Check our visit to Mahama Refugee Camp in Rwanda with IOC member Félicité Rwemarika! #WorldTaekwondo #THF #TaekwondoHumanitarianFoundation Check our visit to Mahama Refugee Camp in Rwanda with IOC member Félicité Rwemarika | World Taekwondo

“Refugees don’t have a lot. But sport helps them forget their troubles.” Parfait Hakizimana set up a taekwondo club in his new home - the Mahama Refugee Camp. He trains around 150 people including children as young as 6 years old. Now, Parfait is also hoping to do something that no Para athlete has done before – going directly from a refugee camp to compete at the Paralympic Games. Born in 1988, his life changed forever in 1996. The internally displaced camp where he lived at that time came unde

WATCH: Refugee athletes demonstrate their karate skills during the inter-refugee camp competitions at Mahama camp, Kirehe District, on Tuesday. Over 600 athletes from five refugee camps in #Rwanda are competing in a multi-discipline tournament, featuring volleyball, basketball, football, and sitting volleyball. 🎥: Emmanuel Nkangura /TNT | The New Times Publications