We bring you a beautiful story from the Olympic pool in Sarajevo! As part of the “Train 4 Family” project, we have included 15 children with developmental disabilities in swimming training and 6 children with developmental disabilities in athletics training!
Over the course of 7 months, starting in February and lasting until the end of August this year, the children will participate in various types of training.
The coaches at the “SPID” club are dedicated to working with the children, and their training consists of a variety of activities. First, they go through a warm-up process that helps them adjust their bodies to swimming, followed by one hour of swimming in different styles. After that, they enjoy a fun activity – playing in the small pool! After the game, they work hard during a one-hour dry training session in a specially adapted gym.
In the “ATLETA” athletics club, true little athletes are emerging! The coaches have adapted the exercises and activities, and the children are very eager to train. After warming up, they go over various obstacles and then… they run fast!
Come join our organization and discover what both our little and big athletes are up to, because at BRAVO, there’s always something new and exciting happening! Embark on our adventures!
MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT
Nowadays, sport can be seen as a relevant tool in development policies. There are many reasons for this: through its universality, sport transcends national, cultural, socio-economic, and political barriers, which is very important in a multipolar international context. Its capacity to create links between humans and communities is another factor that helps unite people of different origins and contributes to social cohesion. Its transversal nature, combined with its media power, gives it an active role in vital development questions: health, education, the construction of peace, emergencies and humanitarian aid.
This project aims to include disabled kids with their families in social life, to improve the quality of their lives, to make them closer to their families, to make them in sports recreation and consume healthy diets by creating an environment that enables their development. As part of the project, families will be educated under the guidance of trainers/coaches, and educational content available on the platform as well as in the manuals on methods of implementing sports for children with various types of physical or intellectual disabilities. Including the whole family in sports promotes a healthy lifestyle for the whole family, making parents/guardians/siblings more included and active in the life of their family member with disabilities. Physical activity has proven to have positive effects on the overall physical, mental, and emotional health of all persons, making it a valuable instrument for raising the quality of life of children with disabilities. Using athletics and swimming we want disabled children aged 6-18 to come together with their parents/guardians/siblings. Project activities are focused on improving the quality of life of children with disabilities, and their families, and actively promoting sports and healthy nutrition as mechanisms through which to reduce the degree of marginalization and improve the conditions for the social integration of children with disabilities.