Motivation and Inspiration in Mantapala

On Friday 16th August Roberto Orlando, IJF Judo for Peace Deputy Director, IJF Academy alumnus and leader ...

Zambia Launches 3rd Judo for Peace Programme in Mantapala

The Judo for Peace programme is already well established in Zambia, with the presence of judo in two ...

World Refugee Day Brings Smiles and Judogi

On World Refugee Day was 20th June, a day dedicated to showing how we stand with refugees, supporting ...

UNHCR, Ministry of Home Affairs and Judo Association of Zambia Sign Tripartite MoU

This is a direct consequence of the recent Judo For Peace Commission visit to southern Africa that took ...

You Must Have Seen It

To get to the Mayukwayukwa Refugee Settlement takes time, a long time, time which allows you to better ...

Mayukwayukwa Demonstrates that Everything is Possible

Imagine, you woke up at 2:30 a.m., then drove for more than six hours to get to your destination. That's ...

Finding Hope

Judo for Peace programmes are built over time so that they last over time and allow as many people as ...

Everyone Comes Together in Zimbabwe

The event was held on 28th October 2023 and was organised by the Zimbabwe Judo Association under the ...

Judo for Refugees Moves on in Zambia

The Judo for Peace and more specifically the Judo for Refugees programme have been running for many years ...

Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe are Ready to Gather Fruit

Judo has been developing for years in the refugee camps in the southern African zone. It all started ...

ANOCA Zone 6 Judo President Alfred Foloko Visits Botswana Judo Federation

ANOCA (Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa) Zone 6 President, Alfred Foloko, who is ...

WJD 2022: In Lusaka, the Heart of the African Continent Beats to the Rhythm of Judo

The Southern Africa Judo Confederation (SAJC) is an organisation that gathers together 10 national federations ...

Judo Brings Food for Refugees

On Friday 18th February 2022 the General Secretary of the Zambia Judo Association, Mr Mabvuto Ng'uni, ...

Connected by Judo: the Kick-Off

On Wednesday 2nd February 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Johannesburg time, the 'Connected by Judo' programme was ...

A New Dojo for Refugees in Zambia

As the refugee crisis swells more and more every day around the world, the Zambia Judo Association (ZJA) ...

Flower Power

The symbol is simple and strong at the same time. While this period is hectic and all of humanity is ...

Steven Mungandu: The Solitary Samurai

They are a somewhat separate group of athletes, although they are perfectly integrated into the great ...

David Khakhaleishvili Passed Away

Times are difficult. We have sadly learned of the passing of former Olympic judo champion David Khakhaleishvili ...

2020: a Mosaic of Achievement

We arrived in 2020 full of excitement, for Olympic year had reached us and we were ready to jostle for ...

One Boy, Two Photos, Three Years

Recently we published a piece of news to tell the story of the new dojo in Kabwe, Zambia, where President ...

Kabwe: From Street to Dojo

A new judo dojo has been officially inaugurated in Zambia. The judo federation of Zambia is definitely ...

Masks without Borders

For several weeks the Zambian Judo Association (ZJA) has been criss-crossing the country, successfully ...

Words into Action in Zambia

The risk was immense that the Covid-19 pandemic would become a real health disaster in Africa. At the ...

Judo on the Front Line

We recently spoke with the President of the Zambian Judo Association, Alfred Foloko, who initiated the ...

The Most Vulnerable Ones Under Protection

When the Judo for Peace and 2019 Judo for All programmes were launched in Zambia, they were both meant ...

Let's Walk Together

Have you ever imagined having to leave everything behind you within a few minutes: your home, your car, ...

Judo gets the best of the worst

This is a place that you will have a hard time locating on a map because one does not talk about it. ...

Because being different is our future

Beautiful speeches are good, actual actions are better. When the two resonate in unison, then it becomes ...

Our country is the tatami

They are, so to speak, from all over Africa. But for once, for months, sometimes for years, this trip ...

Norwegian Judo for Fred Committee Visits Meheba Refugees

Led by the IJF and the Zambia Judo Association, the Meheba Refugee Settlement programme has been running ...

We Were Like in a Family

On Friday, March 08, 2019, judoka from Meheba, in northeastern Zambia, travelled to Lusaka to participate ...

A new home for the refugees in Meheba, Zambia

On December 19th, as the end of year approaches and most of the dojo's around the world are going to ...

Zambia

Clear and Transparent Election of Alfred Foloko

For many years Mr. Alfred Foloko has been the successful president of the Zambian Judo Association. Since ...

JUDO GIVES HOPE TO MAHEBA REFUGEES

From October 9-12, the International Judo Federation was present in the Maheba refugee settlement in ...

Judo Demonstration in Maheba Refugee Camp

The IJF and the Zambian Judo Federation officially launched a refugee camp program in Zambia in November ...

IJF and ZJA conducting IJF level one course

Zambia is currently hosting the 2017 IJF academy Instructor level one coaching course taking place at ...