RWANDA PROJECT
Mahama
Refugee Camp
The Mahama THF project was initiated by Parfait Hakizimana, a para taekwondo athlete living in the camp. THF supported his initiative in early 2018 and started to provide activities in Mahama camp where taekwondo has become very popular.
THF support a taekwondo para-academy for boys and girls.
About Mahama Refugee Camp
Since 2015, more than 280,000 Burundians had been forced to flee and to seek refuge in neighboring countries such as Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Among them, were more than 47,000 who went to Rwanda. Today, Mahama population reached over 45’000 refugees.
Taekwondo for Well-being and Inclusion
THF Action & Goals
Taekwondo is an extremely popular sport in Mahama camp and provides children with an ideal way to climb the socio-economic ladder. Aimed at young refugees, the project promotes the inclusion of para refugees through the shared practice of taekwondo, with the aim of fighting inequalities and improve the inclusion of all communities in the refugee camp.
KEY FACTS
180
participants per week
- 6 trainings per week
1
taekwondo class of para-refugees
1
taekwondo para-athlete at Tokyo 2020
Sustainable Development Goals
HOW YOU CAN HELP
You can participate and contribute to maintain THF project in Azraq, empowering children’s refugees, raising their quality of life, preparing them to be Global Citizens.
We invite you to enter in contact with us.