Korea Post: "Mentoring Program Supporting 8,912 Children from Families with Disabilities Over 20 Years"

#College student Shin Yoonji (24, alias) is a mentor in the "Mentoring for Children from Families with Disabilities" program. Every week, she visits the home of student A to provide academic guidance and support for health management. Thanks to her attentive care for student A, whom she treats like a younger sibling, she was selected as the "Best Mentor" this year. Shin herself received mentoring support when she was an elementary school student from 2010 to 2012. In a way, her experience as a mentee became the foundation that allows her to fulfill her current role as a mentor even more faithfully than others. Shin says that being able to pass on the helping hand she once received to someone else makes the experience even more rewarding.

Participants of the "Healing Feeling Day" event on the 13th are taking a commemorative photo. Photo by Korea Post Service Headquarters

The Korea Post Service Headquarters (hereinafter referred to as Korea Post) announced on August 13 that it held the "Healing Feeling Day" event at Lotte World in Jamsil, Seoul, together with the post office in the middle of summer.

The event invited about 70 mentors and mentees from the "Mentoring for Children from Families with Disabilities" program, providing them with an opportunity to interact and create lasting memories.

In addition, an awards ceremony was held to recognize and encourage three volunteers (mentors), including Shin, who have faithfully served as mentors, as well as 18 outstanding participants (mentees).

The "Mentoring for Children from Families with Disabilities" program is carried out by the Korea Post Public Foundation and the Korea Association of Persons with Physical Disabilities, with support from Korea Post.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the program has provided mentoring support to a total of 8,912 children from families with disabilities so far.

The main focus of the program is to match volunteers such as college students with children from families with disabilities on a one-to-one basis, providing customized mentoring programs that include health management, academic guidance, cultural activities, and financial education for the mentees.

This year, 240 children from families with disabilities and 240 mentors, including college students, have been selected and are being supported.

Jo Haekeun, Director General of Korea Post, said, "I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the volunteers who have personally practiced the value of sharing for the proper growth of children from families with disabilities," and added, "Korea Post will continue to provide unwavering support to ensure that children from families with disabilities can grow up healthy without being swayed by their surrounding environment."