Goheung-gun Operates Marianne Margaret Youth Volunteer School

Two Nurses Continue the Spirit of Sharing and Serving

Stories of Ma·Ma Volunteer Work, Sorokdo Challenge Golden Bell, and More

Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Gong Young-min) announced that the ‘2023 Marianne?Margaret Youth Volunteer School’ for Jeollanam-do youth has been operating at the Marianne?Margaret Sharing Training Center since August 30.

This Ma·Ma Volunteer School is scheduled to be held three times and was planned to widely promote the volunteer spirit of the two nurses, Marianne and Margaret, who devoted themselves with love and service to Hansen's disease patients on Sorokdo Island for 43 years, to foster proper character development among youth, and to motivate voluntary volunteer activities.

[Photo by Goheung-gun]

About 200 middle and high school students from Jeonnam participated in this Ma·Ma Volunteer School, which featured various programs such as watching the Marianne?Margaret documentary film, listening to stories about Marianne?Margaret’s volunteer work, the Sorokdo Challenge Golden Bell, and recreation under the theme ‘Play, Laugh, and Communicate,’ all conducted in an enthusiastic atmosphere.

A county official said, “Through this Ma·Ma Volunteer School, we hope that the noble lives and true volunteer spirit of the two nurses, Marianne and Margaret, will be passed on, and that participants will learn the value of volunteering and the preciousness of life.”

Meanwhile, Goheung-gun newly established the ‘Marianne Margaret Youth Hope Plus Contest’ this year to spread the love and sharing spirit of the two, and plans to expand the ‘Marianne Margaret Volunteer School’ to youth nationwide.

Goheung = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo hss79@asiae.co.kr

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