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YWCA news in June


YWCA news in June
 
Bongcheon Social Service Center has run Energy Saving Leader training from May 12th to 26th. The residence learned ways to save energy, environmental protection, making eco-friendly soaps.
 

 
 
Gangnam Youth Center carried out the 8th Global Cultural Festival on the 21th, May. People from seven different countries( China, Egypt, Ghana, France, Poland, US, Paraguay) attended as lecturers to show diverse exotic experiences. In the spot, there was fundraising event to build a public library in Cambodia.
   
 
 
 
 Consumer and Environment Department of Seoul YWCA has arranged a kick-off meeting for low carbon farming product supporters. The ministry of agriculture, food, and rural affairs encourage customers to buy eco-friendly ingredients produced by low carbon agricultural technology. Low carbon farming products are orgarnic, healthy, and even helpful to protect our environment. Seoul YWCA expects the 15 supporters to promote low carbon farming products throughout online and other  activities like participation in campaigns, experiencing organic farming.
 
 
 

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YWCA boycotts any products made by Oxy Reckitt Benckiser

Totally about 500 children and women are reported to have died or been injured after inhaling poisonous chemicals used in humidifier disinfectants manufactured and sold by several large distributors in South Korea from 2001 to 2011.   Lotte Mart's CEO apologized to the public on April 18, 2016 and offered plans for compensation to the victims. It was the first company involved in the humidifier sterilizer deaths to do so. Aekyung has not yet made a public apology.(But Lotte Mart raised an objection to court's verdict later this news because of the large amount of compensation for the victims.)   British-based firm Reckitt Benckiser has eventually admitted for the first time selling a humidifier disinfectant that killed about 100 people in South Korea on May 2, 2016.   Oxy Reckitt Benckiser, Cefu, Lotte Shopping, Homeplus, Aekyung have been criticised for previously refusing to take responsibilities more than five years.     ...
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Feelings from Tanzania - Lee Kwang Ho

The feeling that dominated my mind until the first day was worry rather than expectation. Our preparation was not enough on every aspect. But, my colleagues looked so happy and relaxed even though we were not prepared and had to teach the class tomorrow. That made me worried so much. However, when the first class had started, my thought changed completely. Still, there were a lot of insufficiencies in our classes. Although Kits for the class were not enough and student’s academic achievement was different from what we had expected, student liked us as ourselves regardless of the poor teaching. Though we made a mistake, they accepted and loved it as part of ourselves. Only then, I realized that I am the one who can’t really adjust in Tanzania, not our team members. There were a lot of problems while we had worked in Tanzania. There were conflicts among colleagues and sometimes miscommunication with local people caused some misunderstanding and conflicts. However, we tried to u...
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Women Empowerment Project in Myanmar

  The efforts to find the dream of Myanmar women continue!   Since 2020, Seoul YWCA has been supporting income generation through vocational training for women in Thandaunggyi, Karen State, Myanmar and has provided trainings on women’s rights for gender equality. In the midst of difficult circumstances such as the threat of COVID-19, soaring prices in the market and all the turbulences across Myanmar , we carefully restarted the Women’s Empowering Project to proceed with various vocational training as being planned. From February to March, an advanced sewing course was held, which has been ongoing since 2020. By developing further from previous trainings, the participants made various sizes of cross-body bags, tote bags, and travel bags with using the traditional pattern fabrics of the Karen tribe in Myanmar. In order to lead to the actual sales and generate profits, they created bags of various designs by paying atte...
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