Martial arts and physical activity is much more than a mere means to improve body shape or practice “fighting”. It can help young people develop healthy lifestyles, but it can also teach essential life skills, help with a personal development process and build self-confidence and self-appreciation of young people. Recent research, however, has shown that the potential benefits of martial arts and physical activity are much broader. According to, martial arts and physical activity can lead to improvements in educational attainment, memory, cognitive skills, productivity, morale, general motor skills and civic participation, among other things. This is especially true for young people with disabilities and fewer opportunities. Martial arts and outdoor activities can help youth in this target group to develop a wide range of social skills and improve their inclusion in the society. The Human Capital Model lists “Equity for persons with disabilities, as well as social inclusion & acceptance of people with fewer opportunities, as some of the most important outcomes of martial arts and physical activity for this target group. In the words of Nelson Mandela, “Sport speaks to people in the language they can understand.” This enables us to use sports and outdoor activities to develop understanding and acceptance of youth with disabilities and fewer opportunities among the general public, thus improving the acceptance of diversity and social inclusion in their own local communities. Realizing this, the youth from Croatia, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania designed the project “INVICTUS - Inclusion via Culture of Sports”. It will be organized in the form of a youth exchange happening from May 9th to 16th, 2020, in Zagreb, Croatia. It will gather 60 young people with disabilities and/or fewer opportunities, plus 8 accompanying persons, from Croatia, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania for a youth exchange whose main aim will be to increase the social inclusion of young people with disabilities and/or fewer opportunities through martial and outdoor activities. Objectives of the project are: 1. To develop skills and key competences of young people with disabilities and/or fewer opportunities needed for their full participation in society 2. To use martial arts and physical activity as methods to develop health, self-confidence and self-appreciation of young people with disabilities and/or fewer opportunities 3. To sensitize the public to promote acceptance and diversity of people with disabilities and/or fewer opportunities in their local communities 4. To promote social inclusion of young people with disabilities and/or fewer opportunities through sports and physical exercise 5. To learn about and embrace the cultural, physical, personal and other differences, so that diversity becomes a positive source for learning rather than the cause for negative competition and prejudice Achieving the objectives of the project will help to address some important issues and needs of people with disabilities and/or fewer opportunities: - Finding activities and programs in which they can be what they are and develop their sense of belonging and inclusions, which is usually very hard to achieve for this target group - Need to acquire methods and tools become to independently work on the improvement of their competences and social skills, which will lead to their empowerment and social inclusion - Need to sensitize local communities for needs and issues persons with disabilities and / or fewer opportunities are facing, in order to achieve their full social inclusion.