The Joy of Volunteer Work and Cooperation

  The last activity of the Yeungnam University Overseas Volunteer Group was repairing the exterior walls of the building and painting murals at Speu Commune High School, installing computers, and teaching high school students how to use computers. The Yeungnam Observer interviewed  Bae Min-seong, the first team leader, to discuss the activities. He said he had volunteered overseas every year before COVID-19 and discovered the joy of volunteer work and the opportunity to grow personally.
  Bae taught Speu Commune students how to use computers. He said he realized how much the educational environment affects the development of the country by watching Cambodian students learn how to enter computers with curiosity. He would also like to have an environment where students from developing countries can comfortably study while doing educational service. Even while working on outdoor murals in hot and humid conditions, he felt the joy of being together with his YU team members.
  Finally, Bae summarized the Yeungnam University Overseas Volunteer program in Cambodia as “cooperation.” The preparation period for dispatch was short, and the period of activity in Cambodia was not so long, but because of the teamwork and the desire to help each other, things went well. He also said that their efforts to understand each other in cultural exchange with Cambodian college students made the overseas volunteer program more prominent.