Pro Sport Development (India) will partner with the ITTF Foundation in developing a ‘Table Tennis for Development’ (TT4D) Handbook, as part of the ITTF Foundation’s ongoing collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). The handbook/toolkit is for coaches and young people demonstrating exercises, sessions and case studies using table tennis for contextualised social development outcomes such as health, education, gender equality and life skills training. The Handbook will also contain a specific module on Ping Pong Diplomacy.
The ITTF Foundation has launched a series of training in two refugee establishments in Leipzig, Germany. The eight-week training session is the pilot of a potential long-term project aiming to bring fun and physical activities to those seeking safety in a country that they have not yet called home.
Parkinson’s Scottish Table Tennis Association which is fully affiliated with Table Tennis Scotland was born in 2020 to expand awareness of the benefits of table tennis in reducing the effects of the disease.
The ITTF Foundation is seeking to commission the development of a handbook/toolkit for coaches and young people demonstrating exercises, sessions and case studies using table tennis for contextualised social development outcomes such as health, education, gender equality and life skills training. The handbook will also contain a specific module on Ping Pong Diplomacy.
The ASA Foundation, one of the six recipients of the Dream Building Fund powered by GSD has hosted a Training of Trainers (ToT) programme in North Jakarta, Indonesia.
In Calarcá, a municipality in the eastern part Quindio in Colombia, Asociación Colombiana De Mujer y Deporte saw a great risk of various social issues for local teenagers. With its education programme, project leader Laura Forero aims to reduce violence, prevent early age pregnancy, combat drugs, and encourage the pursuit of dreams for the underprivileged.
FEMpowerment articles often focus on the obstacles one faces due to gender identity. In Dvorak’s case, her immigrant background possessed a bigger challenge growing up. In this article, the Olympian speaks up, about resilience, self-worth and the right to claim what’s yours.
The ITTF Foundation showcased how to use table tennis for positive social change through engaging and creative activities at Munich on a Path to the Future 1972–2022–2072, a series of events commemorating the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
A memoir of what the worldwide table tennis community has achieved this April 6, by using our favourite sport to create dialogues, build friendships, and resolve conflicts on the grassroots level.
The new partnership will focus on training, capacity building, and providing technical assistance to optimise the design and implementation of Table Tennis for Development projects and programmes.
