The evaluation reports of the four phases in Angola and Cambodia are available upon request: Handicap International, Germany ? info@handicap-international.de

Two international NGOs, each with a local partner, were responsible for implementing the pilot project: medico international with the Luena Rehabilitation Centre for Land Mine Victims in Angola and Handicap International with the Disability Action Council in Cambodia. Both countries have suffered from decades of war and civil strife resulting in a breakdown of social services and high numbers of disabled persons; the population is still suffering today from contamination by landmines in extensive areas.

At the beginning of the project the teams of partners in Angola and Cambodia carried out a survey on the social situation of disabled children and young people, their access to any existing rehabilitation services, their experience of sporting activities, etc. At the start of the project, trainers and monitors were recruited and included into the planning of activities. Most trainers were disabled themselves and they became an important example and model for the children as they could clearly identify with them. The local teams agreed on a list of sporting activities, after ensuring that the games were culturally acceptable and feasible. The list was provided by Handicap International Germany and is as a result of research with local partners into suitable sporting activities for disabled children that can easily be put into practice in developing countries (see chapter 3.7 for selection criteria). The project included four "test" phases, each phase with a workshop or sports camp that tested the selected sport activities. Children with and without disabilities were invited to participate. The children and young people were divided into the four proposed target groups:

1 - only disabled girls (all disabilities)

2 - disabled (all disabilities) and non-disabled girls

3 - disabled (all disabilities) and non-disabled boys

4 - disabled (all disabilities) and non-disabled boys and girls

The children played, tested and evaluated the games and sport activities together with organisers, trainers and monitors. Between 23 to 71 children participated in the sports camps, they were between 6 and 18 years old. In most of the disabled children had been affected by polio infection and some had been amputated or had congenital impediments. In the disabilities included paraplegia, amputation, poliomyelitis and club-foot. For the sake of continuity and in order to build a relationship of trust, sometimes the same group of children (Cambodia) or individuals (Angola) participated in more than one phase.