{"id":948,"date":"2023-11-22T07:49:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T07:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkso.org.hk\/?page_id=948"},"modified":"2024-10-28T23:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T15:00:51","slug":"mission-and-goals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkso.org.hk\/en\/about-us\/mission-and-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission and Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull page-heading-title has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(236,234,219) 0%,rgba(236,234,219,0) 100%);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkso.org.hk\/about-us\/\">About Us<\/a><\/span> &gt; <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Mission and Objectives<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mission-objective-content-block has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0px;padding-top:30px\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" style=\"padding-top:30px\"><strong>Objectives<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mission-objectives-list\">\n<li>To provide the opportunity for the people with intellectual disabilities to participate, train and compete in a wide variety of sports and events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To help athletes develop social skills and build friendships through the interaction and team spirit of their sports training and competition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To enhance public awareness of people with intellectual disabilities and to enhance the public&#8217;s acceptance and respect for people with intellectual disabilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-948","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - 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