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  • Para Sport Against Stigma: Commonwealth Games athletes and coaches from Ghana and Zambia visit Loughborough University

    Loughborough University
    Aug. 31, 2022
    Ghana, Zambia

    Para Sport Against Stigma is a four-year project hat looks at how representation, education and communication in Para sport can challenge stigma associated with disability in Sub-Sarhan Africa. One part of PSAS focuses on Athlete Development and will see the International Paralympic Committee to deliver a programme to support National Paralympic Committees in Malawi, Ghana and Zambia to develop Para sport. As part of the Athlete Development focus, Para-Powerlifters who represented Ghana and Zambia at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, along with their coaches, took the opportunity to visit and work with researchers and practitioners from Loughborough University and the International Paralympic Association.

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    I’mPOSSIBLE toolkits: Zambia

    The International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
    May 16, 2021
    Zambia
    AT2030 Resources

    I’mPOSSIBLE is an education programme to spread the Paralympic values and the vision of the Paralympic Movement to young people throughout the world. Through education of inclusion and the Paralympic values, I’mPOSSIBLE aims to challenge and change the perceptions of how young people perceive people with an impairment. This toolkit has been adapted to fit the local context of Zambia as part of AT2030's Para Sport Against Stigma project.

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    Paving the Way in Para Sport to Open Doors and Reduce Stigma

    Global Disability Innovation Hub, Jennie Wong, Loughborough University
    June 20, 2023
    Zambia

    Richard Lubanza (34) is a Zambian Para Powerlifter and has been competing successfully for his country since 2014. Originally from Lusaka, Richard was born with Polio and whilst he can walk short distances, he uses a pair of outdated crutches held together with duct tape, and an equally damaged wheelchair to get around.

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    Para Sport Against Stigma Coach Toolkit

    Global Disability Innovation Hub, Loughborough University, The International Paralympic Committee (IPC), University of Malawi
    May 21, 2024
    Ghana, Malawi, Zambia
    AT2030 Resources

    This toolkit is aimed at supporting coaches who work with disability athletes within their national and international sporting systems. This includes coaches who are starting out within the parasport system, and also those who currently have athletes on national training programmes supported by the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) and competing under their international federation (IF) rules for a particular sport.

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    Para Sport Against Stigma Athlete Toolkit

    Global Disability Innovation Hub, Loughborough University, The International Paralympic Committee (IPC), University of Malawi
    May 22, 2024
    Ghana, Malawi, Zambia
    AT2030 Resources

    This toolkit is aimed at athletes with a disability who aspire to become world class and compete for their country at an international level. This includes athletes that have joined national training programmes supported by the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) are competing under their international federation (IF) rules for a particular sport (such as Para Athletics or Para Powerlifting).