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International Children’s Games – New Taipei
The International Children’s Games, established in 1968 and sanctioned by The IOC
regularly bring together 12-15 year olds from cities around the world for games and
a cultural festival. Its mission is to promote peace and goodwill through children and
their participation in sports. The ICG and cultural festival is today the world’s largest
multi-sport youth games and concentrates on four areas of excellence namely: sports,
education, cultural exchange & economics.
The games not only offer these young people an excellent competition but also break
down cultural barriers through the many exchanges.
For the tenth time, Kenya and Nairobi city in particular, through ICG-Kenya, participated
in this year’s edition held in New Taipei. Four students from Hillcrest were among
participants that represented the city of Nairobi in an event that had more than eighty
cities from all over the world. From Hillcrest, Yvonne Kimani, Wacera Macharia and
Sophie Shaw competed in athletics while Megan Van Houten was in swimming. Even
though we narrowly missed out in the finals, these young girls did their personal best in
all races. We also attended a cultural festival at the end of the championship where we
were educated on traditional Taiwanese lifestyle.
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