Hyundai Motor Company Chung Mong-Koo Foundation Operates Special Winter Vacation Classes for Rural Elementary Schools

[Asia Economy Reporter Suyeon Woo] The Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation announced on the 8th that it will conduct the rural elementary school education talent donation program '2019 Winter Vacation OnDream School Da Vinci Classroom' from the 6th to the 17th of this month.

The OnDream School Da Vinci Classroom is an educational support project started in 2012 to address the care gap and educational exclusion of rural elementary school students during vacation. So far, more than 6,000 elementary students have participated in special classes during vacation.

Last winter vacation, 100 teams of university (graduate) students nationwide applied for the OnDream School Da Vinci Classroom, and 32 teams, totaling 117 people, were selected.

At the Ondream School Da Vinci Classroom operated by the Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation, university (graduate) students are conducting an eco-bag making class for students at Haseo Elementary School in Buan, Jeonbuk. Photo by Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation

The selected education volunteer teams will be dispatched to rural elementary schools to operate special winter vacation classes for about 470 elementary students. They will designate a Plastic-Free Day to make eco-bags, create solar-powered recycled material cars to understand the principles of movement, and foster cooperation by painting murals. Classes in three fields?Science IT, Culture and Arts, and Humanities and Social Studies?will be conducted over five days at 21 elementary schools.

The Da Vinci Classroom is meaningful in that it provides beneficial classes and simultaneously resolves educational exclusion during vacation through creative content classes directly planned by university (graduate) student teachers for rural students who have low accessibility to new educational environments.

Previously, the foundation conducted one-on-one educational consulting with education university professors and active elementary school teachers to strengthen the capabilities of education talent donors. In addition, a 'Child Psychology Special Lecture' for effective communication with elementary students and safety education to prepare for disaster situations were also conducted.

The Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation was established in 2007 with a private donation from Chung Mong-Koo, Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group. Based on the founder's philosophy of social contribution, it created the brand 'OnDream.' Through this, it carries out specialized social contribution activities in the fields of nurturing future talents, supporting marginalized groups, and promoting culture and arts.

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