That is to encourage more persons with disabilities to go out of their shell and find their place in the society when they compete in the first-ever Paradragon category of the 14th International Dragon Boat Federation World Nations Championships happening from August 20 to 25, 2019 in Pattaya, Thailand.
“Our level of training for this was world class level, we trained for three weeks, three times a day and seven days a week,” said Padrones. The team was also presented with their jackets emblazoned with the Philippine flag, bags and new carbon-fibre paddles sponsored by Crossbones which would add power and speed to the team as the new paddles are lighter than the wooden paddles that the team has been using.14th World Dragon Boat Racing Championship: PADS prepare to represent PH, overcome financial woes
“The stakes are high, this is just the start of the journey, we will not only represent ourselves, our family name, but we will be representing thousands and millions of Filipino PWDs who are until now imprisoned by the misconceptions and stereotypes connected to the disabilities,” said Labra.The team also want to send out the message that PWDs can co-exist with other communities who are not PWDs.
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