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BUCHEON VOLUNTEER GROUP helps organize, coordinate, and facilitate a number of volunteer opportunities in the Bucheon/Seoul/Incheon regions.  There are a number of volunteer opportunities, such as teaching English to underprivilaged kids, mountain cleanup hikes, chat groups, fundraisers, and participants are also encouraged to use the meetup site to organize their own grass roots volunteering activities!

HELLO FRIENDS is a community outreach program sponsored by Chosun Daily (a Korean newspaper) and supported by volunteers, mainly from the American Women's Club (AWC). The program runs about twice a year - one time in the fall from October to December and than again from March/April to early June.  Hello Friends volunteers go to schools throughout Korea and introduce English to young schoolchildren. Through Hello Friends, Korean children meet and interact with people from other countries - a first for many of them. It is a long-running program recognized by both the volunteers and the children as an incredibly worthwhile experience. All the costs of Hello Friends trips are covered by the organization. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please contact the Hello Friends Chair at hf_chair@hotmail.com. Please note that you must be in Korea to be a volunteer with Hello Friends.

H.O.P.E.  (Helping Others Prosper through English) is a non-profit organization, established and run by Canadian teachers who are looking to make a positive impact on the communities where they live.  Our objective is to provide a safe and accessible place for underprivileged children to develop their English skills and equip them for a brighter future in further education, free of charge.  We are constantly in need of more volunteers as the number of children from low income families and orphanages is overwhelming.  Website:  www.alwayshope.or.kr.  K4E Note: K4E has been informed that teachers who volunteer with H.O.P.E. must have had a Criminal Check, which basically means you must be an E2 visa holder.

MUSTARD SEED arranges for volunteers to teach English to underprivileged children from low-income or single parent families. Mustard Seed meets roughly twice a month on Saturdays for three hours in the afternoon near Sindaebang station. To find out more information or to get involved, contact bradcurtin@hotmail.com.

PROGRAM REACH - one in Suwon and one in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do
Suwon program is a volunteer initiative run by Suwon's expatriate community. Members of REACH teach conversational English to the higher elementary and middle school students at an orphanage located near the Suwon Sports Complex. Each volunteer teaches 2 or 3 students. Classes are held every Sunday from 3-4PM and every Wednesday from 7-8PM. For more information or to volunteer: programmereach@gmail.com

Ansan program volunteers teach English at a North Korean child-care center located near Sangroksu Station (line 4 - Seoul Subway). Classes are held every Saturday from 2-3:30 PM. Tutors can volunteer every other Saturday or twice a month. For more information or to volunteer, please email: programmereach@gmail.com

OUTSIDE KOREA:
Pax Populi English Tutoring Program: Pax Populi is a nonprofit organization that seeks to advance people-to-people peacemaking in Afghanistan. We believe that peace must come within the people-not from politicians or the military. The English Tutoring program is one way to reach out and promote peace through education. We are looking for experienced ESL teachers who are committed to tutoring Afghan students twice a week over Skype. To volunteer, please contact hsakuragi@gmail.com.