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Paris Peace Forum Tegla was invited to attend The 2018 Paris Peace Forum. This Forum is a new annual event championing international cooperation in order to solve global challenges and work towards lasting peace.

TOP 10 FINISH FOR REFUGEE ATHLETE AT KISII CROSS COUNTRY MEET Dominic Lokinyomo, a 20 year old refugee athlete under the UNHCR/ Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation athletics project stunned competitors and spectators when he gave a very good account of himself to emerge position 8 out of a strong field of 82 seasoned Kenyan athletes during the 4th Athletics Kenya Cross Country Series and Anti-Doping Awareness at the Kisii Sports Club on Saturday, 11 January 2019.

Date: 2018/11/05 Gold and Silver in Wuxi, China on November 3, 2018 Two Kenyan athletes, Hosea Simotwo and Japheth Kiptoon, scooped gold and silver medals at the recently concluded Beverly Round Lihu Lake International Half-Marathon in Wuxi City, China.

Pur Biel gets Feted Pur Biel, refugee Olympian, UHNCR High Profile Supporter and Olympic Refuge Foundation board member, was recently awarded the African Leader in Grassroots Philanthropist Award by African Leaders 4 Change at a lavish award ceremony at Sun Times Square, Pretoria, South Africa, on 17 October 2018

Tegla Loroupe was given an opportunity to address a group of peace ambassadors who came from all over the world to attend The One Young World Peace Summit in The Hague in October, 2018.

Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation will have yet another opportunity to present athletes for the Olympic Refugee Team for the 2020 Olympics to be held in Tokyo, Japan. The International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has approved the participation of the Refugee Olympic team in the event.

OUR VERY OWN PUR BIEL AND YUSRA MARDINI, SPOKE AT THE OLYMPISM IN ACTION FORUM IN BUENOS AIRES October 5, 2018 Our very own Pur Biel and Yusra Mardini, who are members of the Refugee Olympic Team, spoke at the Olympism in Action Forum in Buenos Aires, and emotionally moved the audience, with their stories of hope and resilience in view of their participation at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

TEGLA LOROUPE TO GRACE A YOUNG LEADERS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IN ARGENTINA TLPF President Amb. Tegla Loroupe jets out of the country tonight, October 4, 2018 to attend the launch of a young leaders mentorship program in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Tegla Loroupe Peace foundation refugee Olympian Rose Nathike has stolen the show in the ongoing UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Social Forum at the Palais des Nations.

Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation in collaboration with Westwood Entertainment and Mtaani Radio 99.9fm held a peace walk at Dagoretti North …

Report from Refugee Team in 2017 World Athletics Championship

I see myself competing one day one time in a higher level. Right now I am participating with the champions …

Dominic Lokinyomo, a 20 year old refugee athlete under the Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation refugee

It was an honour to receive IAAF President Seb Coe at our Athletes Refugee Camp in Ngong on 11 July 2017. IAAF President Sebastian Coe visits Ngong Training Camp IAAF President meets with Tegla Loroupe

The IAAF World Championships will take place from 4th to 13th August 2017 in London. For the first time, …

The Tegla Loroupe Peace Academy is a model school being constructed by Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation with assistance from various donors and well wishers locally and abroad. The Academy consists of a Primary and Secondary Boarding School, a Dispensary, a sports training centre and a conference facility.