Mentoring Juniors Kids Organization (MJKO Boxing)

Mission MJKO is a youth charity with our center of operations in South Parkdale, Toronto. We use leadership training to promote positive, healthy lifestyle choices for children and youth. With certified coaches, MJKO builds Community Champions by focusing on the needs of the whole person through two streams: non-contact (recreational), and contact boxing (competitive), which includes physical training (skipping, shadow boxing, defensive moves) and mental skills training (visualization and meditation). Our programs allow students to develop an appreciation for physical fitness, inclusive communities, mindfulness, healthy eating, and volunteerism. History MJKO is a not-for-profit community-based charity that has operated since 2010 with a full-time Executive Director, committed staff, an experienced Board of Directors, and several long-term program volunteers giving them the governance and capacity to carry out large-scale, funded projects. Ibrahim and Miranda Kamal co-founded MJKO to share the life skills they learned through boxing. Miranda is a survivor of sexual assault as a teen who rediscovered her strength as a competitive boxer before hanging up the gloves and becoming one of Canada’s most qualified boxing coaches. Ibrahim grew up in one of Toronto’s priority neighbourhoods. He became an eight-time Canadian National Boxing Champion, a professional boxer, an Ontario Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee, and one of Canada’s top coaches. Miranda and Ibrahim are Chartered Professional Coaches with Coaches Canada and know firsthand how sports can change one’s life for the better. For more than a decade, our programs have been designed to prioritize the well-being of our participants. We follow a sequence called the Hierarchy of Needs, which has five essential components: physiological needs, safety, love and belonging, self-esteem and confidence, and self-actualization. Through sports leadership training, we aim to build Community Champions. Our coaches are members of