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UNICEF and British Karate Federation partnership
Dec 18, 2009
Thursday the 17th December saw Terry Connell and Mike Billman meeting up with the UNICEF head of fundraising for the UK, Miss Paula Pearce.
Over lunch in London's West End it became very clear that UNICEF are keen to develop a partnership with the British Karate Federation.
Paula Pearce was very enthusiastic over the ideas brought to the table by Terry and Mike, and her offer of resources to facilitate this exciting new project was apparent, as was her professionalism and enthusiasm over the idea.
Paula further gave an indication of their keenness to form a partnership by stating that it is her intention to attend and observe the BKF International Championships to be held in Glasgow over the weekend of the 10th-11th July 2010. It is this event that will see the launch of the campaign to raise, not only funds, but awareness of the plight of millions of children who live in desperate conditions around the world.
It is our belief that British karate, with its' enormous contingent of child participants, can make a positive difference to many of these young lives, and we are proud to have been granted full partnership status in this noble cause.
The WKF President, Snr. Antonio Espinos, has asked for a full report on the progress of this initiative, and Terry has been delighted to be able to report that Unicef see the BKF's plan as a generic template for all 209 WKF member countries to work to in the future.
The UNICEF HQ in Geneva are keeping a close eye on developments, and it is vital that work is started on this project immediately. A lot of hard work and planning will have to be done, and Terry has indicated to Mike that he would be delighted if he could continue to work him on this, the most important project that the BKF have undertaken to date.
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