IPC endorses #WalkInMyShoe Digital Campaign For Accra 2023 African Para Games

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has endorsed the #WalkInMyShoe Digital Campaign for the 2023 African Paralympic games to be held in Accra.

The digital campaign was approved on Thursday in Berlin.

The National Paralympic Committee of Ghana, the association confirmed the endorsement made by the International Paralympic Committee on it's official Twitter page.

At the IPC General Assembly (GA) and it's Extraordinary General Assembly held in Berlin in 2022, the President of the African Paralympic Committee, Mr. Sampson Deen announced to the General Assembly that the regional body had endorsed.

#WalkInMyShoe as a digital campaign during a panel discussion and presentation about the ''importance of mentorship coming from within the region versus outside.

The initiative aims to challenge role models in government, the corporate world, development organizations, and celebrities to experience and participate in Para sports events with Para Athletes to break the stigma attached to Para sports in African countries.

This Game Changer initiative tends to demystify the stigma against Para sports, attract significant investment, increase the para-athlete population and be the starting point for African athlete development programs.

The President of National Paralympic Committee of Ghana (NPC-Ghana) Samson Deen said on 4th October, 2021 that Ghana will host the first-ever African Paralympic Games in 2023.

According to Deen, about 50 African countries were expected to participate in the continental showpiece.