Mix new strength and new ideas with the old vision of World Table Tennis Day and you’ll get a new way to celebrate and share our passion for our beloved sport!
You were excited about celebrating World Table Tennis Day 2020? You are not only bored due to COVID-19 recommendations but frustrated that April 6 was provisionally suspended? Well, JOIN THE CLUB!
From October 17th to November 10th 2019, we opened the Dream Building Fund for the second time since its inception and received applications from every continent. After a thorough screening process, the expert Panel selected 5 projects to receive support from 2020. A public announcement will be made once agreements have been finalised with the successful applicants.
Sincere and wholehearted gratitude to Mr. Willi Lemke, in particular, for the special donation of the first table tennis table he donated to HONECRIC in 2012 to support their work at Kijonjomi primary school after seeing the improvisations of local tables they were using back then.
One year after the successful application and a close contact via mail, phone and skype, our Field Programmes Coordinator Rowan Fajerman is currently on site visits in East Africa.
The main objective is to provide the opportunity for children and young people, especially the underprivileged and those who are at risk of offending, to realise their potential and enjoy a passion for sport. Thus, one day they can become national athletes or work in the sporting world.