Learn about North Korean Human Rights Crisis at JFNK Volunteer Orientation
For those of you in Korea, if you don’t know much about the human rights crisis that is North Korea (and spilling into China and South Korea) and/or if you want to learn how to get involved, there’s a great opportunity for you this Saturday in English or next Saturday in Korean (please encourage your Korean friends. coworkers, students to attend!).
I volunteer with Justice for North Korea, and we’re holding our third round of informational orientation sessions for volunteers and anyone who’s interested in learning more. Each time we’ve held these sessions we’ve tried to improve them, and I think we’ve got a great program in place now.
- Learn about the situation North Koreans must endure in North Korea, China, and South Korea.
- Taught by those with extensive experience assisting North Korean refugees. One speaker was himself once such a refugee in China.
- Learn about opportunities to get involved.
Saturday, May 7, 2011, 9:30 ““ 6:00 in English (Saturday, May 14 in Korean)
Sinchon Station, line 2, exit 5 — straight for 50m
키세스(KISES) Language Hakwon, 1st Floor.Course Fee (includes lunch): 20,000 won if received by May 6th or 25,000 won at the door
(The fee will cover your lunch and help us pay for the facility rental. Anything left over will go toward Justice for North Korea’s work.)
Please see our homepage for lots more details and how to register:
Hope all is going well ^^
Dan,
This looks like a fantastic program. I would love to attend, but unfortunately I have prior commitments. However, I see from your site that you’re looking for volunteer English to Korean translators. I do a ton of English to Korean translation I would like to make my services available to you guys in any way possible.
http://www.pyongyangproject.org/ – check out this awesome project bringing Americans to Pyongyang to enage with North Koerans
Right back at you, Matt! Milton, thanks, let me know if you don’t get the email I just sent.
How much money does the “awesome” Pyongyang Project pay the North Korean government through visa fees, tour charges, hotel costs, inflated restaurant prices, etc.? Who are the North Koreans you’re allowed to “engage” with, and who pre-selects them? Why does this concept seem so familiar and suspicious to me?
Joshua for the low low price of 2100$ you can visit N.Korea and walk arround with a small team of “minders ” who will tell you need to leave if you so much as knell beneath a statue of the Dear Leader to take a photo of it . Plus you’ll have the satisfaction of being one of the few sources of income for a government that refuses to open up to the world .