Peace Corps to organize Mongolia Special Olympics games

Peace Corps is to organize Mongolia Special Olympics games. A Peace Corps in Mongolia will organize Mongolia's inaugural Special Olympics, which is a national competition for more than 150 children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Some 14 winners of the nationwide competition will represent Mongolia at the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles.

The athletes who qualified for the summer games in Los Angeles will join more than 7,000 athletes and 3,000 coaches from nearly 180 countries around the world to compete.The Special Olympics Mongolia program was established in 2013 and the National Competition was the first opportunity for Mongolians to compete in an official Special Olympics event as an accredited program.

The Special Olympics increases opportunities globally to support people with intellectual disabilities through innovative programs that promote peace, friendship, acceptance, and mutual understanding.