제 19 호 Sangmyung University Overseas Educational Volunteer Programs in Laos
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Sangmyung University Overseas Educational Volunteer Programs in Laos
By Yun-Seo Jung, Reporter
From June 24th to 30th, the Sangmyung University Global Volunteer Corps visited Laos to provide educational services. This is related to the '2023 University International Development Cooperation Understanding Promotion Project' supported by the Korea International Cooperation Agency, KOICA. This is a project to cultivate human resources who can participate in international development cooperation projects in the future, focusing on raising global citizenship and understanding poverty, health, economy, environment, and gender equality in the international community among university students. Sangmyung University's International Development Evaluation Center has been selected for the ninth year for the '2023 University International Development Cooperation Understanding Promotion Project' organized by KOICA.
Making a Lotus Flower of the Educational Volunteer Program
This educational volunteer activity, which visited overseas in person, was resumed for the first time in four years due to the influence of COVID-19. Previously, they visited countries such as Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Rwanda, and Tanzania, and in 2020, they conducted an Understanding Promotion Project through online open lectures due to COVID-19. The Sangmyung University volunteer group, consisting of 10 students and 4 leaders, visited Ban Chan Nou Primary School in Luang Prabang, Laos. While there, the volunteers worked with about 60 elementary school students on hygiene education using clay soap, and provided educational services such as making a lotus flower, origami, drawing fan, and world map drawing. Then they executed group work to paint a school building. They also visited the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Luangprabang, a traditional crafts school that has been in constant contact with Sangmyung University. While there, they provided marketing support by helping to create a brochure for the school.
The students who participated in this overseas volunteer work were selected from among the students of "International Development Cooperation and Technology & Design," a course offered at Sangmyung University in the first semester of the 2023 as part of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Understanding Promotion Project. Baek Sun-wook, head of the International Development Evaluation Center at Sangmyung University (Professor of Software Department), said, "I hope this overseas volunteer activity will help to revitalize international development cooperation projects in Laos." In addition, he said, "We plan to continue overseas volunteer activities for students in the International Development Cooperation and Technology & Design course to expand our understanding of international cooperation and global citizenship."
If you are a student at Sangmyung University who is interested in overseas volunteer activities, it would be good to learn about international development cooperation by taking the aforementioned International Development Cooperation and Technology & Design course.
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https://www.kyosu.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=107221
