Asiana Airlines Education Donation Volunteer Group Receives Award from Ministry of Education

Providing Career Exploration for Youth Through Job Lectures

On the 30th, Asiana Airlines' Education Donation Volunteer Group announced that it won the Grand Prize in the individual category at the '12th Korea Education Donation Awards 2023' held at KINTEX in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province.

This award is hosted by the Ministry of Education and organized by the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity. Every year, outstanding companies, organizations, and individual donors who have contributed to spreading the culture of education donation are selected and awarded. This year's Education Donation Award went to Senior Captain Lee Yong-ju and Deputy Purser Hyun Bo-young of the in-house talent donation group, 'Asiana Education Donation Volunteer Group.'

The awardees visited schools wishing to receive education donations and delivered information ranging from the concept of the aviation industry to competency development through the 'Saekdong Narae Classroom,' which offers career lectures about airlines to students.

Senior Captain Lee said, "The serious eyes of children who focus on the career lectures and actively ask questions have been the driving force that has allowed me to continue education donation activities for eight years." Deputy Purser Hyun said, "Through the airline career lectures, I hope that young people can further concretize and realize their dreams, and that we can meet again as seniors and juniors in the aviation industry."

The volunteer group is an in-house volunteer organization composed of 195 active employees, including pilots, flight attendants, maintenance engineers, flight operations managers, and airport service staff. Since its inception in 2013, it has conducted over 4,000 lectures and spent time exploring careers with approximately 340,000 students.