Starbucks Opens 12th Talent Donation Cafe

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Hyewon] Starbucks Korea held a ceremony on the 22nd to newly open ‘Cafe Geureon, Nal’ located in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, as the 12th Starbucks Talent Donation Cafe, in collaboration with the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the social cooperative Working School.

The ceremony was attended by Song Hoseop, CEO of Starbucks Coffee Korea, An Kyungduk, Minister of Employment and Labor, Lee Inhwan, Chairman of Working School, and youth participating in the work experience program.

The Starbucks Talent Donation Cafe is Starbucks’ representative social contribution program that remodels facilities and interiors of aging cafes in community institutions where youth, seniors, people with disabilities, women from multicultural families, and vulnerable women work, and provides barista training and store operation know-how.

Working School, a social cooperative located in Seongnam-si, supports job training and work experience for out-of-school youth and non-college-bound young people who have difficulties in career exploration and job adaptation, helping them find employment and become independent, and operates ‘Cafe Geureon, Nal.’

Starbucks Coffee Korea and the Ministry of Employment and Labor signed a business agreement on October 27 this year to expand the ‘Youth Employment Support Project’ and are conducting various programs to support youth employment. To this end, they established a new barista training course for 200 young people annually and will continue to support youth job creation through programs such as the opening of this new talent donation cafe.

Starbucks supported all expenses related to the opening of the 12th Talent Donation Cafe and carried out talent donation activities leveraging the expertise of Starbucks partners in their respective fields. Going forward, baristas from Starbucks stores will regularly visit ‘Cafe Geureon, Nal’ to provide barista coffee training and share cafe operation know-how.

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