SNPC

Founded on 23 June 2008, the Singapore National Paralympic Council (SNPC) is an Institution of Public Character (IPC) that focuses on supporting and empowering Singapore’s para athletes and is responsible for fielding Singapore teams for the ASEAN Para Games, Asian Para Games, Asian Youth Para Games, Commonwealth Games and Paralympic Games. As a member of the International Paralympic Committee, the SNPC is part of a worldwide social change movement, which uses the power of sport to positively influence community perceptions of people with disabilities and to promote a more diverse and inclusive society by educating and strengthening the values of the Paralympic Movement and Paralympic aspirations in Singapore.

Eight Singapore para-athletes qualify for Paris Games

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Credit CNA Eight Singaporean para-athletes have qualified for the Paralympic Games in Paris. As they head to the competition in September, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who is also the patron of the Singapore National Paralympic Council, has called on Singaporeans to encourage the para-athletes. Nikhil Khattar reports.