Former Refugee Inspired By His Teammates and Athletes Determination at World Games

[Special Olympics] Abu Dhabi -When Gerald Mballe, 20-years-old, escaped his homeland Cameroon for a better life, he never thought he would be representing his adopted nation at a global sporting event four years later.This week, Mballe has been in the UAE playing for the Special Olympics Italy Football 7-a-side team as a Unified Partner at Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019.Back in October 2014, a teenage Mballe fled the place he called home after war quickly escalated. His journey saw him cross the borders of Niger, Libya and