Suncheon National University Department of Social Welfare 'Neowadaryeo' Team Wins Grand Prize in University Student Mentoring Club Support Project

Planning Communication Skills Enhancement Programs for Mentees with the Keyword 'Children' and Conducting Various Community Service Activities

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Suncheon National University (President Ko Young-jin) announced that the student club ‘Neowadaryeo,’ composed of students majoring in Social Welfare, won the highest award, the Minister of Health and Welfare Award, in the ‘2022 University Student Mentoring Club Support Project’ hosted by the DGB Social Contribution Foundation and the Korea National Council on Social Welfare.

This year’s university student mentoring club support project, ‘Club, Let’s Do Mentoring,’ involved 30 university student clubs nationwide (330 mentors) who conducted mentoring activities over six months until last September with mentees including children, adolescents, people with disabilities, and the elderly in various fields such as career, emotional support, culture, and sports.

The ‘Neowadaryeo’ club, consisting of Social Welfare students at Suncheon National University (President Choi Il-ha, Ryu Kang-hoon, Lee Seon-joo, Joo Jin-ok, Baek Ji-eun), has been conducting ‘communication skills improvement’ mentoring since May at the Suncheon SOS Children’s Village, a welfare facility providing family-type protection and care, targeting children with ADHD and borderline intellectual disabilities.

Suncheon National University students prepared detailed programs such as ‘learning emotional expression methods’ and ‘creating emotional picture books and diaries’ to support the mentees’ psychological and emotional needs, maintaining steady weekly communication, and helped mentees practice communication and plan careers through field experience activities such as visiting Suncheon Bay Job World.

Additionally, they collaborated with the Suncheon Police Station, Jeonnam Eastern Elderly Protection Agency, and others to conduct various crime prevention campaigns necessary for community development, and carried out plogging activities with the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation, engaging in diverse volunteer activities related to ‘children.’

Based on their activities, at the final evaluation meeting of the support project held on the 18th at the LW Convention Grand Ballroom in Seoul, the ‘Neowadaryeo’ team from Suncheon National University was selected as one of eight excellent clubs and won the grand prize, the Minister of Health and Welfare Award, together with the Chungnam Student Architecture Union KLEIN.

Representative student Choi Il-ha and the Social Welfare team said, “Although there were many difficulties conducting face-to-face programs due to COVID-19, it was very meaningful to directly plan and execute social welfare programs through club activities,” and added, “As members of the Social Welfare Department at Suncheon National University, we will continue to work hard to realize the value of social welfare and communicate with the local community.”

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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