austraLasia #2035

Mission accomplished: Korean group completes visit to Cambodia

PHNOM PENH: 24th January 2008 -- Bro Bosco Park and Professor Thomas Lee have recently led a group of 36 young people plus 16 doctors, nurses and medical interns to Cambodia as part of the Korean Youth Volunteer organisation activity carried out by Korean Salesians. This is the third such visit.
    The group had two major objectives in mind: the first was to give to others what Koreans themselves have experienced - they are what they are now because of help from other countries. The second was to learn new ways and lifestyles.  They came to learn from Cambodians about patience, hard work, cheerfulness in the midst of difficulty and hardship.
    While Cambodian local and volunteer Korean youth worked side by side to renovate the library and Computer Centre at the Don Bosco Technical School, repainting walls, refurbishing bookshelves, rearranging and classifying books, updating internet access.....the Malguyou Medical Team focused on health and wellness programs in three provinces including Smokey Mountain and the slum area of Stueng Meanchey Phnom Penh.  Fifty Biddhist monks and school neighbours also came along for a health check.
    The unique activity was the World Aids Day (WAD 2008) which brought some 300 children and 50 youth facilitators together for a one-day activity consisting of  healthy games led by the youth themselves, and medical checkups by the medical team.
    The medical team travelled 300 kms to serve children in the brick factories and paddy fields in Battambang province, to bring health and wellness there too. A visit to the nearby brick factories helped the medical team understand the causes of many of the diseases and health problems being experienced.
    Don Bosco Cambodia has been a privileged locus for human and socio-cultural development of Korean youth.  There they have experienced evangelical values of sharing and caring for others, communion and collaboration with other faiths and commitment to Don Bosco's mission through love for the poor, especially children.  The period from 7-19 January will long be remembered as 'Mission accomplished' through these values, Don Bosco's way.
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Title: australasia 2035
Subject and key words: EAO Provinces THA KOR Volunteers Cambodia
Date (year): 2008
ID: 2000-2099|2035