How the Invictus Games are educating young people

The Invictus Games has been about more than the sports; it has also been an opportunity for the school kids of Sydney to learn lessons of resilience and inclusion.

A joint project of the NSW Education Department and the Invictus Games, the education project invites students to explore the ideas of resilience, empathy, service, inclusion and the healing nature of sport and community.

For Tilda Brownlow, (who was born with fibular hemimelia and had her left leg amputated at 2); the Games are a chance for her to see others who share the same physical challenges excel, and to be inspired by them. It is also just as inspiring for Tilda’s able bodied classmates and gives them a chance to experience life in a wheelchair by playing a game of wheelchair basketball.

To read more about this excellent program and Tilda, please see the attached link

Sources: ABC, Invictus Games

Tilda Brownlow

Photo Courtesy of the ABC