Jointly volunteer with UNESCO and International Work Camp
Opportunity to grow into becoming a global citizen
[June 30, 2010]
This summer, 129 students from Yeungnam University will practice 'love without borders' in 14 countries in Europe and Asia.
Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) held a launching ceremony of the 19th overseas volunteer groups at the main auditorium of the Law Library on the morning of the 30th.
The competition was 4 to 1 for selection, and they will be dispatched to 14 nations around the world including Turkey, Armenia, Slovakia, Estonia, Ukraine, and Indonesia from early July.
In particular, since it is a program jointly being pursued by Yeungnam University and international organizations such as UNESCO and IWO (International Workcamp Organization), it is a great opportunity to increase capacities as a global citizen.
This is because young people from all over the world will come together and work and live together for about a month, and so it will offer the opportunity to overcome the racial, language, and cultural differences and be able to respect each other.
Furthermore, it is also a great chance to naturally create a global human network with young people from around the world.
To the students leaving for overseas volunteer work, Lee, Hyo-soo stated, "By taking time at night to assess the day's volunteer activities, you will be able to learn the various perspectives of people from different countries on the same problem, and will also be able to learn from them." He also emphasized, "If time for assessment is not included in the schedule, our students should take charge and make this time. That is the way to global leadership."
Yeungnam University is the only university in the local area that has dispatched an overseas volunteer group in collaboration with international organizations. The only universities in Korea to do so is Yeungnam University, Hongik University and Kyunghee University.
Lee, Ju-mi (Senior in Department of Korean Language and Literature, 23), who will be departing for Turkey on July 7, stated, "I am planning to spend the month not thinking of it as volunteer work, but as a chance to meet and become friends with the people of the world. That's because if I think that I am going there to help people in economically less fortunate environments than ours, that may lead to a sense of chauvinism." She added, "I want to share the kindness of Koreans to Turkey, which is our 'brotherly country' and become friends with people of all over the world."
