MANNAM Doran Doran Korean culture class

It's been about 6 months since MANNAM Jeonju branch started Korean class. Many of foreigners came over and took lessens.

In December, 2012, we divided into two parts by level.

Here is the detail.

Every Saturday,

14:00~15:30 Beginner's level

16:00~17:30 Intermediate level

The class room is near Jeonbuk National University.



This time, we invited a special guest who was a teacher at different place; Wanju Korean class around Jeonju. For beginner's class, he taught about how to say numbers in different situations.

They looks confused. It seems that learning Korean for foreigners were so complicated. But, cheer up!! You guys can do it!!

Meanwhile, we opened a small super-beginner class for new students who didn't know about Korean at all. They learn from the Korean alphabets.

The beginning is half of the whole. I'll also keep my fingers crossed for them!

It was such a great time! I always enjoy being a part of it.

By the way, MANNAM is offering the Korean class for free. What a wonderful chance!!

Even if we, teachers, spend our time and efforts to make meaningful class, we don't expect the students to give us any money.

We just expect you to visit us and learn Korean for your better lives in this country.

We're welcome you all who want to study Korean with nice people.

Thank you. : ))

About MANNAM: Volunteering with MANNAM

The International division of MANNAM Volunteer Association offers foreigners residing within Korea the opportunity to get involved with many aspects of the local communities' lives which are normally inaccessible.

Apart from our large-scale volunteering events, MANNAM regularly volunteers at some of the institutes and community centers around Seoul. Over time a close bond has formed between the public that make use of these facilities and our volunteers.

Certainly, volunteering and serving the community in this way will be a highlight of your MANNAM experience.

 

A Fine day, Fine orphanage volunteer with MANNAM!

Sat. Mar. 23nd, 2013

MANNAM Jeonju branch went to Sundeok orphanage volunteer this weekend.

A month goes so fast. lol

Since we visit there every month, the children there and volunteers are getting closer. When we had arrived there, the kids were waiting for us which was not expected. Because they used to like sleeping more than spending time with us. We were touched.

This time, we prepared some notebooks with no pictures on them, and different kinds of color pans. We let the children decorate the covers of the notebooks which subject was Peace or Dream.

 

Their drawing skills were fantastic!!

Among them, a girl was dreaming to be a painter. I cheered for her.

Some mischievous children drew our hands for fun. Haha! :p

Although It's just small kindness, they like our visiting and even miss us.

They said, "You should come next month! Don't miss it!"

Thank you all my little angels!

I can't wait to meet them next time.

Peace? It is Possible with MANNAM.

Hello. I'm a kindergarten teacher in Korea. It's been 3 years since I met MANNAM Volunteer Association. I got to knew this group through an event named 'Love for Taegeuk, and Love for Mugungwha' which was hold in MANNAM. I saw some bent old men with white hair. There brilliant eyes said they were not ordinary old men. They were the people who had took a part in the Korean War in 1950-53.

The event was to commemorate them who devoted their lives to our nation and people. To thank them, MANNAM members made a huge flag, Teaguekgi, with thousand of people's hand prints.

I visited there by chance and I was impressed after I'd looked around the event booths and performance. I would have liked to join MANNAM volunteer group. So, I signed up there.

This was how I join MANNAM.

Now, I've got feeling that Peace is possible through MANNAM and it's never far away.

I asked one of my students who was 6 years old.

"What do you think peace is?"

She said, "Peace is loving each other."

The other kid said, "Peace is smiling, sharing chocolate with friends."

For adults like us, we think peace is much complicated and difficult to achieve. But for the pure kids, peace is just loving and sharing each other.

What do you think Peace is?

I‘ve been learning from MANNAM how could we love each other, make up for each other's weak points with no racial or cultural discriminations. MANNAM volunteer association has been doing many things to achieve its goal which is Peace, and I'm sure we are making happy and peaceful world.

I'm very pleased I could help my neighbors in need and make peace in the world. I think I became one of  the small peace makers for the society and the world.

Why don't you be a small peace maker like me? Volunteering is not difficult and it brings you happiness to your life. Somebody is waiting for your help somewhere. I hope you can hold out a helping hand to somebody.

written by

Na-yeong

MANNAM 10Km Event in 2012

Hello, there!!

How are you doing these days??

Spring is getting closer. Do you feel it?

Today, I saw some forsythias were blooming. What a nice scene!! That's the reason why I love spring so much.

Also, I could see lots of families go on a picnic these days.

It reminded me of the 10K event that was held last spring. It was the first event for me to join MANNAM.

The participants walked the riverside 10 kilometers long, thinking about the people in disaster victims.

The aim of this event was to encourage Korea to wake up and reach out, across borders and cultural constraints, to aid our brothers and sisters in need.

 

I thought it was very meaningful. Most of people don't care about others' sorrow but MANNAM cared about it. During walking, I tried to imagine I was one of the victims' family.

'How could I go through with that situation?', I thought.

Even if I could never understand their feeling fully, I could assume that how awful and sad it could be.

Furthermore, I felt it was important to take care of  neighbors because it was a way to communicate one another. When we communicate with others, we would understand them and this would lead the world peaceful.

Nice weather and nice people. This is all I want to get.

I'm looking forward to join this year as well.

Review 2012 MANNAM Volunteer Association

Why don't you watch this video?

It's about MANNAM activities all over the world during last year, 2012.

We did so many wonderful things.

When Light meets Light, there is Victory.

I feel like we are making a strong Light together.

How AMAZING!!

I'm very proud of all of MANNAM members.

Enjoy this movie.

I hope you like it : D

MANNAM Wanju Korean class(Mar.18th, 2013)

 Sun. Mar. 18th, 2013

Our diligent students studied Korean language.

This time, 13 students took my lesson which were less than usual.

Did they have some remaining work to do? I was concerned what happened to rest of the students.

I realized we were already like family.

They learned about the expression, "How could I do~?".

And I asked them to wrote about the working conditions in their company and present it one by one.

Listening to their presentation, I was very impressed.

They had made their own speech and announced in Korean.

I also could feel that they had been improving more and more.

I'm so happy to see their development.

Thank you all the awesome students. I'm very proud of you!

- Written by Jae yeon Hwang