Ewha Volunteer Corps and Pear Blossom Sharing Corps Embody Ewha’s Unique Culture
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- Date2024.08.29
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During the summer vacation of 2024, Ewha Volunteer Corps and Pear Blossom Sharing Corps engaged in social contribution by sharing Ewha’s values through volunteer activities.
A total of 130 members from the Ewha Volunteer Corps’ Domestic Education Volunteer Team were dispatched to 22 local children’s centers and elementary schools across the country in two rotations from July 29 (Mon.) to August 2 (Fri.) and from August 5 (Mon.) to August 9 (Fri.). In order to ensure the quality of education volunteer activities, the Education Volunteers Program Planning Team developed a program centered on the theme of history. Additionally, each team developed educational programs focusing on ESG topics, such as the climate crisis and green growth, along with themes related to cutting-edge industries including artificial intelligence and the metaverse. Furthermore, the volunteers guided arts and physical education activities tailored to children’s levels and offered mentoring, which received enthusiastic feedback from both the institutions and participating students.
Along with such efforts, 54 members of the Pear Blossom Sharing Corps, which is now in its third year, engaged in education volunteer activities as well as mural painting, design, and photography volunteer services for the local community for three nights and four days from August 11 (Sun.), while staying at the Ewha’s Gosari Training Center in Goesan-gun.
At the start of the summer vacation, 45 members from two Overseas Education Volunteer Teams started their volunteer activities, visiting Camp Choson in the U.S. and Ewha Srang School and the Royal University of Fine Art in Cambodia, respectively.
First, the U.S. Education Volunteer Team engaged in various volunteer activities, including Korean culture and language education, guidance in arts and physical education, and mentoring, at Camp Chosun in Minnesota for a total of 12 days from June 28 (Fri.) to July 9 (Tue.). Camp Chosun is a Korean culture camp designed for Korean adoptees, as well as Korean-American children and their families, with which the Ewha Volunteer Corps has had a relationship since 2014.
The Cambodia Education Volunteer Team conducted health-design and IT-design convergence education activities for underprivileged children and youth at Ewha Srang School in Kampong Speu from July 20 (Sat.) to 28 (Sun.). In addition to the volunteer activities, the Volunteer Team toured the campus and departments with students from the Royal University of Fine Art and participated in cultural exchange activities focused on music and food culture.
The Volunteer Services Team of the Office of Student Affairs under Vice President for Office of Student Affairs Eun Mi Paik held the “2024 Summer Ewha Volunteer Corps and 3rd Pear Blossom Sharing Corps Disbanding Ceremony” on August 29 (Thu.) at the Lee Sam-bong Hall of the ECC building, where they celebrated over 230 students who practiced sharing through various programs during the summer vacation. The event began with welcoming remarks from the Vice President for Office of Student Affairs, followed by the presentation of appreciation certificates to the supervising professors, the awarding of outstanding volunteers, and activity presentations from each volunteer corps.