Taekwondo: Candace Academy kicks off Safety-For-All Season 3 at Flobar School
The third season of the highly acclaimed “Safety-For-All-Campaign” self-defence and personal safety initiative through taekwondo pioneered by Accra based Candace Academy kicked off at the Flobar School in Adenta, Accra last Friday.
Over 100 Junior High School learners benefited from two hours of intensive tutorials on self-awareness and self-defence.
The programme prioritises a collective responsibility for the wellbeing and safety of children, instilling in them basic rudiments of self-defence, impacting their self-awareness and alertness at all times.
It seeks to inspire and empower young people to able to protect and defend themselves when in danger.
Founder, Executive Director and Lead Instructor of Candace Academy, Hannah Humphrey took students and even teachers and administrators through intensive tutorial and practical sessions.
The beneficiaries imbibed critical lessons on self-awareness, anti-bullying, responding to bullying, personal safety, emergency response, terrorism awareness, digital safety, self-confidence and self-defence skills.
Launched in 2019 by Humphrey, a national judo star seeking to empower young people and especially girls in the wake of kidnap of a number of girls in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana, the first event at Flobar School sets the tone for the target of Season 3 to reach 3,000 students in 10 schools in underserved communities.
The inititiative’s unique success was recognised with a Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Award for Dedication and Valour honour for Hannah Humphrey in February 2025.
Sandra Addico, Executive Director of Flobar School hailed the initiative as a laudable one and expressed appreciation that Flobar School was chosen to be the first beneficiary.
She appealed to Corporate Ghana, philantropists and government agencies to support Candace Academy to expand the programme to every part of the country.
One of the beneficiaries, Paige Omang, a Basic Seven pupil, expressed gratitude to Candace Academy for the short but crucial education and lessons on self-defence and alertness, pointing out that it will shape her approach to unforeseen dangers henceforth.
The initiative’s unique success was recognised with a Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Award for Dedication and Valour honour for Hannah Humphrey in February 2025.
Sandra Addico, Executive Director of Flobar School hailed the initiative as a laudable one and expressed appreciation that Flobar School was chosen to be the first beneficiary. She appealed to Corporate Ghana, philantropists and government agencies to support Candace Academy to expand the programme to every part of the country.
One of the beneficiaries, Paige Omang, a Basic Seven pupil, expressed gratitude to Candace Academy for the short but crucial education and lessons on self-defence and alertness, pointing out that it will shape her approach to unforeseen dangers henceforth.
“Today I learnt a lot on keeping your distance from strangers, how to avoid any harm, be alert, know our surroundings and stay safe. It’s very important to enable us stay safe and avoid harm,” she said.
Candace Academy boss, Hannah Humphrey expressed satisfaction with the event and the commitment of staff and students of Flobar School. She hoped for even more enthralling encounters in the nine set schools to subsequently also benefit from Season 3.
“We took them on an important journey of self-awareness, self-defence, ant-bullying, online safety and they have been sensitised to stay safe physically and even online. We also gave them pratical exercises so that if they are in any danger, they can protect themselves,” she said.
“We were able to come here and offer this education today because of the support of a few people and certain brands. We hope more well-meaning brands that have the safety of children at heart, will come on board to support us too."
