KT&G Social Welfare Foundation sent around 80 members of its
SangSang With Us overseas volunteer group to Indonesia and Mongolia, where they
engaged in volunteer activities until January 28.
The SangSang With Us program has dispatched a total of 1,863
volunteers over 50 missions to countries such as Cambodia and Myanmar since
2005 to improve locals’ living conditions.
This year’s volunteer group will help improve educational
environments by engaging in various activities, such as building libraries and
restrooms and painting murals, at elementary schools in Indonesia's Cijayanati
region and Mongolia's Jargalant region. The volunteers will also plan and host
various exchange programs, including Korean culture sessions and sports day
events.
“For the past 20 years, the foundation has consistently carried
out volunteer activities in countries in need, such as Cambodia and Laos. We
will continue pursuing various efforts to help the underprivileged in Korea and
abroad,” said an official from the KT&G Social Welfare Foundation.
Founded in 2003, the KT&G Social Welfare Foundation actively
engages in social contribution efforts in and out of South Korea. In the
domestic sector, the foundation has provided 2,305 compact cars to social
welfare organizations over the past two decades and supported vulnerable groups
regarding energy with heating bills and winter supplies. Abroad, it has
established a forestry education center to combat desertification in Mongolia
and conducted volunteer work to improve the educational conditions for students
in international schools, including those in Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and
Cambodia.
(Photo 1) The KT&G Social Welfare Foundation dispatched its SangSang With Us overseas volunteer group comprising university students to Indonesia and Mongolia to initiate volunteer services until July 28. Volunteers are participating in a mural-painting activity in a local elementary school in Indonesia
(Photo 2) The KT&G Social Welfare Foundation dispatched its SangSang With Us overseas volunteer group comprising university students to Indonesia and Mongolia to initiate volunteer services until July 28. Volunteers are participating in a mural-painting activity in a local elementary school in Mongolia.
