Sri Lanka’s first sports academy for special needs debuts

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SriLankasports.com team with the children at the Sri Lanka Sports Academy for Special Needs in Matara

In its inventive progression in developing sports Sri Lanka’s first sports website Srilankasports.com has embarked on a mission to uplift the physical and mental health standards of differently abled children with first of its kind sports academy for

special needs.

SriLankasports.com launched in 2000 added a dynamic approach to the cyber space exploring the avenue of digital presence of Sri Lankan Sports globally.

The important and diverse endeavour will be called “Sri Lanka Sports Academy for Special needs” as it aims to discover, nurture, and to develop the sporting talents of those children with special needs. The project will also aspire to cultivate and care for the special needs of those children who are underprivileged with their physical movements by organising recreational and community development activities

among them.

The first SriLanka Sports Academy for Special needs was established in the Matara District on 24 March and it will be spread around Sri Lanka in all districts to identify the sporting talents, mainly focusing the children with Intellectual disabilities to concur the world

of sports.

“In Sri Lanka, children with special needs face obstacles that do not allow them to integrate adequately into society and we at SriLankasports.com have thought of taking care of them to give them the much needed stimulation and hope for life,” said Srilankasports.com Editor in Chief

Hishan Welmilla.

“We are delighted that SriLankasports.com is taking this initiative to pioneer this project and create an opportunity for these children with special needs to develop their skills and talents. We must appreciate and value the services of the coaches who are working together with us voluntarily,” he added.

Around the world, children with special needs are treated with a lot of care and respect by giving more opportunities to integrate them into society to make them

feel important.

Every human being deserves an equal opportunity. A specific part of inclusion for these differently able persons would be to engage them in physical activities by encouraging them to participate in

sporting activities.

“It is with much pride and pleasure that SriLankasports.com launch this endeavour to make feel these talented children as an important fragment to the society through inclusion and belongingness by taking them to global competitions,” said SriLankasports.com Senior Content Editor Leonard Ratnayake.

This project will be launched with the objectives of providing children with special needs, the opportunity to conquer the world of sports with their

own abilities.

By launching this initiative SriLankasports.com hopes to send a broad invitation to the society to be a part of this venture to stimulate and nurture a hope of life for these children with special needs.