Better World

Stories

Recent work with our partners in Korea and abroad.

12 September 2026 · Global Education

Sejong Students Examine the Digital Education Gap with Facilitators from Ten Countries

A one-day global citizenship camp on 12 September 2026 brought 54 high school students together with facilitators from ten countries.

June–September 2026 · Workcamps

Ninety-Two Volunteers from 25 Countries Join Island Workcamps in Yeosu

Four international workcamps on the islands of Geomundo and Geumodo ran from June to September 2026, built around beach clean-ups, village murals and meals shared with residents.

16–24 June 2026 · Partnerships

KHNP Global Volunteers Bring Korean Culture to Two Czech Towns

In June 2026, university students, KHNP employees and youth football players from Gyeongju spent nine days in Týn nad Vltavou and Třebíč.

January 2026 · Partnerships

Einstein Class 17: Student Mentors Bring AI Lessons to Five Regions

In January 2026, 25 university student mentors spent two weeks teaching AI and literacy classes to 173 young people living near nuclear power plants in Korea.

August–December 2025 · International Student Exchange

AFS Exchange Students Complete a Semester in Korean High Schools

High school students from Europe and South America spent three to four months in Korean schools, host families and dormitories between August and December 2025.

14–19 August 2025 · Partnerships

Czech and Korean Youth Share a Stage in Gyeongju

In August 2025, about 20 young people from Czechia, including art school students from Třebíč, visited Gyeongju for the Korea-Czechia Youth Cultural Exchange, at the invitation of KHNP.

15–20 June 2025 · Partnerships

KT&G Impact Makers: 25 KT&G Employees from Five Countries Visit Korea

Employees from KT&G's overseas offices spent six days in Korea in June 2025, in a program hosted by KT&G and organized by Better World.

January–April 2025 · International Volunteering

KOICA Project Volunteers Begin IT Training in Ghana and Uganda

The first team of 20 volunteers worked for three months in early 2025 with schools in Koforidua and local government offices in Mpigi and Mityana.

3–30 July 2024 · International Student Exchange

The Experiment in Korea: 26 U.S. Teenagers Spend a Month in Korea

From 3 to 30 July 2024, the group travelled from Seoul to Sinan County, stayed with host families, and 14 of them joined an ecology camp with students from an island high school.

June 2024 · International Cooperation

World Heritage Volunteers Photos Line the Walls of UNESCO in Paris

In June 2024, Better World and UNESCO showed the work of young volunteers at World Heritage sites on the outer wall of UNESCO Headquarters.