Special children excel at Fit 5 Challenge

80 special athletes from seven schools participate in fitness performances, tug of war and endurance dance events

KARACHI:

Taha Ahmed Farooqui, the Provincial Secretary for the Empowerment of Special Persons in Sindh, emphasised the integral role of differently abled children in society.

Commending national heroes who won over 80 medals in the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, he highlighted their capabilities.

Speaking at a ceremony at Noor Ali Trust Ground, Clifton, organised by Special Olympics Pakistan, Farooqui praised the Inter School Fit 5 Challenge as a positive initiative promoting physical fitness and athlete performance.

Special Olympics Pakistan Chairperson Ronak Lakhani, Board Member Isma Hasan, and others attended, with Lakhani stressing the program’s role in educating and grooming special athletes through events like Fitness Performance, Tug of War, and Endurance Dance.

She said that in the Fit 5 Challenge programme, 80 special athletes from seven schools participated in fitness performances, tug of war and endurance dance events.

Along with their physical fitness and development on a day-to-day basis, they had to provide them with health awareness and this will greatly help in the grooming of our special athletes.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 2^nd, 2023.