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Report Mission Inclusion Bharat|Youth Activation24-25 January 2020

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Report: Mission Inclusion Bharat | Youth Activation 24-25 January 2020

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Executive Summary To celebrate the successful partnership shared by Special Olympics Bharat, Lions Clubs International through the Aruna Abhey Oswal Trust, a two-day Youth Activation Workshop was held by the Youth Leaders of Special Olympics Bharat at the PHD Chamber, New Delhi as well as the YMCA Tourist Hostel New Delhi from 24 -25 January 2020. Supported by 77 volunteers, mentors and family members, the event witnessed participation of 87 Youth leaders with and without Intellectual disabilities from 16 States including LEOs from 9 districts of India.



The workshop involved participation of the leaders of Special Olympics and the Lions Clubs International

Mrs. Aruna Abhey Oswal

PID Lions Clubs International & Chairperson of the Aruna Abhey Oswal Trust

Ms KaSondra L. Byrd Manager, Humanitarian Initiatives

Lions Clubs International Foundation David Evangelista

President & Managing Director Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Region

Dipak Natali

President & Managing Director Special Olympics Asia Pacific Region

Annemarie Hill

Senior Director of Health Systems and Partnerships Special Olympics International

Craig Chia

Manager, Organizational Development Special Olympics Asia Pacific Region

Over two years ago, SO Bharat were selected to carry out a program called MISSION INCLUSION for a period of three years. In sync with the Special Olympics global strategy, the program reached out to more than Eighty thousand Athletes, Partners, Families, Youth and Doctors through Unified Sports, Youth Activation and Healthy Athlete Programs having achieved over 90% of the target while still to complete the performance period of the project. The program aimed at bringing a renewed focus towards mobilizing volunteers and local communities nationwide to support Special Olympics athletes- both on and off the field of play. To join them in their endeavors of promoting

inclusion, SO Bharat Youth leaders, with & without intellectual disability, invited the Lions Clubs volunteers and their youth network, LEOs from across India to strengthen and expand their participation in the Special Olympics’ movement Opening Ceremony

The Opening function was held on the Friday 24th of January 2020 at the Lakshmipat Singhania Auditorium, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Hauz Khas, New Delhi. The function reached out to over 200 distinguished guests, Special Olympics officials, Media persons and the participants of the workshop



The Chief Guest was the Olympic medalist Vijender Singh while H.E. the Ambassador of Ecuador, Mr Hector Cueva Jacome and Dr Lion Naresh Aggarwal Past International President, Lions Clubs International were in attendance as well

Addressing the audience on the occasion, Vijender Singh said, “I strongly believe that in sports, winning and losing are secondary, what's important is that you try. In fact, winning doesn’t teach you anything. When you lose is when you see the real picture. The special athletes are an inspiration for all of us. I am sure this is just the start for Special Olympics Bharat. I look forward to continue being a part of this great initiative.” Air Marshal Denzil Keelor, Founder & CEO of Special Olympics Bharat said, “What we are celebrating here is a very important initiative. We have the Special Olympics

Youth Leaders of SO Bharat and the Leos of the Lions Club coming together here today to hone their



leadership skills. Their incubation in the program, promises to significantly add to our plans for the formation of a unified generation of tomorrow” The event pitched emphatically, for the urgency of Inclusion and the valuable role that the Youth could play in bringing it on. It also demonstrated the small steps in initiating engagements between the youth with and without Intellectual disabilities, as the audience witnessed the event being emceed by Unified pairs. The two Panel Discussions stoked thoughts over Creating Inclusive Communities in India as well as globally.

Three Unified pairs were nominated to be LEOs. A Unified Dance performed by the students of Apeejay School Pitampura and the Upasna Special School, both Unified Champion Schools (with distinction) splashed an essence of entertainment energy and joy.



“I have a lot of dreams and what I want to say to you today is: DON’T

LIMIT ME” said Siddhant Nath, a former Special Olympics Athlete

and an employee of the SO Bharat National office, as he concluded

the event with a brief autobiographical presentation.

Youth Activation Workshop Participation – 87 Youth Leaders + LEOs

SO Youth Leaders - 48 LEOs - 39

YL with ID : 23 YL without ID : 25

States : 16 Districts : 9

Following the opening ceremony, a Youth Activation workshop was held from 2 to 5PM continuing until 2PM the next day. The interactive and activity based format kept the LEOs and the youth leaders occupied throughout. The participants were encouraged to educate each other on building inclusive communities and lifelong positive attitudes towards people with ID by increasing school Unified Sports programs, developing more youth leaders to support and join the Special Olympics movement in their

respective cities.



The next day held indoor sessions as well as an hour long Unified Basketball engagement. The announcement of the first ever National Athlete Input Council as well as a surprise rap performance by the National YAC (Youth Activation Committee) member – Mohammad Kaif brought in much excitement and applause



In her message to the LEOs - Mrs. Aruna Oswal, International Director of Lions Clubs International and Founder of the Aruna Abhey Oswal Trust Mission Inclusion is a commitment to bring out results. It will take time but

I can see and feel a change taking over. Special Olympics is providing to the

Athletes, what they rightfully deserve. The recognition to the Athletes is for

the talent lying deep inside each and every one of them, something that

would have died unexplored otherwise. The need of the hour is for the LEOs

to get more active. The LEOs want to. And I know that the youth can do

wonders. The seniors have to support and empower them. We need to

activate all the districts and plan an activation strategy of having the Leos

all over, to Play Unified!

The change begins from there. Let us make this our RESOLUTION 2020. The

confidence and exposure which sports brings to the persons with and

without Intellectual Disabilities needs to be nurtured further to integrate

the Athletes in the society thru education, vocation, employment and that

is Inclusion. Inclusion is the Conclusion

Concluding the workshop with Unified Basketball

The Unified Basketball engagement saw an intriguing participation of senior representatives of Special

Olympics and those of a few colleges and universities teaming up with the Athletes.



Media Coverage*

https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/special-olympics-bharat-conducts-youth-

activation-workshop-120012400799_1.html

https://pragativadi.com/special-olympics-bharat-conducts-youth-activation-workshop/

https://www.atlantaindian.com/desi/newsdetail.asp?id=512414

https://www.dtnext.in/News/Sports/2020/01/25140242/1211313/Win-doesnt-teach-anything-in-

sports-defeat-shows-real-.vpf

https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/special-olympics-bharat-conducts-youth-activation-

workshop20200124150646/

https://www.edexlive.com/people/2020/jan/31/i-would-love-to-see-many-youngsters-participating-

from-india-in-the-special-olympics-dipak-natali-10057.html

Category /Article Date Publication

Regional – 25 January 2020 Jansatta (Hindi) | Navodaya Times (Hindi)

Mainlines – 26 January 2020 Hindustan Times New Delhi | Asian Age New Delhi | Times of India Kolkata

Online – 24-26 January 2020 102

*Complete Media report on request



Agenda

Date/Time Description

24 January 2020/10-

2PM

OPENING CEREMONY – Opening Address by Air Marshal Keelor |

Keynote Address - His Excellency the Ambassador of Ecuador to India, Mr

Hector Cueva Jacome | Address by the Chief Guest – Mr Vijender Singh |

Panel Discussion* I | Nomination of three Unified Pairs from the National

Youth Core Team as LEOs | Unified Dance Performance by students of

Apeejay Pitampura and Upasna Special School| Panel Discussion**

*Panel Discussion:

Building Inclusive

Communities through

Partnerships

Panelists:

Dr Jatinder Singh , Director, PHD Chamber ; Mr Bibek Bardhan, Senior

Advisor SO Bharat ; Mr David Evangelista, PMD Special Olympics Europe

Eurasia Region; Mrs Oswal, PID LCI & Chairperson AAOT

Moderated by Ms Mukta Narain Thind, National Director Organization

Development, SO Bharat

**Panel Discussion: :

Creating Inclusion in

India & the rest of the

world today

Panelists:

Mr Ashok Pavadia- Former Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt

Of India | Mr Dipak Natali, PMD Special Olympics Asia Pacific Region | Ms

Annemarie Hill – Senior Director of Health Systems and Partnerships SOI |

Ms Lina Bardhan- Senior Advisor SO Bharat | Ms Champa Saha , Inclusive

Practices Consultant | Mr Siddhant Aney- Media

Moderated by Mr Craig Chia Manager Organizational Development SO

Asia Pacific Region

YOUTH ACTIVATION WORKSHOP

Date/Time Description

24 January 2020/2-5PM SO and Youth Activation Orientation | Event

Planning | Role of Mentor and Unified Pair

25 January 2020/8:30AM-2PM Interaction and brainstorming between Youth

leaders & LEOs | Inclusive Practices* | ‘I AM’

Leadership Coaching** | Unified Basketball

* Session lead - Ms Champa Saha, Inclusive Practices Consultant |Learning Strategies Trainer/Facilitator

**Session lead - Dr. Uttara Pattanaik, Ph.D , MGSCC, CLC, PCC (ICF) Executive & Leadership Coach



List of Participants- Youth leaders & LEOs

State Youth Leader with ID Youth Leader without ID

Assam Sneha Dorjee Sangeeta Deka

Chattisgarh Vinay Kumar Nayak Ravi Jain

Delhi NCR

Deepanshunath Singh National YAC- Aayush Gill, Aarushi Dwivedi, Devanshi Gupta, Mohammad Kaif, Neha Sharma, Param Ahuja, Shrey Kadian, Shubham Chaudhary, Siddhant Nath, Simran Sahni

Yashika Bhatt

Aarushi Sharma

Aman Nimbekar

Lovelesh Sharma

Shivam Verma

Gujarat Niren Patel Suraj Thakkar

Himachal Pradesh Harshita Thakur Kavya Sood

Jammu Alankar Gupta Aakriti Gupta

Karnataka Ankush Saha Gaayen Sahgal

Kerala Roshan Varghese Akhil Babu

Maharashtra Aparimita Singh Gayatri Pore

Madhya Pradesh Sumanth Kale Rohit Raghuvanshi

Odisha Indramani Kandi Bibharani Patra

Pondicherry H S Anil M.Onaciss

Rajasthan

Aaynu Sharma Nakul Kaushik

Rithik Hukku

Uttar Pradesh

SAHIL SINGH MOHD AIZAZ AKHTER

Amitasha Mishra

Uttrakhand Auli Arora Prisha

West Bengal Stefan Joseph Francis

Nathan Daniel Stalkey

LEOS

322A LEO KUSHAGRA KUMAR| LEO DEBASHISH KUMAR | LEO ANJANI KUMAR | LEO PRIYANSHU MISHRA | LEO ABHISHEK HEMBROM | LEO SANU KUMAR

322F LEO Vivek Agarwal | LEO Krishna Maheshwari | LEO NISHANT MAHNOT | LEO Harshit Agrawal | LEO AKSHAY MISHRA

3231A3 LEO Govind Ray | LEO Shwetank Maheshwari | LEO Divya Banka |

MD3232 LEO Viveksingh Pabla | LEO Rushil Shah| LEO Dhruv Dave | LEO Rahul Mutha | LEO Rahul Ramchandani | LEO Shikha Verma | LEO Binal Verma

322B1 LEO Akshit Bagla | LEO Ankur Saraf | LEO Ritwik Bhawsinghka | LEO Yogesh Surana

321D LEO Smriti Sharma | LEO Sagar Mehta | LEO Manmeet Singh

321A1 LEO Athar Raza Farooquei | LEO Faizan Noor | LEO Mudit dewan

321F LEO Karan Koul | LEO Rudransh | LEO Rachit Garg | LEO Sanjana Lalotra

MD3231 LEO Shashank Maheshwari | LEO Sanchit Dhanuka | LEO Prabhsimran Singh Narula | LEO Karandeep Singh Narula



The program went off smooth due to the support of each and every one of you.

We are Grateful to:

Special Olympics International, Lions Clubs International and Aruna Abhey Oswal Trust

PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry

His Excellency the Ambassador of Ecuador

Photography & Videography Team | Media Consultants- WordsWork

Respected Panelists & Resource Persons

Volunteers from Amity University, Apeejay Pitampura, Guru Govind Singh IP University, Mata Bhagwanti

Chadha Niketan , Delhi University, Bennet University BNP Paribas (Sharekhan)

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