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The 15th Edition of the Tegla Loroupe Peace Race was held on the 11th of November 2018 in Kapenguria.  West Pokot Governor John Lonyagapuo and Inspector General Boinett joined Peace Ambassador Tegla Loroupe.

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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.