'Into Dreams and People' 2023 Youth Overseas Volunteer Group Recruitment

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced on the 17th that it will publicly recruit youth participants for overseas volunteer activities in Laos, Mongolia, Vietnam, and Cambodia from the 18th of this month until the 3rd of next month.

A total of 142 volunteers will be selected for this mission, which will carry out educational volunteer work and cultural exchange activities centered on the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in four Asian countries (Laos, Mongolia, Vietnam, Cambodia) from June to October.

Any Korean youth aged between 15 and 24 can apply, and those wishing to participate in the volunteer activities should sign up as members and apply individually on the Youth International Exchange Network website (www.youth.go.kr/iye).

General youth participants are responsible for some costs such as airfare, while socially disadvantaged youth will have all expenses fully covered by the government.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has been promoting the Youth Overseas Volunteer Dispatch Project since 2002, and this year, after four years due to COVID-19, it will fully resume overseas dispatch operations.

This year, nine youth organizations will operate the Youth Overseas Volunteer Project.

Kim Kwon-young, Director of Youth Policy at the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, said, “We are very pleased that the ‘Into Dreams and People’ youth overseas volunteer activities, which had been conducted remotely due to COVID-19, can now be held face-to-face.” He added, “We hope this activity will be a valuable opportunity for our youth to cooperate with future generations from various countries and learn the value of sharing.”

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