LG Electronics Provides Free Education to Ethiopian Youth... 73 Graduates This Year Reap the Benefits

Ethiopia, a Korean War Participating Country
Holds the '6th LG-KOICA Hope Vocational Training School Graduation Ceremony'
About 400 Graduates Since Opening, Including 73 This Year

On the 27th (local time), key figures attending the '6th LG-KOICA Hope Vocational Training School Graduation Ceremony' held in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, are congratulating the graduates.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Sun-mi] LG Electronics is actively supporting the social advancement of Ethiopian youth, who are veterans of the Korean War, by providing free education.

On the 29th, LG Electronics announced that it held the "6th Hope Vocational Training School Graduation Ceremony" at the LG-KOICA Hope Vocational Training School in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

This year, 73 students graduated. Since its opening in 2014, about 400 graduates have been produced. Most graduates have been employed by IT companies such as LG Electronics, and some have started their own businesses using the skills they acquired.

Established in 2014 through cooperation between LG and KOICA, the Hope Vocational Training School is operated by the international development cooperation NGO World Together. Priority is given to applicants who are women, people with disabilities, descendants of Korean War veterans, and vulnerable youth.

Selected freshmen receive free training for three years in repair technologies for various products such as information and communication and home appliances. Some outstanding students also have the opportunity to work as interns at LG Electronics' Dubai service corporation.

Yang Seung-hwan, head of LG Electronics' Ethiopia branch, said, "We will continue various activities that contribute to the development of Ethiopian society and actively fulfill our corporate social responsibility."

After the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, Ethiopia responded to the United Nations' request for troop dispatch and sent a force of about 6,000 soldiers to Korea in 1951. They stayed in Korea until 1956, helping to restore damage caused by the war. The Ethiopian troops also pooled their salaries to establish an orphanage in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, to care for war orphans.

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