Disability Sports for Laos

GLOBAL GIVING REPORT 2015

• Progress and success of the project.

• LDPA also mobilizes disabled members to implement the project together and practice wheelchair basketball 3 times per week. Members spend 2 hours each time,
• We plan to promote this activity to our members, continue regular practices, and have from 5pm to 7pm, at practice. Also, many more women with disabilities and new players become interested to participate in the activities.
• We are preparing to attend the VIII ASEAN PARA GAME 2015 in Singapore, now we have about 10 athletes for the Lao National Wheelchairs Basketball Team.
• All athletes attend the daily practices from 5PM to 8PM with the coaching from Japanese Coach

 Beneficiaries

• Practicing wheelchair basketball directly benefits the players through physical activity, as well as socially. It gives the community a sense of unity and builds the confidence of individual players. It also shows others the potential of people with disabilities, specifically in sports.

The impact of the project.

The members have come together to create a basketball team some of them develop leadership skills and learn to play as a team, which they can use in friendly competition. Besides regular training, it also creates awareness about disability and the abilities people have in playing sports together. Many people in the community also take interest in this sport because it is very It is also a good family event. Members often bring their children to watch them practice.

Future plans 

To attend more international games 

To encourage participation in sports and community activities like this tournaments twice a year.

Teams’ story.

“Our team start with very small group of the disabled peopled, first it is the demo sport for the national para game after that the wheelchairs basketball team it grow up to 5 teams and now we can setup the provincial tournament and select the good player to join the Lao National Wheelchair Basketball Team. We plan to attend more international game to gain more experience, in the last July 2015 we also attended the ASEAN Dream Cup 2015 in Japan. We have a plan to attend the VIII ASEAN PARA GAME 2015 in Singapore in December 2015.”   We would like to show our sincere appreciation to all the donors for giving us the opportunity to practice wheelchair basketball and supporting people with disabilities in this kind of social activity in Laos. We hope that all those who have provided support feel proud.

Appreciation for our Donors

We would like to show our sincere appreciation to all the donors for giving us the opportunity to practice wheelchair basketball and supporting people with disabilities in this kind of social activity in Laos. We hope that all those who have provided support feel proud.

• To attend 8th ASEAN PARA GAME 2015 in Singapore (ODT)