Korea Exchange Launches 13th University Student Financial Ethics Education Volunteer Group

The Korea Exchange (KRX) announced on the 24th that it held the 13th 'KRX University Student Financial and Character Education Volunteer Group Happy Nuri' launching ceremony at its headquarters in Busan.

The volunteer group, consisting of 50 university students, completed a two-day, one-night instructor training course from the 23rd to the 24th, covering attitudes as instructors and how to utilize educational lecture materials necessary for educational activities.

Hwang Woo-kyung, Secretary General of the KRX National Happiness Foundation (sixth from the left on the second row), and university students are taking a commemorative photo for the launch of the 13th KRX University Student Financial Character Education Volunteer Group Happy Nuri.
[Photo by Korea Exchange]

Since 2011, the Exchange has operated the KRX University Student Financial and Character Education Volunteer Group to promote financial and character education for children from low-income families. Over the past 12 years, a total of 1,246 university student volunteers have provided financial and character education to 17,913 elementary school students nationwide.

This year, 212 university students applied for the KRX University Student Volunteer Group, recording a high competition rate of 4.3 to 1, and 50 were finally selected considering their passion for learning and volunteering.

The university student volunteer group will be dispatched to 52 children's centers (in the Seoul metropolitan area and Busan-Gyeongnam region) with limited financial education opportunities from September for three months, conducting 10 sessions of financial and character education at each center.

Additionally, the KRX National Happiness Foundation newly developed experiential educational content combined with games to help elementary school students participate in classes easily and enjoyably.

Son Byung-doo, Chairman of the Korea Exchange, said, "Through this educational volunteer activity, I hope the university student volunteers can practice sharing in the local community and experience the value of happiness," adding, "I also hope that children can correctly understand finance and grow emotionally healthy."

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