Gyeonggi-do Dispatches 200 Climate Volunteer Youths to 5 Countries

Gyeonggi-do Climate Envoy Group Information Poster

Gyeonggi Province will dispatch 200 young climate volunteers to five countries by early next year.

On the 18th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it has renamed the youth overseas volunteer group ‘Gihoe Oda (ODA)’ to the ‘Climate Envoy Corps’ starting this year, and plans to send 200 participating youths to five countries.

In the first phase, the province is recruiting 120 members of the Climate Envoy Corps to be dispatched to three countries?Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Uzbekistan?by August, with applications open until July 5.

Once dispatched, they will engage in climate crisis response volunteer activities such as tree planting, forest maintenance, and environmental education to address local climate disparity issues.

Gyeonggi Province will cover all volunteer activity expenses, including airfare, accommodation, and meals. Eligible applicants are youths aged 19 to 39 who currently reside in the province as of the announcement date.

Applications can be submitted online via the Jababa Apply app (apply.jobaba.net) until 11 PM on July 5.

After document screening and interviews, Gyeonggi Province will announce the final selected candidates on July 19.

Selected participants will undergo orientation and develop local activity plans by team in July, then engage in three weeks of on-site activities by country in August.

In January next year, Gyeonggi Province will also dispatch 80 Climate Envoy Corps members to two countries, Cambodia and the Philippines.

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