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[wylies99]

The topic has come up among some female friends about helping out at a girls orphanage in Seoul. Does anyone have any information?

[T-J]

Immi laws and such can be wacky as we all know. I would recommend going through a volunteer organization such as the one highlighted in this Korea Times article. Good luck!

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/opi_view.asp?newsIdx=33730&categoryCode=162

[mateomiguel]

I "don't" understand what "all" the "quotes" are about in your post but it "makes" you look like a "moron".

[wylies99]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[nolegirl]

I am actually the one that asked wylies on facebook about the girls orphanage, the reason being is that the facebook group for the boys orphanage already has most of the kids picked as far as presents so I would like to buy some gifts for maybe a girls orphanage or any for that matter, I don't really care. But personally I like buying for girls better b/c I ma a girl and can relate to their fascination with all things glitter.

wtf is wrong with some of you

[Milwaukiedave]

[wylies99]

Volunteering is good for your spirits and helps the community.


Here are a few examples-
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=58483

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0oGklKnTTJJL2gAAixXNyoA?ei=UTF-8&p=volunteering&fp_ip=KR&fr2=tab-web&fr=yfp-t-501

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=59076

[wylies99]

[Hyeon Een]

Christmas is an important time for us Westerners and it's good to be generous at this time.

Out of interest though, are there extra volunteering efforts around Seollal and Chuseok as well? Those holidays are much more important for Koreans than Christmas and I expect the attention would be even more welcomed then by the children and Korean volunteers.

Good on those of you helping out this Christmas^^

Oh and on a side note, what happened to that Ron Fowler guy? I think I saw his webpage a couple of years ago. He was the crazy guy who thought the CIA or some other organization was following him everywhere he went right? Seemed a little delusional..

[Yu_Bum_suk]

What a bizarre thread. If you really want to help out some orphan girls you could pool your money and find someone who's going to Daegu in the next month and meet up with me with the following:

- a pocket translator for a high school girl who really tries hard at school and really wants to get into university.

- a couple of nice handbag for a couple of HS girls who are likely not going to uni but are really kind and helpful.

- two MP3 players and picture dictionaries for a couple of middle school girls who don't have a lot of the things their friends at school do.

- some random western snacks and goodies for a bunch of elementary girls.

- some puzzles, puzzle books, DVDs, and board games for a girls' dormitory.

Of course, doing this would probably leave me with a lot of explaining to do to some very slighted orphan boys, lol.

But why, if the idea was actually to give some poor kids Christmas gifts would you request information about girls' orphanages in Seoul? And why would western women need this information because they apparently have a better idea what orphan girls might want than people who actually work with them?

If you really want to make a difference but only want to do a one-off, fire-and-forget charity act find someone from the Salvation Army and see how you can make a contribution to their 'Dreams Come True' programme for sending middle school students on a one week experiential learning trip to other Asian countries.

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[bacasper]

Thanks for that, Enrico.

It is becoming obvious that this witchhunt atmosphere now pervasive in our society is doing more harm than good. It really needs to stop.

And some people really need to get a life. A good way to start would be by volunteering at a children's orphanage during Christmas.

[jhyum]

There's a girl's orphanage in Seoul called Zion.

But, no one speaks English, and they are rather strict as to who can volunteer there, I'm sure you can understand why. But if you can speak Korean and are very interested, I suggest you contact them and maybe they can have you tutor. (Google Zion girl's home Seoul).

[nolegirl]