Sejong Center for the Performing Arts and UNICEF Sign Agreement on Cultural Welfare for Children and Youth

Sejong Center for the Performing Arts announced on the 29th that it signed a business agreement with the UNICEF Korea Committee on the 28th to promote cultural and artistic welfare projects for children and adolescents.

According to this business agreement, the two organizations plan to promote various cultural welfare projects for the happiness of future generations of children based on decades of accumulated experience and know-how. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the foundation's establishment of Sejong Center for the Performing Arts and the 30th anniversary of the UNICEF Korea Committee.

Ahn Hosang, President of Sejong Center for the Performing Arts (right), and Cho Mijin, Secretary General of the UNICEF Korea Committee [Photo by Sejong Center for the Performing Arts]

Since 2010, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts has operated the Dream Tree Orchestra targeting children and adolescents from low-income and multicultural families who are culturally marginalized, carrying out various cultural and artistic activities to improve quality of life through arts and culture. Since 2013, the UNICEF Korea Committee has been making our society’s components such as local communities, schools, and companies more child-friendly through the 'UNICEF Child-Friendly Society' project.

Sejong Center President Ahn Ho-sang stated, "Taking this cooperation with UNICEF as an opportunity, we will implement many policies so that children’s lives can change and become happier within culture and arts. An environment where children can grow up happily and healthily positively affects not only individuals but also sustains society and promotes economic development. We will also seek much assistance from UNICEF so that Sejong Center can fulfill this role well."

UNICEF Korea Committee Secretary-General Cho Mi-jin said, "On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the UNICEF Korea Committee this year, we feel even more meaningful to sign an agreement with a leading cultural and artistic institution representing the Republic of Korea to promote children’s rights domestically. We will actively cooperate with Sejong Center for the Performing Arts so that more children can grow up healthy and happy through the joy of culture and arts."

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