Visit to farming village

Vinyl greenhouse & mushroom farm

Visit to Saemaul Museum, Minseong-ri, Pohang

With a living legend, Mr. Hong, Seon-pyo who received a presidential citation back in 70s as a Saemaul leader with great performance on implementing Saemaul projects
Last one is with me :)

Korean cultural experience

Visit to cattle shed, vinyl greenhouse (cultivating mini tomatoes), and Saemaul History Museum
The former minister of the Finance Department in Nepal showed a lotta interest in constructing a vinyl greenhouse~

Traditional 5-day interval village market

Visit to traditional market in Gumi

Agricultural Technology Center

Listening to what the center is doing for farmers and how they lend farming machine. A journalist from Annapurna Post is so serious :)

Lecture: Saemaul Undong and Community Development

They're taking the lecture very seriously :) I need to find out "Build Your Village By Yourself or Do It Yourself" movement in Nepal.

Country report

Manager of Department of Community Development in Chitwan, Nepal

Workshop on country report

In the middle of country report
One Mongolia participant is making a presentation on introduction to their short history and Mongolian Saemaul projects.

Saemaul opening ceremony

Welcoming address by Mr. Kim, the deputy mayor of Gumi city :)

In the middle of orientation

First day of 10-day Saemaul training
Starting with introducing Saemaul staff and schedule :)

Mongolian and Nepalese delegation

They finally arrived in Korea and we're now heading for our residence, Kyungwoon University. 1 Nepalese is a vegetarian and most Nepalese cannot eat beef, but all Mongolian can eat everything. :D It's gonna be fun and great 10-day Saemaul training. One Nepalese asked me where the loo is. Wow! It's been a long time since I met a person speaking British English last. I just love it!!! :)

Korean Saemaul volunteers and residents in Kibokwa village, Tanzania

Oct. 27, 2011

Right before we started a meeting with Kobokwa residents, a village head, members from Women's Association and Youth Association, and Korean volunteers (Saemaul Leaders) gathered. Especially, I was so impressed with Korean alphabet on the wall. :)

Villagers said they wanted to visit Korea to learn Saemaul Undong, and the team manager from Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea (Department of Saemaul Undong) stressed Saemaul Undong is different from other aids of advanced countries and it's not just about giving a bucket of fish but teaching how to fish.

We shared a lot of opinions on results of Saemaul Undong, what they like or dislike about Saemaul Undong, or improvements they wanna suggest.

But I felt a bit sad because I thought, according to what they said, they were already used to support from other advanced countries, they didn't really realized why they have to be awakended and change their mindset. But it's just begining stage of Saemaul Undong, so I'm pretty sure they're gonna understand the basic concept of Saemaul Undong soon.

General meeting in Pangawe village, Tanzania

Oct. 29, 2011



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