New WT-ADF Cares Projects Set for

Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Timor-Leste

in Ulaanbaatar.

Under the slogan “Dream through Taekwondo,” the 2022-2023 Kyrgyzstan WT-ADF Cares Program assists some 150 orphans, 75 in Bishkek and 72 in Cholpon-Ata with a total budget of USD30,000. The orphans will receive free Taekwondo education.

In cooperation with the Timor-Leste Taekwondo Federation and under the slogan “Building Self-Resilience through Taekwondo,” the 2022-2023 Timor-Leste WT-ADF Cares Program benefits about 80 children and women household-violence victims in Dili City with a total budget of USD33,000.

Since 2016, WT has carried out its Cares programs under the mission “Taekwondo for All,” and “World Peace through Taekwondo.”

World Taekwondo (WT) and the Asia Development Foundation (ADF) kicked off their new WT-ADF Cares Program in three countries - Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Timor-Leste - on July 1, 2022, for a one-year period.

The new WT-ADF Cares projects, funded by the ADF, are designed to empower the powerless in developing countries in the Asian region through education in Taekwondo and the Korean language.

Under the theme “Bright Future with Taekwondo,” the 2022-2023 Mongolia WT-ADF Cares Program started with a total budget of $30,000 for about 200 reformatory inmates