NEWS FROM THE AGITOS FOUNDATION

In collaboration with the CPB and the Rio 2016 Organising Committee, the Agitos Foundation is organising 4 workshops in 2015 to increase capacity in the Americas region.

Latest edition of para-sport training project underway

Group shot of around 25 people

Agitos Foundation paves Road to Rio 2016

IPC President Sir Philip Craven and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the United Nations headquarters in New York, USA

IPC President tells UN the Paralympics are a world leader in driving social inclusion

Benin National Paralympic Committee (NPC) has organised a total of three Paralympic days in different regions to develop para-sport in the country.

Agitos Foundation

Agitos Foundation launches 2015 Grant Support Programme

The first IPC Athletics Education programme to be run in Spanish took place in Ecuador at the end of March with 30 individuals receiving key training in officiating.

First Spanish IPC Athletics Education programme takes places in Ecuador

A total of 17 athletes were identified during talent scouting events in Colombia

#IDSDP2015: Colombia bounces back

A group of youngsters are taught how to ski

#IDSDP2015: Winter sports boosted in south east Europe

Three Ugandan men prepare the court for wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair Basketball

#IDSDP2015: Wheelchair basketball emerges in Uganda

A group of people pose in front of an IPC Athletics banners in Tunis, Tunisia.

Athletics education programme gathers pace

“Proud Paralympian” education programme will be launched in Dubai, UAE

Agitos Foundation

#ProudParalympian education pilot to launch

Omara Durand of Cuba

El Salvador to stage major para-athletics event pre-Toronto 2015

Zahra Nemati

Suzie Dyrbus: My experience of WoMentoring

Young girl in a sled on the ice, smiling to the camera

Tara Chisholm: Support from female mentors is priceless

Young girl in a sled on the ice, smiling to the camera

Barbara Daniels: WoMentoring is a powerful privilege