Pukyong National University Students Help At-Risk Youth Discover Hidden Dreams and Talents

Pukyong National University students and at-risk youth are participating in woodworking activities together.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Pukyong National University is hosting the ‘Youth Hope Ladder PKNU Guardian Dream and Talent Development Program’ at Aloysio Base 1968 from the 9th to the 13th for local protected youth.

About 50 students from Pukyong National University’s ‘PKNU Guardians’ began activities such as cooking, woodworking, gardening, engineering, and crafts with about 40 protected youth from youth recovery centers in the Busan and Gimhae areas at Aloysio Base 1968 starting on the 9th.

The ‘PKNU Guardians’ at Pukyong National University are university students belonging to a social contribution volunteer group that provides self-reliance support, sports, and counseling activities for vulnerable local youth.

Pukyong National University students form teams with the protected youth to engage in activities such as making muffins and beef bake, crafting wriggling boxes and wooden insects using hand tools, creating companion plants and mini gardens, practicing autonomous driving coding with LEGO model cars, and making nap pillows through sewing.

This program was prepared to support the self-reliance and social adaptation of protected youth by having university students approach them in a friendly manner through experiential activities and mentoring that help them discover their dreams and talents.

Before this event, Pukyong National University students also invited local protected youth to the school in 2021 and last month to hold sports events such as soccer, futsal, basketball, and running, as well as mentoring.

Kim Dae-han, a student belonging to PKNU Guardians, said, “I hope that we university students can be a small help as older sisters and brothers, hyungs and noonas, so that protected youth can find their aptitudes and talents and grow into wonderful members of society in the future.”

Pukyong National University has established mutual cooperation with local institutions such as Mansayo-nyeon and Aloysio Base 1968 to support vulnerable youth in the local community and is carrying out various activities, with plans to develop and promote diverse support activities in the future.

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