World Taekwondo Cares project launched in Nepal

KATHMANDU: World Taekwondo has launched two programs targeting reformatory inmates and female domestic abuse victims in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The Nepal Taekwondo Cares project is jointly supported by World Taekwondo and the Asia Development Foundation (ADF), with the Nepal Taekwondo Association delivering the scheme.

Hundreds of people gathered for the launch at the National Taekwondo Academy in Lalitpur, including 88 students from two reformatory inmate centres, the Prisoner Assistance Nepal and the Early Childhood Development Center.

Another 162 students from four women empowerment centres – Rakshya Nepal, Genesis Academy, Aasha Nepal and Maiti Nepal – in Kathmandu were also present.

World Taekwondo President Chungnwon Choue, ADF vice-president Nam-chul Choue, Nepal’s Minister of Yuth and Sports Jagat Bahdur Sunar Bishwakarma,, Pitambar Timilsina, vice-president of the National Sports Council, Jeevan Ram Shrestha, President of the Nepal Olympic Committee, and Nepal Taekwondo Association President Prakash Shumsher Rana were all present at the ceremony in Lalitpur.

Also in attendance were Rick Shin, secretary general of World Taekwondo Pan America, Selma Li, President of GCS International Portland, USA Chapter; and grand master Jay-kyun Shin, better known as the “father of Nepal taekwondo”.