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2025 BBIN Panama Smiles, Service and Inclusion

Smiles, Service & Inclusion with Best Buddies Panama

Best Buddies Panama hosts first-ever Oral Health Day with Universidad Latina

Best Buddies International delegation attending the 2025 Global Disability Summit in Berlin, inside a large industrial venue filled with attendees and panelists under a skylit roof.

Best Buddies International at the 2025 Global Disability Summit in Berlin

Best Buddies advances global inclusion at the 2025 Global Disability Summit in Berlin.

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A Landmark Visit to the Philippines: Championing Inclusion Across Islands

A powerful week in the Philippines advancing inclusion, leadership, and global friendship.

A joyful group of people, including individuals with Down syndrome, participate in the Best Buddies Friendship Walk in Belgrade. They are smiling, holding balloons and signs promoting inclusion and friendship. The event takes place on a lively city street at night, creating a warm, supportive atmosphere.

A Walk Towards Inclusion: Best Buddies Serbia Hosts Annual Friendship Walk

Best Buddies Serbia hosts annual Friendship Walk on World Down Syndrome Day.

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Jennifer Allen Named One of Miami’s Top 50 Women Leaders

Best Buddies’ Senior Director of International Programs is recognized for her global impact on inclusion.

#BBPSamaSamaSaturday Virtual Poetry event with Clarence and Austin. Event details: March 21, 2025, 7 PM WA time and March 22, 2025, 11 AM PH time. The image features two speakers on the right, each in video call frames with a colorful digital background and the words 'Inclusion needs US.

Philippines & Best Buddies Washington Host International Virtual Poetry Event

Global Collaboration Brings Friendship and Creativity to the Forefront.

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Interview with Marko Tomasevic: Supporting Children in Need Across the Globe

Marko Tomasevic shares his journey of volunteering, fundraising, and supporting children globally.

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Steps Toward Greater Inclusion: Best Buddies Canada’s Inaugural Friendship Walk

Best Buddies Canada celebrates the success of their inaugural Friendship Walk.

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Best Buddies Spain’s First Friendship Walk: Walking Together for Inclusion

Best Buddies Spain hosts their first Friendship Walk of the 2025 season.

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Meet the International Programs & Development Department

Meet the team working to expand out global reach.

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Historic Staff Leadership Conference 2025: A Global Gathering

The 2025 Staff Leadership Conference marked Best Buddies’ first international staff gathering.

New Global Ambassadors: Carlos Kanahashi and Liane Hinlo!

Congratulations to our New Global Ambassadors: Carlos Kanahashi and Liane Hinlo!

We are excited to announce that Carlos Kanahashi and Lauren “Liane” Hinlo have been selected as Global Ambassadors for Best Buddies International for the 2025-2027 term.

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International Programs: October 2023 Newsletter

Celebrating Inclusion Figures

Tony DeBlois weighed less than 2 pounds, became blind within days and was later diagnosed with autism, but ignoring conventional wisdom, his mother’s love uncovered his musical genius. Tony now plays 20 instruments and knows more than 8,000 songs.

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International Programs: September 2023 Newsletter

Celebrating Inclusion Figures

Sarah Gordy is a British actress, model and dancer – who happens to have Down Syndrome. Gordy made history in 2014 when she played a key role without a handicap in “Crocodiles” at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre.

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International Programs: August 2023 Newsletter

Celebrating Inclusion Figures

Pranav Bakshi was two years old when he was diagnosed with autism. But his mother, Anupama Bakhshi, decided to not let it become a hurdle in the way of achieving his dreams and so, one day when Pranav expressed his interest in modelling, his mother knew she had to help her son explore fields of his interest.

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International Programs: June 2023 Newsletter

Celebrating Inclusion Figures

Disability representation in front of the camera is more imperative than ever. But what about behind the scenes, diversifying the visionaries who make up our creative industries? This is the mission behind Trifle Studio, the UK’s first multidisciplinary design studio whose work is created by artists and designers with learning disabilities.

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International Programs: May 2023 Newsletter

Celebrating Inclusion Figures

Reuben Selby is a fashion designer, a tech entrepreneur, a CEO, and a neurodiversity advocate. At 25 years old, Reuben Selby is a certified polymath or, in his words, the wearer of “many different hats.”

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International Programs: April 2023 Newsletter

Celebrating Inclusion Figures

As the UK’s first blind and Black female barrister, the name Jessikah Inaba is inscribed in history. Last October, after five years of study and painstakingly transcribing all her own lecture notes into Braille, Inaba was called to the bar, smashing what she refers to as “the triple-glazed glass ceiling”.

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