British Karate Federation News

UNICEF update

May 5, 2010

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On the 15^th April Terry Connell and Mike Billman met with representatives of UNICEF at their headquarters in London. The purpose of the meeting was to jointly plan the launch of the BKF/UNICEF Partnership scheduled to take place at the BKF International Open Championships in Glasgow over the weekend of 10-11^th July.

UNICEF made it clear that they are very excited about this project, and have offered to lend their expertise in this field by supporting the event in every way they can, including supplying promotional material, media coverage, and manpower. A senior UNICEF representative will also address the audience, and a short film will be shown to illustrate how a little help and support for these poor children around the world can have a dramatic effect on their lives.

This is part of the Awareness Campaign the BKF are taking to their members, particularly the younger ones. Both the BKF and UNICEF agreed to feature each other on their respective web-sites, which will receive an estimated 500,000 hits in 2010-2011.

The prospect of the BKF working with the WKF was then discussed and UNICEF stated that they are extremely keen to move this forward.  UNICEF feel a successful event in Glasgow would show the main headquarters in Geneva that karate is serious about its intent to help young, underprivileged children around the world. This, in turn, would be a very positive step in making a WKF/UNICEF partnership a reality.

Also discussed was the prospect of an annual WKF ambassadorial visit to a UNICEF project and this is something which will be looked into further if the launch in Glasgow is successful.

Attached is a photograph of some of Scotlands' young practitioners, who were eager to assist in the first local fundraising event in Glasgow recently.

To read about the unique partnership between the British Karate Federation and UNICEF click here.

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