Give refugees
the chance to be
Global Citizens

TAEKWONDO HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION

Founded by World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue, at the United Nations HQ in New York, in September 2015, THF mandate is to empower displaced people worldwide through taekwondo, helping to improve their quality of life, develop skills, learn the Olympic values, and pursue their dreams.

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HOW YOU CAN HELP

Taekwondo is an economical and easily deployed sport that can help raise the quality of life for refugees, in camps and cities worldwide, as well as supporting with social inclusion.

THF action is a tangible deliverable, contributing to disseminate human values through THF educational toolkit, jointly to skills and progress for thoses who are furthest behind, partcipating of the common effort on Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations.

STORY OF CHANGE

Yahya Al Ghotany joins the IOC
Refugee Olympic Team, chasing his dream at Paris 2024.

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Worldwide impact

Since 2016

Thanks to the Foundation’s projects, taekwondo is now an everyday reality in 6 refugees camps on four continents. It brings together more than 1,500 refugees the chance to share experiences and learn life skills to become Global Citizens. 

CHF 1,648,000

In donations since 2016

10+

Projects over 4 continents since 2016

14,000

Refugees have attended THF projects

Satisfaction