As Nepal is becoming a very favorite destination for the Korean people, many students are visiting Nepal for volunteer work.

A group of SNU students are in Nepal for their kind of volunteer service, Korean education service.

Professor Jong Tae Won organized a students group called"Sathi", which means a friend in Nepalese language.

Through this group, the students are rendering services at Bahira Balak School in Naxal and Sweta Sadan School in Lele of Lalitpur with the cooperation of Cooperation and Participation in Overseas NGOs (COPION), a Korean NGO.

COPION is an organization working for solving global poverty problems and improving education level with local NGOs worldwide.

In Nepal, two centers of COPION, Korea-Nepal Culture Center and Korea-Nepal Welfare Center have provided Korean language education, working for development issues, Nepalese language education, library service and various classes for children such as art, English and mathematics.

The students were also involved in the discussions aimed at sharing information about Nepalese education system.

Although NGOs from various countries already have supported diverse fields of Nepalese society, the volunteering works rendering by Sathi are also will be a meaningful experience for both Nepalese students and Koreans.

"We believe that Nepal and Korea will make true"Sathi" with each other," said Soh Yeon Kim the director of COPION.

July 15, 2008
Reported by Gorkhapatra Sansthan - Dharmapath, Kathmandu, Nepal