YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute hosts the 'Multi-cultural Mentoring, Hope Camp to Become One'.
On 7th and 8th at Palgongsan (Mt.) in Daegu, 50 mentors and mentees from 6 universities in the Yeungnam region participate.
[August 10, 2012]

 Participants of the 'Multi-cultural Mentoring, Hope Camp to Become One' held at Palgongsan in Daegu for 2 days from August 7

 YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) held the 'Multi-cultural Mentoring, Hope Camp to Become One' for two days from August 7 at the Palgongsan (Mt.) Pyeongsan Academy in Daegu.

 This camp is sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Korea Student Aid Foundation, and hosted by the YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute. A total of 50 mentors from 6 universities in the Yeungnam region such as Yeungnam University, Daegu National University of Education, Catholic University of Daegu, Keimyung University, Daegu University, and the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and mentees from multi-cultural families in elementary school participated in the camp.

 YU, which is the regional hub university for the 'Multi-cultural/North Korean Defector Student Mentoring Project' in the Yeungnam region, is the only university in Korea to conduct online mentoring programs for multi-cultural families. In order to overcome limitations of the online environment, the mentor-mentee camp for improving offline communication and enhance mutual relations between mentors and mentees is being held for the second straight year.

 The camp that was separated into 6 groups participated in programs for mentors and mentees to communicate with each other such as 'We Are One' that makes an introduction and presentation for each group, 'Art Class for All' where mentors and mentees draw each other's faces to see who they really are and understand each other, and the 'Hope Relay' where a recreation director oversees games and talents shows on the first day. On the second day, they participated in 'Sharing Opinions on Participating in the Camp'. Three groups with outstanding performance were given gift certificates and all participants were given a certification of completion and souvenirs.

 Mentors and mentees of Group 4 pose in front of the face tree that they drew

 Jung, Soo-yeong a fifth grader from Gumi said, "It was fun drawing and playing games with my mentor and other mentees. I hope that next time it will be longer than just two days." Eun, Soo-hyeon (20), a freshman at the YU Department of Nano, Medical and Polymer Materials said, "I wanted the mentee to spend time with other friends and the mentor to feel a sense of community. It was possible to become one just like the name of the camp, and I hope that the mentee will remember it as a valuable time to have dreams and hopes."

 Park, Seung-woo (Department of Sociology), director of the YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute, who hosted this event, said, "The Hope Camp improves relations between mentors and mentees and provides an enhance sense of identity to give more emotional stability to multi-cultural families. Through this camp, which is a place for exchange for mentors in the Yeungnam region, the mentoring program will become more active." He also added, "In the future, YU will take the initiative in constructing an open multi-cultural community network for our society."