Improving the Lives of Korean Youth Through Outreach and Education
Improving the Lives of Korean Youth Through Outreach and Education
Other programs we support are Volunteer-Led Projects (VLPs). These projects allow expats and other volunteers in Korea to give back to the social welfare system using KKOOM funds for projects focused on reaching at-risk children across Korea. To find out more information and how to apply, please click here.
Since winter 2019, seven children ages two to eight-years-old have arrived on the doorsteps of Emmanuel and Samsungwon Children’s Homes. Although heart-wrenching to watch another child unceremoniously handed […]
While providing gifts during the holiday season is an annual tradition for KKOOM, the children now have an opportunity every month to receive gifts they ask for. We […]
Celebrating Chuseok for the children we serve helps normalize the holiday so they can still feel extra love from those surrounding them. Outside of the Lunar New Year […]
Most of my first six months living in Korea in the spring of 2013 is a blur. It was my first real experience living out of the United […]
On the first night of arriving in Daegu as a newly inducted Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA), my phone vibrated, notifying me of a message from Instagram. Grace […]