HAMMAMET, Tunisia (April 7, 2018) – THF Chairman and World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue met with the President of Ethiopia Taekwondo Federation Mr. Dawit Asfaw in margin of the World Taekwondo Youth Olympic Games 2018 qualification tournament taking place from April 6 to 7, 2018 in Hammamet, Tunisia. Together with THF Executive Director Mr. Roger Piarulli, Dr. Choue and Mr. Asfaw discussed the preliminary parameters of the Foundation’s next humanitarian project to be developed in Addis Ababa, following UNHCR’s advice to launch a mixed-population project in Ethiopia’s capital, host to thousands of displaced people.

The Ethiopian Taekwondo Federation will play a crucial role in the local coordination of this new endeavor of the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation. World Taekwondo, the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation and the Ethiopian Taekwondo Federation therefore signed a Memorandum of Understanding to officialize their upcoming collaboration in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is the second largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, currently hosting more than 800,000 refugees and displaced people, mainly from neighbouring countries. More than 99% of them come from the following countries: South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, and most recently, Yemen.

The Foundation is already active in the African continent with two taekwondo academies in refugee camps in Rwanda, and with a project that is about to start in Djibouti. More information about these projects can be found here.