. He hopes to bring a change and contribute to the lives of special people by playing football with them on a regular basis.
The summit will feature a total of 66 teams consisting of students. It is scheduled to start from Saturday and last till Monday. It aims to give the youngsters of the world an opportunity to address the issues involved in sports for special people.
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