2952 Seoul Youth Centre given by Government
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Seoul 'Dream'
Youth
Centre in Salesian hands!
SEOUL: 26 November 2011 -- On November 25, the Seoul
Metropolitan Government officially announced that they have
chosen the Salesian Society in Korea to run a new facility
for youth, the so-called Seoul Dream
Youth Centre, at least for the next three years. The Centre
will open next July.
The new Centre will be located in one of
the commercially-developed districts in Seoul city and
easily approachable through public transport. The building,
belonging to local government, used be a Medical Centre now
transferred to the outskirts of the city. It has 5 floors,
of which the 4th, 5th and B1 floors will be allocated for
the Youth Centre, with a total of 6,500 square metres of
space.
The new youth complex will provide a
one-stop service for any youngster: counselling, outreach,
drop-in, leisure time programs, career counselling, after
school, alternative school.... a Valdocco-style
oratory in the ultra-modern Korean Capital! The necessary
funding for managing the Centre, about a million and a half
dollars a year, will be provided by the local government,
City of Seoul.
The Salesians will sign a contract at the
end of this month with Seoul City and than begin remodelling
the building in order to adapt it for youth programs to open
next July.
Our Seoul correspondent indicates
that the Centre will be an excellent 'Oratory', creating
real synergy on behalf of the young, especially those most
in need, through collaboration between the Korean province
with its experience, the newly-provided Government facility,
and Don Bosco's Loving kindness. Add to that the youth
services of local government with its excellent organisation
and administrative strength.
