The five-time World Champion Peter Karlsson opens Program Table Tennis for Peace in Timor-Leste
Legend Swedish table tennis champion and Peace Peter Karlsson was in Dili last October to launch the program Ping Dame Ba Pong (Ping-Pong for Peace) initiated by Peace and Sport and the Federation International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in partnership with six local NGOs, the Sports Development Foundation and the Global manufacturer of sports equipment Butterfly. 3 days of meetings, friendship and sport to build peace!
Giving benchmarks and build peace through table tennis
Lasting three years, the "Ping Pong Ba Lady" is designed to provide structure and cues to 300 marginalized youth from neighborhoods sensitive and violent of the Timorese capital. In each of the six NGO partners in the project, 50 children aged 8 to 13 years from now will practice table tennis so supervised and monitored twice a week.
By teaching them the necessary concentration to the practice of table tennis and imparting values of personal achievement, discipline, respect and non-violent confrontation, the joint Peace and Sport / ITTF will strengthen education and social integration of these adolescents, often tempted to belong to street gangs .
In parallel, table tennis will also be used as a pedagogical vehicle to transmit messages on prevention of HIV / AIDS, environmental protection, gender equality, democracy and respect for rules citizenship.
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