Busan City Hosts 'Dungeunmaeum Healing Camp'! ... 'Creating a Warm Community' Project for Adults with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities

Poster for the 'Dungeunmaeum Healing Camp' event.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Busan City announced that the ‘Dungeunmaeum Healing Camp’ for emotional healing of adult developmental and intellectual disabled persons working at vocational rehabilitation centers will be held from the 6th to the 8th at Samdong Baenae Youth Training Center.

This event, conducted as part of this year’s ‘Creating a Warm Community’ project, is sponsored by Busan City and hosted and organized by the Won Buddhism Busan-Ulsan Diocese.

The ‘Creating a Warm Community’ project is a program by Busan City that supports social contribution activities of religious organizations.

About 60 participants, including 45 adult developmental and intellectual disabled employees working at Dunsol Vocational Rehabilitation Center and Kkummoa Vocational Rehabilitation Center operated by the social welfare corporation Dunsol, and related personnel, will attend the event.

Participants will be provided with various nature experience programs such as forest trail hiking, valley water play, and birdhouse making, as well as mind care programs including mind journaling and temple meditation during the 2 nights and 3 days.

To ensure the successful hosting of the event, pre-programs such as temple practice, sound meditation, and making mind journals were also conducted by visiting participants directly at Samdong Baenae Youth Training Center.

Kim Ki-hwan, Director of Culture and Sports Bureau of Busan City, said, “Amid growing social interest and demand for care of people with developmental disabilities, we are grateful that the Won Buddhism Busan-Ulsan Diocese has prepared an event for emotional healing of people with developmental disabilities,” and added, “We expect this event to provide summer vacation and new experiences for people with developmental disabilities.”

In addition to this ‘Dungeunmaeum Healing Camp,’ the Won Buddhism Busan-Ulsan Diocese is also promoting an Enneagram meditation program as a social contribution activity for citizens’ emotional healing.

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