Anne Hursey is thought to be the youngest person to represent Wales at senior level at any sport, a young champion for the UNFCCC and has cooperated with the UN Embassy in London on climate change. Her undeniable talent in table tennis sees many more titles in the future, but the Welsh player is worried that there might not be a future if we do not act immediately against global warming.
Changing lives is more than a slogan for project leader Mónica Liyau. Her project “Impactando Vidas” (Impacting Lives) works with over 3,000 Peruvian children between the age 7-14 and is determined to promote Olympic values such as friendship, excellence, and respect among those in the most vulnerable and impoverished areas in the country.
In words, images, figures, and infographics, this report details the results that the ITTF Foundation has achieved in the second quarter of 2021, together with our generous partners, dedicated project leaders, and the table tennis community worldwide.
With the #TableTennisUnited Fund, donors worldwide and the ITTF Group are sending help where it is needed the most. Thanks to the generosity of Shanghai Double Happiness (DHS), 11 initiatives around the world have received the emergency support they need to get through the COVID-19 hardship.
Tokyo 2020 is certainly the centre of attention for many around the world now. As we go through the mental roller-coaster ride with every medal count update while cheering for our favourite players, the greatness of some athletes manifests itself not only in the field performance but also their effort to make the world a better place.
With great anticipation, Tokyo 2020 is finally approaching. As we count down the days to a series of excitement and adrenaline rush, the greatness of some athletes manifests itself not only in the field performance but also their effort to make the world a better place.
FEMpowerment articles often encourage women to pursuit their dreams, but very few tell the story after. What happens when your dream does not come true? The former Table Tennis star Soo Yeon Lee speaks up, about the pressure to succeed, realising her talent and answering to her true callings.
Sponsoring field projects that aim to solve problems within local communities using Table Tennis, the Dream Building Fund powered by GSD is a biennial open call for initiatives that contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The call for the new round of projects starting 2022 opens on August 1, 2021 and will be closed on September 29, 2021. Grant for individual project range from EUR 10,000 – 35,000.
Petra Sörling wears many hats. Many know her as the Table Tennis player, the Vice-President of the ITTF in charge of finances, the President of the Swedish Table Tennis Federation, a member of the Swedish National Olympic Committee. However, not many know what she does with the rest of her time, and how she finds time for things with meaning. Today we interview her as the Chair of the Sustainability Working Group to understand what this means and why it is important.
The INTERACT Consultation Workshop and partners meeting, hosted in Linz, Austria and online on 28 – 29 June 2021, gathered some 24 International Sport Organisations that shared their Sport for All initiatives and experiences with each other – enabling the INTERACT partners to further define the direction that the project is taking.
