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INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING EVENT LETS SWIM BEYOND THE HANDICAPS WAS HELD IN CROATIA
06.11.2021
In the period 03 – 06 November 2021, in Rijeka, Croatia an international sports event was held, which was attended by young people with physical disabilities from Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Croatia. As part of the project, in September 2021, 8 free trainings for young people were held, in which 6 young people with physical disabilities and 6 without disabilities aged 12-16 took part. Part of the participants in these trainings took part in the international event.
The aim of the „LET’S SWIM BEYOND THE HANDICAPS“ project is to include physical disabled kids in social life, to improve quality of their lives, to give them the opportunity to have fun during physical activity and sports with their peers, to make them discover their skills, and to create a different environment where they can feel free to do exercise. The consortium includes partner organizations from Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Turkey.
Considering the social inclusion of children with disabilities and the creation of activities to support their physical development, with the initiative we want to motivate both children with and without disabilities to lead an active and healthy lifestyle and to unite them with each other.
The Let’s swim beyond the handicaps project is co-financed under the Erasmus+ program, as a partner of the initiative for Bulgaria is the Bulgarian sports development association. The project activities in Bulgaria are implemented in Maison Hotel, Sofia together with the swimming school GET WET, which employs specialists in adapted physical activity and sports and with the support of experts from the sector Adapted physical activity and sports in NSA "Vasil Levski".
Considering the social inclusion of children with disabilities and the creation of activities to support their physical development, with the initiative we want to motivate both children with and without disabilities to lead an active and healthy lifestyle and to unite them with each other.
The Let’s swim beyond the handicaps project is co-financed under the Erasmus+ program, as a partner of the initiative for Bulgaria is the Bulgarian sports development association. The project activities in Bulgaria are implemented in Maison Hotel, Sofia together with the swimming school GET WET, which employs specialists in adapted physical activity and sports and with the support of experts from the sector Adapted physical activity and sports in NSA "Vasil Levski".
