Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 4 million athletes in 170 countries. Special Olympics competitions are held every day, all around the world—including local, national and regional competitions, adding up to more than 53,000 events a year.
These competitions include the Special Olympics World Games, which alternate between summer and winter games. Special Olympics World Games are held every two years. The Special Olympics World Games are often the largest sporting event to take place in the world during that year. The most recent World Games were the Special Olympics World Summer Games, held in Athens, Greece, from June 25, 2012 to July 4, 2011, where the entire country took part in participating.
The next Special Olympics World Winter Games will be in Pyeongchang, South Korea from January 29 to February 5, 2013.
The next Special Olympics World Summer Games will be in Los Angeles, California from July 24 to August 2, 2015. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Olympians)
This organization is is also active in Curacao. Tomorrow are national games of Curacao. They have not had much publicity. So here is there program.
NATIONAL GAMES SPECIAL OLYMPICS CURACAO
With particopation of the other islands .
Friday 7 December: 07.00-19.00 Arrivals International delegations.
Friday 7 December: 20.00-21.30 Welcome, meet and greet
Saturday 8 December 09.00-12.00 Open water clinic and divisioning at Wet and Wild ( mambo Beach )
Saturday 8 December 9.00 - 12.00 Open Water Clinic at Wet Wild
(Mambo Beach)
Saturday 8 December 12.00-13.00 Lunch for athletes
13.00- 21.00 social program
9.00 Opening
10.00 - 11.30 Open water
12.00 Medal Ceremony Open Water na Wet and Wild Mambo Beach
Sunday 9 December 12.00-12.30 Transportation athleets Sport Park Marie Pompoen.
13.00 -14.00 Lunch participants
14.30 -15.00 Preparation
15.00 -17.00 Soccer and bolas
17.00 -18.00 Medals ceremony and closing ceremony
18.00 - 20.00 Transportation
There is a group of local volenteers working very dedicated with these atletes and the organization of logistics. This work is of huge human relevance. It is pure love, outside of the sphere of government, politics, business and profits.
If it is possible please attent this event and support the athleets and the special people organizing this event.