Volunteer teams and long-term volunteers serving communities abroad and in Korea.
Better World organizes overseas volunteer teams together with companies, schools and government agencies. Teams work with local communities on children's education, school and village facilities, health and the environment. We also run long-term volunteering, in which volunteers spend several months with a local organization, individually or as a team.
Organized together by Better World, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and CCIVS. Young people aged 18 or older carry out heritage preservation activities for 12 to 45 days at UNESCO World Heritage sites around the world. 29 teams were sent to 18 countries including Kenya, Vietnam, France and Mexico (5th year, 2012).
For the growth of secondary school and university students through overseas volunteering, Better World sends volunteer teams in cooperation with companies and schools that share an understanding of the value of overseas volunteering and the importance of future talent.
Overseas volunteer teams are sent by combining the commitment of government agencies to help Korean young people grow in the world with the expertise of Better World.
Together with the World Canaan Movement, Better World runs a KOICA project volunteer program for IT capacity building in Ghana and Uganda. The members of each group live in the field for three months and run IT capacity-building training for teachers and public officials.
An overseas volunteer activity carried out by the Uijeongbu Probation Office of the Ministry of Justice and Better World with a volunteer club of young people on probation, giving them a new chance to find joy and reward in offering their own effort.
Gimpo Foreign Language High School, Jaun High School, Seoul Foreign Language High School, Hanyoung Foreign Language High School, Taereung High School, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Changwon National University
A Better World youth program. Every summer and winter vacation, secondary school and university students volunteered for children's education and environmental preservation in Asian countries such as Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines.
A volunteer project in local communities bringing together Korean university student volunteers and young people from abroad. Young volunteers from some 20 countries, in Europe and elsewhere, take part throughout the year in this program at community child centers across Korea.
Volunteers of many nationalities volunteer for one to six months at local NGOs, schools and other places. It is an opportunity to experience the local culture in depth and to introduce Korean culture. Fields include education, social work, construction, environment and agriculture.
In the vast nature of the United States, Australia and New Zealand, volunteers from around the world think about people and nature together. Open to university students and older, with environmental protection volunteering in national parks and local communities.
