Korea Student Aid Foundation to Recruit 1,600 College Student Mentors for Talent Volunteer Camp... Support for Necessary Expenses Provided

The Korea Student Aid Foundation (Chairman Bae Byungil) announced on June 16 that it will recruit college students to serve as mentors for underprivileged youth through participating universities in the "2025 College Student Talent Volunteer Camp Project" during June.

The Korea Student Aid Foundation is a quasi-governmental institution under the Ministry of Education, established in 2009 to provide professional and comprehensive financial support for higher education, ensuring that anyone can have access to higher education opportunities regardless of economic circumstances, based on their will and abilities. With an annual budget exceeding 11 trillion won, the foundation implements various initiatives to nurture future talent, including national scholarships, student loans, national excellence scholarships, national work-study scholarships, donations, and mentoring programs.

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In addition, the foundation provides a platform for holistic education by operating the College Student Talent Volunteer Camp for college students who wish to participate in the mentoring camp, and offers equal educational opportunities without financial burden to elementary, middle, and high school students.

The College Student Talent Volunteer Camp is a program in which college students form teams and provide academic guidance, career and personal counseling, and experiential activities to elementary, middle, and high school students in educational blind spots, as well as out-of-school youth, for about a week during school vacations.

For the 2025 academic year, a total of approximately 2,920 college student mentors will be selected for both the summer and winter camps, providing mentoring to 8,760 youth mentees. Of these, 1,600 college student mentors will be chosen for the summer camp.

College student mentors participating in the camp will receive an activity support grant of 420,000 won per person, as well as necessary expenses such as meal, transportation, and teaching material costs. An activity certificate will also be issued under the name of the Chairman of the Korea Student Aid Foundation. Additionally, participants will receive preferential consideration when applying for the foundation's "Social Leader College Student Mentoring" program.

Launched in 2010, the "College Student Talent Volunteer Camp Project" is one of the foundation's flagship talent development programs, supporting college students in growing into individuals with sound character and creative leadership through volunteer service.

In the 2024 academic year, 3,164 mentors and 9,974 mentees participated. The program operated camps on various themes such as eco-friendliness, digital technology, and advanced industries, providing youth with opportunities for creative experiential learning.

Bae Byungil, Chairman of the Korea Student Aid Foundation, stated, "We will continue to develop this project so that even more college students can find fulfillment by communicating with and supporting underprivileged youth through volunteer service."

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