Global Sharing Movement and Social Welfare Center Association to Expand Overseas Volunteer Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youth

At the business agreement ceremony held on the 23rd, from the left, Kim Geontae, President of the Korea Social Welfare Center Association, and Park Euljong, Executive Director of Global Sharing Movement, are posing for a commemorative photo. Global Sharing Movement

On June 23, the international development NGO Global Sharing Movement (Chairperson Kim Hyekyung) announced that it had signed a business agreement with the Korea Social Welfare Center Association (President Kim Geontae) at the Korea Social Welfare Center regarding the 'KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency) - Youth and Mid-term Volunteer Dispatch Program.'

Through this agreement, the two organizations have decided to provide preferential selection benefits, such as additional points during the selection process, to young people from socially disadvantaged groups, including low-income youth, when they participate in overseas volunteer activities. To this end, they plan to jointly discover youth from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, support the selection process, and manage follow-up activities. In particular, they intend to offer systematic promotion and counseling services through more than 400 social welfare centers nationwide to help more young people access overseas volunteer opportunities.

Kim Hyekyung, Chairperson of Global Sharing Movement, stated, "By expanding opportunities for young people from diverse backgrounds to participate in the field of international development cooperation, we are able to build a more inclusive and diversified pool of talent for international development cooperation."

Kim Geontae, President of the Korea Social Welfare Center Association, said, "Utilizing the nationwide network of social welfare centers, this serves as a cornerstone for establishing a systematic foundation to discover and expand overseas volunteer opportunities at the grassroots level."