Blaze Sports International, in partnership with the Uganda National Paralympic Committee (UNPC), will lead a 36-month sport development and health project in Kampala and Gulu called USAID’s Sports for Youth with Disabilities Activity. The overall project goal is to contribute to the improved physical literacy of children with physical disabilities from 2-19 years living in
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This project was funded by Lions club of China and Agitos Foundation .This sports development project involved 2 sports Associations i.e Uganda Para Athletics Association and Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Its main goals were build capacity of the two associations, Develop sports and Advocacy and awareness creation. It worked in Central and Northern regions of Uganda.
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UPC received a grant from IPC to raise awareness of disability sports in the Country. In this, the project was able to organize Sports awareness seminars in selected areas. UPC as to hold advocacy meetings with the different district officials.
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The overall goals of the projects were to Reinforce UPC administration, Awareness of UPC and its activities and Talent identification. This was funded by International Paralympic Committee.
Agitos foundation, a development arm of International Paralympic Committee funded a youth Camp in Rwanda 2012. This brought together 5 countries each with 2 youth Coordinators, 10 athletes and 6 coaches. After one week of intensive training each the 2 youth coordinators came up with a project to be funded by Agitos Foundation. Uganda came
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Since the late 1980s Uganda has been recovering from the impacts of civil war, including developing para-sports for those affected by the conflict and the wider community.
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It has been 40 years since Kibuuka became Africa’s first winter Para athlete and 20 since he was named Norway’s Paralympic flag bearer.
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David Emong does not feel satisfied after winning Uganda’s first Paralympic medal last month but rather prefers to focus on his preparations towards the next Games in Tokyo, Japan, in four-years-time, where he is hoping to top the podium. The 26-year-old sealed athletics silver in the men’s 1,500m T45/46 at Rio 2016 with a time
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The three year project will start in the districts of Gulu and Kampala Minister of State for Education and Sports Rosemary Seninde and the US ambassador Deborah Malac (center) pose for a photo with other participants at the Uganda Disabled Sports summit. PHOTO: David Namunyala Uganda Paralympic Committee (UPC) president Mpindi Bumali has applauded BlazeSports
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KAMPALA — Last week Uganda’s own David Emong won the silver medal in the 1500-meter race at Rio’s Summer Paralympics Games. Now that Emong has returned to Uganda, many are wondering how his win might impact sports and disability advocacy. Ugandan sports fans went wild when, with only 37 seconds left in a four minute
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