'Camp of Dreams' to give disabled children a future in sports

(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 16 - To give a future to children and young people with physical disabilities, where they can train their talent and give them the opportunity to enter the world of Paralympic winter sports. It is the goal of the 'Camp of Dreams', to be held in Pinzolo (Trento) from 19 to 24 January, whose selections have been opened by the National Artists Ski Team (NAST). At the Camp children aged 7 to 10 can participate with physical-motor and sensory disabilities; participation is also free for the accompanying person (parent or guardian) and includes room and board at the hotel, ski pass and adequate technical sports equipment, laboratories and sports activities.
The sports training, which will be followed by masters, instructors and coaches qualified to this particular teaching and with dedicated aids available, will take place in the morning, while the afternoon will be dedicated to a course of body percussion and comedy, as an integration to sport for improve the approach to artistic and social life.
The National Artists Ski Team is the brainchild of Luca Jurman, singer, producer and vocal coach who has always been passionate about skiing, in order to help children and young people with disabilities; the meeting with the ski instructor Alberto Laurora, with whom he shares his intentions and passion for skiing, led him to turn his idea into reality: "physically disabled children, as well as their families - explains Jurman - often they lose hope that they can have some outlet in life, so I decided to do something different and useful together with the people who supported me.
I founded NAST to help create a professional future in competitive sport ".
Jurman points to the inclusion of young people in the Italian Paralympic Winter Sports Federation (FISIP) with which NAST is twinned and from which it is sponsored.
"Art and Sport - he concludes - have the power to improve the quality of life, both physically and psychologically, and this is why NAST and FISIP have decided to collaborate in this great project". (HANDLE)