Special Sports Festival 2011 organized by Care Society in association with Dhiraagu as part of their anniversary activity was conducted on 1st of October. Chief Guest of the event was the Mayor Maizan Ali Manik . Male’ City council, other organizations and schools were invited to the event. Around 80 Persons with disabilities participated in the event, which included students of Care Development Centre (CDC), Jamaluddin School (JS), Imaduddin School (IS) and members of the Maldives Deaf Association (MDA). The whole event was hosted by Ibrahim Rasheed (Ibbe) and Mariyam Waheeda.

The event started around 4:00 pm with the National Anthem played by Kalaafan School Brass Band. This was followed by the school songs of participants. The first activity was a Drill performed by students from Care Development Centre and Jamaluddin School. CDC and Js students (1 to 10 years) started the game with Baton Relay, followed by Picking Flower played by the students of CDC. The Tunnel Race (5 to 13 years) participated by the CDC children. Water Balancing (5 to 10 years), Sand Bag Pulling (10 to 15 years), Baton Relay (15 to 30 years) and Water balloon Race (15 to 30 years) was participated by the students of CDC and JS. In between the games, a cute dance performance was given by the students of Maafannu Madharusa. A Floor Aerobics Routine was facilitated by the members of Empower Fitness with the students of CDC and JS. This was followed by the games of Imaduddin School which included Baton Relay, Bean Bag, Balloon bursting, and Sack Race. The activities ended with a Baton Relay and 100m run by Maldives Deaf Association.

The Closing Ceremony began with the awarding of Trophies and gift packs to the participants. Memorandums were also given to Male’ City Council, Kalaafan School, , Maldives National Cadet co. Galolhu Madharusa, Maafannu Madharusa, Empower Fitness, Maldives Police Services, ADK Hospital and the hosts for their contribution to make the event a success.

Care Society believes that this is the very beginning of a new journey that will open new doors for the Persons with Disabilities to excel in the field of sports.

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