(July 1, 2021) – Para Taekwondo star Parfait Hakizimana, a Burundian refugee living in Rwanda, was named to the Paralympic Refugee Team this afternoon. Living in a camp for internally displaced people in 1996 because of the Burundian Civil War, he lost his mother and received an injury that left his arm permanently debilitated when […]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – (June 21, 2021) World Taekwondo President and Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) Chairman Chungwon Choue reiterated the two organization’s commitment to supporting refugees and displaced persons through sport during the first World Refugee Forum on World Refugee Day. The video recording can be found here: 1st Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation & World Taekwondo – […]
Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation is delighted to announce that three Taekwondo athletes will compete for the Refugee Olympic Team at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Kimia Alizadeh Zonouzi (W-57kg), Dina Pouryounes Langeroudi (W-49kg) and Abdullah Sediqi (M-68kg) have been selected for the Refugee Olympic Team based on sport performance, confirmed refugee status and balanced representation across […]
The Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) today signed a cooperation agreement with Fondazione Umanitaria Italiana Taekwondo (FUIT) as the two organisations pledged to work together to promote mutual humanitarian activities. The agreement was signed during an online ceremony. Under the terms of the agreement, the two parties will exchange ideas and know-how as well as support […]
On the occasion of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), children from Zaatari and Azraq refugee camps in Jordan had the opportunity to take part in online training sessions aimed to transmit to the young participants the positive values of sport and to encourage them to stay active and healthy during […]
Farah Al Assa’ad, THF Coordinator in Jordan, is currently on her way to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and will show THF flag at the summit. If you wish to support her initiative, you can donate to the THF Donate Now – THF – Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (thfaid.org)
December 14, 2020 – As part the initiatives to advance the global values of peace and development through sport, World Taekwondo (WT), the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) and the International Bowling Federation (IBF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today. WT President and THF Chairman, Dr. Chungwon Choue, and IBF President, H.R.H. Sheikh Talal Mohammad […]
Lausanne, Switzerland (September 17, 2020) – World Taekwondo President and Chairman of the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) Chungwon Choue today presented a SportWorks Talks webinar on how taekwondo has been used as an effective tool for social development and peace. More than 700 people from around the world registered to attend the webinar. During the […]
During the Taekwondo Day, on September 4th 2020, the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) was awarded for their work in supporting refugees and helping them become global citizens through education in taekwondo, the Olympic spirit, Olympism and world peace. *Click here to watch Congratulatory message from WT President Chungwon Choue
This Saturday is World Refugee Day a crucial reminder for all of us to support THF. For this purpose, THF launches a crowdfunding campaign to support a sport hall construction in Rwanda: https://gf.me/u/x9xm5r