Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia

The Rosetta Foundation is currently engaged with the Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia (SOEE) in a project that will help translate their documents into 14 European languages. Strategy and policy documents, healthcare guidelines, sports rules and coaching guides are just some of the vital material that will be made accessible to national programmes in up to 58 countries.

The Rosetta Foundation being a not-for-profit organisation, can only realise this project with the help of volunteer translators:

The languages needed most at the moment are Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Spanish and Turkish.

If you are a translator or a student that studies translations and you would like to support the SOEE with your donated translation sign up as a volunteer translator using the link below (please refer in the registration form within the comment field to "SOEE"):

Sign up as a volunteer translator and proofreader

About Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia:

Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia (SOEE) is Europe’s largest sport programme of year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

What is the mission of Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia?

The mission of Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition across our 58 National Programmes, in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and athletes 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.

What is the difference between Special Olympics and Paralympics?

Special Olympics and Paralympics are two separate organizations. Special Olympics is recognized as the third member of the Olympic family, providing year-round sports, sports training, and local, regional, national and international competitions for all intellectual disability levels. Paralympics provides elite level only sports competition for multi-disabled groups.

What are the benefits to those involved in Special Olympics – volunteers, sponsors etc?

Special Olympics is a valuable conduit through which change in attitude toward people with intellectual disability can be made. That is why we say that Special Olympics is more than an event…...it is a movement.

Sponsors, volunteers, coaches, spectators – those who have the privilege to be part of Special Olympics find that the experience opens their eyes and minds, and changes their lives forever.  The Special Olympics movement transforms communities by inspiring people to open their minds, to accept and include people with intellectual disabilities, celebrating differences among all people….recognizing and respecting the similarities we all share.

For more information visit www.specialolympics-eu.org