Category: Events

SPORTS FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWEREMENT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Introduction: There are approximately one billion persons with disabilities in the world, amounting to 15 percent of the global population. Evidence suggests that persons with disabilities are disproportionately represented among the world’s poor. Children with disabilities are less likely to attend school, which in turn decreases their chances of developing skills for future employment opportunities.…

By salvatore cimmino 16 June 2014 0

Nuotathon, your strokes for others!

The disabilities today, rather than in the past, are no longer a limit and do not preclude any more the possibility of wishing. Technology nowadays applied to prosthetic devices can offer people opportunities with no boundaries. Such technology can support sporting activities as well , even though only at an amateur level, where disabilities challenge…

By salvatore cimmino 20 December 2012 0

THANK YOU

The response has been enthusiastic. Over 100 people have attended the charity event “A Bridge to Goma.” The goal was to help me keep a promise made to some great friends, for a better future: fundraising, tools and ideas to satisfy basic needs such as hunger, thirst, education and health. His Excellency the Bishop Rev.…

By salvatore cimmino 29 March 2012 0

A BRIDGE TO GOMA

Education and training are primary objectives in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a large country with many problems. Poverty is rife; there are emergencies due to drought, natural calamities, wars, approximation in the organization of work and in social issues.  It’s as if the country needs a project or a plan, though there is no…

By salvatore cimmino 14 March 2012 0