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Abbreviation | KIF |
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Formation | 10 March 2008 |
Founder | Shin Koyamada Nia Lyte |
Type | International NGO |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, United States |
Area served | Global |
Services | Youth leadership Gender Equality Disaster relief Citizen exchanges Habitat Space |
Methods | Community service |
Membership | Member Organizations in the following countries: United States Japan Colombia Brazil Kenya Tanzania Ghana Togo Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Official language |
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Board Chairman | Shin Koyamada |
President | Nia Lyte |
Affiliations | Guardian Girls International |
Website | kifglobal |
Formerly called | Shin Koyamada Foundation |
Koyamada International Foundation, commonly referred to as KIF or KIF Global, is an international non-governmental organization, with its mission to improve quality of people's life by empowering global youth and women to reach their full potential and by providing humanitarian aid to promote global peace and sustainable development. It has affiliated national chapter members in nine countries.[1]
It has global partnerships with UN agencies and international organizations such as United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF's Education Cannot Wait (ECW), World Karate Federation (WKF), Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA)[2] and others.