Peer Youth Mentors and Mentees Walk Along Yangsan Stream Embankment for Communication Time
Support for Positive Actions Such as Escaping Isolation, Hikikomori, and Establishing Self-Growth Plans
The Yangsan City Youth Center in Gyeongnam held a 'Mindfulness Plogging' event on the 13th, walking along the Yangsan Dduk-gil with 20 Hope Hi-Pass participants and 10 youth mentors.
The Yangsan City Youth Center conducted "Mindful Plogging" while walking along the embankment path in Yangsan.
The Mindfulness Plogging program, 'Let's Walk Together', was implemented as a relationship recovery support program.
Through the Hope Hi-Pass project, the Yangsan City Youth Center is striving to help isolated and reclusive youths reintegrate into society, rebuild interpersonal relationships, and enhance their vitality.
This program also brought together youths who completed the youth expert course at the Yangsan City Youth Center and Hope Hi-Pass participants to clean up the area around the Dduk-gil and Hwa Stream, while sharing stories about their daily lives and listening to each other's concerns.
Park Hyunkyung, director of the Yangsan City Youth Center, said, "It's good to run various programs inside the center, but I thought it was also necessary to spend time outdoors, interacting and talking with each other, which is why I planned this plogging program," and added, "We will continue to run the Hope Hi-Pass program and strive to develop mentor-mentee relationships into closer, sibling-like bonds."
Yang, a Hope Hi-Pass participant who joined the plogging program, said, "I usually didn't form relationships with people and rarely left my house. I took the courage to apply for Hope Hi-Pass, and I was able to receive counseling in a comfortable atmosphere. The director and other mentees gave me the courage to learn about building relationships with people," emphasizing that if there are youths who find it difficult to form relationships or rarely leave their homes, they should have the courage to apply for the Hope Hi-Pass program.
After the program, participants also worked on self-growth plans based on observations of their daily lives to provide positive behavioral support. The aim is to encourage small changes in daily life and offer solutions for a new youth culture that helps break free from seclusion and isolation.
Hope Hi-Pass participants in Yangsan take part in a total of 10 sessions, receiving systematic support such as professional counseling, relationship recovery assistance, and self-growth plans. Once they achieve their self-growth plan goals, they can apply through the Cheongdam blog or Instagram of the Yangsan City Youth Center Cheongchun Yangsan.
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