Things to consider before you apply. • Am I interested in learning the Korean language and culture?

• Am I interested in learning the Korean language and culture?

• Am I a person who takes initiative and has an out-going personality?

• Am I able to stay positive when faced with difficult situations?

• Am I an open-minded person?

Documents to be submitted:

CV(including personal photo),VEF(Health remarks; allergy, dietary, should be included),Motivation Letter

Location: It is 4 hours away from Seoul. Although it is isolated area surrounded by mountain, there is shuttle bus from center to downtown every day. For more information about the location, please visit the websites below:

❈ Yeongwol City : http://eng.yw.go.kr/site/foreign/eng/page/index.jsp

❈ Find Google Map : http://g.co/maps/3ddj9

Terminal: Incheon International Airport

Accommodation: Dormitory room at local children center

Food:Breakfast & Lunch will be self catering (Ingredient will be provided), Dinner will be served by the center

Working Hours: Monday to Friday (5-7 hours)

Free time: Weekends and national holidays

Participation fee: ўж200 for a project

IWO/LOVE-B1 UIRYEONG GYEONGNAM 25/06 - 22/08 KIDS&EDU 3VOL

IWO/LOVE-C5 UIRYEONG GYEONGNAM 17/09 - 5/12 KIDS&EDU 3VOL

Project:From the early 1980s, people moved to city getting a job followed by Korean industrialization. While parents were working outside till the late of the night, children had not fully cared by their parents from security, nutrition and education. Unfortunately most of them are disadvantaged financially. Due to the reason, religious institution started the services for children those who needed good hands. This is beginning of the Local Children Center. In 2004, those places were recognized as an official place as a shelter of the children who are in needs, under the law. And it has been partly supported by government. However, financial support from the government is still quite limited. The Local Children Center operates by local church. The center has many children who are growing up in families with one parent, or grandparents. The center provides children not only a shelter so that children could protect them until their parents come but also educational and cultural opportunities so that children can open up a door to a new experience. Most of them have fewer opportunities meeting foreigners, so with the help of international volunteers, the local children can experience global awareness while volunteers can feel the warmth and kindness of this rural Korean community.

Uiryeong is a small town famous for its beautiful scenery and delicious traditional Korean rice cakes called Ў°Bangae-deokЎ±. Since the government usually develops infrastructure depending on the population of the region, many people in this area are isolated from those benefits. Although itЎЇs good place to live, since there are not enough job position, parents work near city and came back late in the night. Due to the reason, children are not fully cared by their parents during the day time.

Roles of LCC:

-Protection: Guidance for daily-life, nutrition (meal providing), staying until parentЎЇ back from work

-Education: Help of homework, teaching schoolЎЇs subjects (English, Science etc)

-Entertainment: Provide various activities(travel, sports, music, arts, picnic etc)

* Those above are a main job of volunteers to do at an LCC.

Work: Teaming up with Korean volunteer, international volunteers will organize and manage cultural and educational afterschool programs such as foreign language classes (mainly English) for different ages of children. The children who use the center are mainly elementary school students—with few middle school students—and normally stay at the center from 2PM and until around 9PM.

Any activities and ideas are welcomed by the host organization as long as they provide the local children with opportunities of cultural exchange. The local children are very open to new programs and are very interested in learning about different countries. Volunteers work from Monday to Friday (from 2 to 9 pm, mostly).

Teaching Information:

-Age & Number of students: 8 to 16 years old & 10 to30 children at an LCC

-Number of Teachers: 1 to 3 teachers

Extra activities:There is a sports complex nearby. And you can also visit many traditional sites around this area such as mountains, temples, villages, palaces, etc.

Qualifications of Volunteers: