{"id":6753,"date":"2019-04-08T14:39:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T18:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6753"},"modified":"2019-04-10T09:41:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T13:41:15","slug":"plan-international-and-unesco-launch-new-initiative-to-help-children-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=6753","title":{"rendered":"Plan International and UNESCO Launch New Initiative to Help Children with Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aidan Leavy (Plan International), Ellen Keane, Diana Bunici, Catherine Carty (UNESCO Chair), Katharina Schlueter (UNESCO Chair)<\/figcaption><\/figure>A new initiative has been launched in Dublin by Plan International and UNESCO Chair IT Tralee to help children with disabilities to join in everyday activities including playing sport.<\/p>\n

Ireland’s youngest ever Paralympic athlete Ellen Keane helped launch the initiative which aims to help normalize disability and improve education for disabled children around the world.<\/p>\n

Ms Keane said she was very proud to support the initiative: “For young people with disabilities, especially in the developing world, it is important to bring children together of all abilities.<\/p>\n

“Children can often feel isolated, marginalized and excluded, but sport can remove those barriers.<\/p>\n

“All young people should realize their very basic right to be included in the lives of their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

UNESCO Chair Manager at IT Tralee Catherine Carty said:<\/p>\n

“Sport is underutilized as a tool for improving education for children.<\/p>\n

“This program makes a deliberate effort to ensure inclusion, as without a conscious effort, inclusion of children with disabilities will not be achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n

The initiative has previously been implemented in several countries including Ethiopia, Guinea, Uganda, Togo, Jordan and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

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