Gyeonggi-do to Hold 'Independent Youth Mentor-Mentee Together' Event in Siheung on the 22nd

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

On the 22nd, Gyeonggi Province will hold the first 'Eoullim Madang Event' with about 70 mentors and mentees participating in the 'Self-Reliant Youth Mentor-Mentee Together' project at the indoor camping site in Siheung-si.

The Self-Reliant Youth Mentor-Mentee Together project is a new initiative launched this year by Gyeonggi Province to support self-reliant youth.

This project connects mentors who can serve as emotional supporters and helpers, acting as a social family, to self-reliant youth aged 18 or older (youth aging out of care) who have left child welfare facilities or whose foster care has ended.

The event was planned as the first meeting opportunity to foster close relationships and continuous exchanges among participants as part of the newly launched Self-Reliant Youth Mentor-Mentee Together project this year.

Yoon Young-mi, Director of the Women and Family Bureau of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "I hope that through the Eoullim Madang event, self-reliant youth will recognize that there are adults, seniors, and friends they can always turn to for help during difficult times, and that this will become an opportunity to provide more chances for the youth."

Since July 24, Gyeonggi Province has been recruiting self-reliant youth and mentors. So far, about 470 people (313 mentors and 160 mentees) have applied, and a mentor school (training) is being operated to support mentoring activities. The province is continuously recruiting throughout the year with the goal of supporting mentoring activities by recruiting 500 mentors and 300 self-reliant youth mentees.

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