'Overseas Volunteer and Cultural Exchange Experience'... Gyeonggi-do Recruiting Overseas Youth Volunteer Members

Gyeonggi-do Opportunity ODA Information Poster

Gyeonggi Province is promoting the overseas volunteer program "2023 Gyeonggi Youth Overseas Volunteer Group Opportunity ODA," which involves three weeks of educational volunteering in Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Cambodia, following overseas corporate experience programs.

On the 21st, Gyeonggi Province and the Korea University Social Service Council announced that they will publicly recruit 120 young people from Gyeonggi Province to participate in the "2023 Gyeonggi Youth Overseas Volunteer Group Opportunity ODA" project from the 23rd of this month until the 17th of next month.

The dispatch regions are six locations in three countries: ▲Uzbekistan (Tashkent) ▲Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh, Nghe An, Hanoi) ▲Cambodia (Kampot, Siem Reap).

Selected applicants will undergo orientation training and team volunteer activity planning in January next year, then be dispatched to the respective countries for three weeks between January and February to carry out volunteer activities. Various cultural exchange events tailored to the characteristics of each region will also be held.

Gyeonggi Province will cover all volunteer activity expenses, including airfare and accommodation. Eligible participants are young people aged 19 to 34 who have an address in Gyeonggi Province as of the announcement date, have no issues obtaining a visa, and are able to participate in overseas volunteer activities.

Applications can be submitted through the Jobaba Apply app (apply.jobaba.net) until the 17th of next month.

Gyeonggi Province will announce the final selected candidates on December 29 after document screening and interviews.

Park Geun-gyun, Director of the International Cooperation Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "This will be a great opportunity for Gyeonggi youth to directly experience the necessity of international cooperation and social contribution through volunteering in developing countries. In particular, we plan to give preferential selection to socially disadvantaged groups and young people with high social contribution through domestic volunteering, and we hope many young people in the province will apply."

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