Mary Kom supports Special Olympics Bharat

Olympic medallist and sixtime world champion boxer MC Mary Kom on Friday felicitated athletes with intellectual disabilities who have won medals for India at the Special Olympics World Games in 2019Mary Kom launched Special Olympics Bharats National Health Fest to improve health care and development of special athletes and assured them of her unwavering supportIt is a great privilege for me to celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities with the athletes of Special Olympics she saidFICCI and Special Olympics Bharat jointly organized the National Health Fest for Divyangjan We Care on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities where Mary Kom felicitated athletes with intellectual disabilities who have won medals for India at the Special Olympics World Games in 2019Speaking at the event the sixtime world champion Mary Kom said These athletes are the true heroes of our country and they are my inspiration My unwavering support will always be with them sending them strength and courage in their journey ahead Never stop fighting and you will surely achieve all your goalsLaunched under the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav initiative by the Government of India the health initiative will reach a record 75000 athletes with intellectual disabilities in 75 cities of India marking 75 years of progressive India The National Health Fest aims to set records for screening and training the highest number of athletes in a single dayThe initiative also aims to train 7500 medical and sports professionals to provide high quality healthcare and training to athletes with intellectual and developmental disability Moreover 750 Special Olympics Bharat Centres will be activated to develop fitness and sports through a communitybased approachThe entire program will be driven through Central and State partnerships with relevant stakeholdersSpeaking about the National Health Fest Dr Mallika Nadda Chairperson of Special Olympics Bharat said Special Olympics Bharat is committed towards improving the health wellbeing and fitness of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilitiesThrough this initiative we aim to bring together changemakers from around the country to take a meaningful and transformative step towards ensuring quality healthcare for people with ID benefitting not only them but also their families and communities I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to each and every person for their contribution towards the National Health Fest and its lifechanging impactAlso Read Umpires booed at Wankhede after Kohlirsquos dismissalThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever