Refugee Taekwondo athlete Wael Fawaz Al-Farraj made history at the 9th Fujairah Open in UAE, as the first Syrian refugee athlete living in the Azraq Camp in Jordan to compete in an international tournament outside the country.

The Crown Prince of Fujairah, H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Al Sharqi, announced during the Opening Ceremony of the Fujairah Open in Sheikh Zayed Sport City that he will be donating USD 100,000 to the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF).

Taekwondo is serving as a boost for the social inclusion of young refugees or displaced persons in the Ile de France. The French Minister for Sport, Roxana Maracineanu, today took part in the working group on the “Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation Project” led by the French Federation of Taekwondo and Associated Disciplines (FFTDA) in partnership with the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF).

The Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) Board met in Pully, Lausanne on 30 October to discuss a number of key issues and appoint a new Board member.

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue met with Para Taekwondo star Parfait Hakizimana, a Burundian refugee living in Rwanda during the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.

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.