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Culture & Reunification Education
preparing for the changes to come by educating and raising awareness around the goals of the reunification
Through campaigns, projects, and forums, GFI works to create spaces where individuals can learn more about the division of the two Koreas and the importance of a peaceful reunification. Additionally, GFI provides mentorship programs that equip and prepare young adults to join the workforce.
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REUNIFICATION CULTURE MOVEMENT
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GFI conducts reunification education programs and events to encourage the generations who remember the tragic aftermath of the Korean War to dream for the gospel-driven, peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula.
VISIT TO THE
DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DMZ)
Unification Campaign: Spreading the Dream of Reunification
There is an annual “GFI DMZ Experience” in June where South Korean participants visit the DMZ with the purpose of remembering the forgotten history of pain and suffering from the Korean War and discover the need for a peaceful reunification of
the Korean Peninsula.
REUNIFICATION CAMPAIGN
Reunification Week
Every year, GFI holds an array of events, exhibitions, and fairs during Reunification Week (end of June) to spread awareness of the need for a peaceful reunification. The many activities throughout the week create interactive spaces for South Koreans to discover their identity as a united Korean people with North Korea.
REUNIFICATION FORUM
Reunification Symposium
(Co-hosted with the Christian Society for Reunification)
Every year, GFI holds an array of events, exhibitions, and fairs during Reunification Week (end of June) to spread awareness of the need for a peaceful reunification. The many activities throughout the week create interactive spaces for South Koreans to discover their identity as a united Korean people with North Korea.
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YOUTH CAPACITY BUILDING FOR REUNIFICATION
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YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
GFI’s Youth Mentorship Program believes in the power to “transform one person’s life” through this preparation for the era of reunification. Through the relationships formed between the mentors and mentees that become much like those of an advisor and advisee, a teacher and student, or a parent and child, these young adults will be taught, equipped, and prepared to transform the future and shape the era of reunification.
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"From the 1st Youth Mentorship Program in 2015 to the 6th Youth Mentorship Program in 2020...
1,092 young adults have received mentorship from
177 mentors that have guided them to pursue their dreams."
YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM ANNUAL SCHEDULE
L'ABRI YOUNG ADULT CENTER
On March 9, 2020, GFI opened L’abri Young Adult Center – a center that supports young adults preparing to enter the workforce. Located in Noryangjin, L’abri Young Adult Center is in the neighborhood in southwestern Seoul with the highest concentration of young adults relentlessly studying for exams that are required for employment.
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On March 9, 2020, GFI opened L’abri Young Adult Center – a center that supports young adults preparing to enter the workforce. Located in Noryangjin, L’abri Young Adult Center is in the neighborhood in southwestern Seoul with the highest concentration of young adults relentlessly studying for exams that are required for employment. Because there are many individuals who struggle to support themselves financially while studying and preparing, GFI strives to support these young adults physically and mentally in this process of career and employment preparation through this center.
L’abri Young Adult Center conducts youth capacity building projects (career consulting and specialized speakers), mental health support projects (therapy and counseling), multicultural arts exhibition projects (creative arts funding), youth welfare projects (monthly rent donations, food provisions), and more.