South Korean volunteers serve Aklan school

The Republic of Korea government dispatched an Information Technology (IT) team in a school in Aklan province and helped it through donations.

"On The Air" Korea IT Volunteer (KIV) team was in Aklan State University (ASU) Ibajay Campus from July 3 to August 12, donating several equipment and conducting IT education and Korea culture education.

Among the donations given to ASU were Notebook-i5 core (1), digital camera (1), beam projector (1), external hard drive 1TB (1), CD-ROM(200), DVD ROM(100), ballpen with pencil (500), t-shirts (50), computer virus vaccine (100), Korean traditional game set (60), Korean traditional handicraft (50), hair band (500), and Korean traditional postcard (50).

The team members, who worked together at Kumoh Broadcasting System for five years, also conducted an IT training class, which centered on Microsoft office (Excel, Powerpoint) and Photoshop.

A culture class that included introduction to Korea's history and culture, introduction to Korea's Multimedia through MTV, introduction to Korea's traditional games (Yut game, Jegi-chagi (like SIPAK)), and cultural exchange (Korean alphabet-Tagalog) was also conducted.

A Korea Culture Festival was also held at ASU on August 12.

Among the activities during the festival were the introduction to Korea's famous IT company, quiz for students, and cooking Korea's traditional food and tasting.

The On the Air team members said, "We choose ASU for the programs and donations after we saw introductions of the school on the Internet homepage."

"It is little bit difficult to find the location of ASU Ibajay campus on the Internet and that place was unfamiliar in South Korea. The reason why, we thought we can serve with devotion," the group added.
The group also said that it chose to be in the Philippines after one of the team members, who has wide experience in the country, praised Filipinos' kindness and introduced the Philippines picturesque scenery.

Members of the group include: Team Leader - Nam Su-Hun (Luke); culture part - Kim Dae-Woo (Torr); IT part - Yoo Da-Jeong (Taya); and Lee Hui-Eun (Heeny).

The group said it aims to make people proficient in IT, which is a stepping stone for the Philippines to go IT power.

The On the Air team also wants to spread KIV Program to other regions to help them. (Tashuana Alemania/Sunnex)