This project is held by Geumjeonggu office of Busan city. With them, the Seodong where is a place aiming at energizing local traditional market and mingling daily life with art will have activities to make the market being alive through international volunteers. Seodong has historical significance itself. After breaking the Korean-war, many refugees moved to the Busan located in Southern part of Korea. Especially, Korean government forced the refugees move to the Seodong area, and it remains still very congested one.
Geumjeonggu want to dynamize this unstructured village and local-friendly art space with various programs including global citizenship education and related to cultural and artistic activities to the local children and residents through various ways of activities. Although Busan is the second biggest city in Korea, compared to the capital city, opportunities to take a chance to get global citizenship education and cultural experience program are still not common. Through those programs and events, residents in Seodong village will consider more familiar and specialize their village as global one.
Work: Participants will operate global citizenship education to local children and resident through cultural exchange program. And also participants will do some activities in the traditional market to give more active atmosphere of them.
Accommodation and food: In the community center / Self-catering within a group
Leisure Activities: Visiting historic place in Busan
Location and Terminal: Geumjeonggu, Busan / Busan bus terminal
Requirements: Volunteers are requested to have an interest of local society and youth.