" Taking place February 2015 in Birmingham, Alabama at the Lakeshore Foundation, a U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Site, the program consisted of 12 participants, including eight athletes, two instructors, and two sign-language interpreters.
Upon the delegation’s arrival to the United States, the Pakistani group traveled directly to Lakeshore, where they were welcomed by CSPS and facility staff, including U.S. Paralympian wheelchair basketball player Mary Allison Cook. After a Google Hangout session with representatives from the U.S. Department of State, the group participated in ice-breaker and team-building activities followed by a a tour of the Lakeshore campus.
Throughout the first week, the Pakistani delegation participated in wheelchair basketball, Krank, Zumba, yoga and aquatics classes. For a day off-campus, the group traveled west to cheer on the Lakeshore wheelchair basketball team in Tuscaloosa, where they enjoyed the opportunity to watch high-level athletes competing against one another in a space that was empowering, supportive and inclusive of all persons with disabilities.
The second week literally took participants to new heights. One by one, the athletes strapped on climbing gear and conquered Lakeshore’s state-of-the-art, two-story climbing wall. For all of the participants, this was their first chance to overcome a symbolic mountain of challenges, providing them with more confidence to fight for victory against the obstacles and up-hill battles they would face upon return home to Pakistan"(https://globalsportsmentoring.org/sports-visitors-program/pakistan-disability-sports/).