7/2 We began our first day at the library - With Bossaina (Yemen), Adam, Ahmad, Said, Janah (Egypt), Anas, Land (Iraq), we started our first Korean class 8/22 Meeting with all the Bakara Library Teachers 9/16 Began our English classes 12/20 Registered ourselves as a Business Corporation
2019
4/16 Sports Day with students from the Seoul French School 4/19 Baraka Field Trip to the Children’s Grand Park 4/27 Painted the exterior of the Baraka Library 6/14 Took part in the Pochun Multi-Cultural Foreign School Forum (Refugee Education Solutions) 8/25 Overnight Baraka Family Residential Trip to Sokcho 8/31 Started our 10-Week Sports Programme with the Korean Sport Committee Rainbow Sport Students Volunteering Team 10/14 Discussed partnerships with the Yongsan Education Welfare Center 11/24 Parental education at home (by the Yongsan Education Welfare Center) - Family Ability Strengthening Initiative, Multicultural Society Integration Initiative
2020
1/29 Discussed partnerships with the head of Yongsan Educational Welfare Center, and ‘The Space Friends’ Organisation 1/29 Discussed partnerships with Mr. Han Sang-Bum, head of Crimson Education Korea 2/1 Les Miserables Barista Learning Course (with 5 Arab Women) 4/2 - Preparation for COVID-19 preparation online class complete 4/10 - Started quarantine for visitors 6/29 - Yongsan Education Welfare Center advisory committee 7/16 - Crimson Education Volunteers start volunteering 7/28 - Baraka social enterprise preparation meet 9/9 - Hosted by Anonymous <Baraka Little Concert> Les Misérables 10/3 - Visit to Hwaseong grape farm 10/21 - Jeongsu Polytechnic College volunteers volunteer for 4 weeks (10/21~11/18) 10/31 - Children’s Grand Park visit
2021
1/18 - Started Itaewon tteokbokki business for economic independence of migrant women 5/15 - Polytechnic College volunteers ending ceremony (Active for 3 weeks during the first half of 2021) 5/16 - Yongsan Education and Welfare Center Advisory Meeting 5/23 - Yongsan Civil Society Awards (With The Commons 009) 6/3 - Participated in SK Happiness Sharing Foundation’s SIT(Social Innovators Table) 10/3 - Polytechnic College volunteers starting ceremony (2nd half of 2021, ending 11/17) 11/6 - Polytechnic College Campus invitation futsal match 12/8 - Yongsan Education Welfare Center advisory meeting 12/18 - IMM Foundation scholarship award ceremony 12/24 - World Citizen Forum 2021 awards ceremony (Writing grand prize - Nahid, Drawing and chopsticks mentoring grand prize - Najid) 12/25 - Les Miserables Christmas Celebration 12/30 - Social Enterprise <Play 31> Eon Hyojeong delegation visit and agreement
2022
1/27 - Participated in Multicultural Network Assembly (Kim Kihak, Itaewon Branch Manager) 2/21-25 World Citizen Form drawing exhibition (At the National Assembly Hall, With Rep. Do Jonghwan) 3/22 - Yongsan Volunteer Center operations meeting 4/27 - Osan middle school Combined Villages Innovation School Governance Meeting (Kim Kihak representative) 5/19 - Yongsan Migrant Children Support Center network meeting (At Yongsan Education Welfare Center) 5/20 - IMM Hope Foundation scholarship presentation ceremony 5/31 - Yongsan Education Welfare Center-Baraka Little Library Agreement Ceremony 6/3-5 - Middle and high school students visit to Busan and Gyeongju 6/23 - Yongsan Migrant Children Support Center network meeting (At Galwol Welfare Center) 6/25 - Global Citizenship Forum, Kyung Hee University Humanitas College mentor-mentee Chopstick March’ Ceremony 6/29 - Attended the Yongsan Volunteer Center committee (Committee member Kim Kihak) 6/30 - Korea Polytechnic College volunteers closing ceremony 7/8 - Yongsan Talent Training’s soap making event 8/4 - Baraka Little Library student visit to Everland (supported by CVC Capital) 8/6 - MBC News [Site 36.5] Our neighborhood Itaewon class ‘Baraka Library’ introduction 8/17 - Yongsan Migrant Children Support Center network meeting (At Osan middle school) 8/19 - Horticultural Committee’s horticultural therapy class 9/7 - Jeongsu Campus Polytechnic College volunteers start volunteering 9/17 - Global Citizenship Forum, Kyung hee University Humanitas College begins ‘Chopstick March’ (Mentor-mentee program) 9/23 - 2022 Korea Reading Festival (At Wonju City Central Library) lecture titled <The Role of Local Small Libraries in the Multicultural Era> (Kim Kihak) 9/27 - Yongsan Volunteer Center operations meeting 10/4 - Yongsan Innovative Education (Local Education Program) starts 10/7 - ‘Play 31 Social Enterprise’ Eco-education starts 10/10 - Itaewon Alley mural painting volunteering 10/15 - Itaewon World Foods Festival 1-day police volunteers (Baraka middle and high school students) 11/18 - Korea Polytechnic College volunteers closing ceremony 12/10 - Kyung Hee University Humanitas College, World Citizen Forum ‘Chopstick March’ program reporting session (4 students from Baraka middle and high school attended)
2023
1/14, 28 - Baraka children go sledding 1/19 - Middle and high school students winter vacation to Chuncheon 1/20 - Yongsan Migrant Children Support Organization meeting (At Yongsan Volunteer Center) 1/28 - Baraka Yutnori competition 2/19 - Visited multicultural counseling team at Incheon Yeonsu-gu Office of Education 2/25 - Jump Rainbow mentor-mentee ceremony (At Seongsu-dong Jump) 3/10 - Yongsan Migrant Children Support Organization council meeting 4/10 - Visit to Yongsan Senior Welfare Center (Agreement ceremony) 4/11 - Agreement ceremony between Hanbitnuri and Baraka Library 5/6 - Migrant festival (At Polytechnic College) 5/10 - Picnic for Baraka mothers and infants (Supported by CAR123) 5/14 - Free health checkup by Somang Medical Team 5/17 - Dodam Dodam Playground game leader camp meeting 6/3 - Sports competition with Polytechnic College volunteers 6/12 - Visited 63 Building aquarium (Supported by mothers/infants Somang women’s team) 6/19 - Appearance on BTN Buddhist Broadcasting to commemorate Refugee Day (Kim Kihak) 6/23 - Participated in Seongsu-dong Hey Ground Refugee Day exhibition 6/29 - Attended Yongsan Volunteer Center Committee meeting (Kim Kihak) 7/13-14 - Attended youth work capacity building network workshop 7/21 - Visited Dongdaemun Education Welfare center 7/25-26 - Yongsan-Yeongdong ‘Jaemaedoshi Youth Cultural Exchange Experience (10 people from Baraka Library attended) https://www.shinailbo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=1739141 7/28 - Visited Jangan-dong Hope Village Center 8/7 - Dodam Dodam Playground game leader camp 8/27 - Baraka children perform ‘Which Planet Are You From?’ at monthly theater performance at Happiness Sharing Foundation’s theater 9/2 - Invited to and visited Goyang Children's museum 9/15 - Migrants Support Organization ‘s interview with Byeolmuri School student 9/25 - Yongsan Volunteer Center committee meeting 10/14 - Lecture for Afghan mothers at Yeonsu Family Center 10/23 - Invited to and visited Lium Museum (Yongsan Volunteer Center) 10/25 - Islamic culture lecture for counselors at Incheon Office of Education 11/8 - Bankimoon Peace Foundation Multicultural students’ visit 12/7-8 - Attended the Korea Youth Foundation performance sharing meeting (At the Ministry of Defense convention center) 12/11 - Attended regional council at Seoul Central Office of Education 12/29 - Baraka children perform ‘From Here to There…’ (At Happiness Sharing Foundation’s theater)
2024
1/12 - Jump Koolong Rainbow Stepping Stone mentoring closing ceremony 1/15 - Jump Koolong Rainbow Stepping Stone mentoring, 6 Baraka Youth students selected 1/14,28 - Baraka children go sledding 1/19 - Middle and high school students vacation to Chuncheon 1/20 - Yongsan Migrant Children Support Organization meeting (At Yongsan Volunteer Center) 2/19 - Visited multicultural counseling team at Incheon Yeonsu-gu Office of Education 2/25 - Jump Rainbow mentor-mentee ceremony (At Seongsu-dong Jump) 3/7 - Carsharing visit to Gangbuk I Will Center 4/2 - Dodam Dodam Playground game leader camp starting ceremony 5/3 - Remodeling of Hope’s Baraka Changshin House 5/4 - Baraka children visit Seoul Land 5/17 - IMM Hope Foundation scholarship awarding ceremony (At Gangnam Intercontinental Hotel) 5/20 - Yongsan Migrant Children Support Center network meeting and visited Seoul Multicultural Education Support Center 5/22 - Participated in Hello Museum Multicultural Forum 5/26 - Lecture on multicultural activities at Soongsil University by researcher students 6/4 - Visiting by Jeju Community Welfare Center (Green Umbrella) Director and staff. 6/13 - Met the Save the Children manager 6/27 - Yongsan-gu’s Mayor awarded a resident (Kim Kihak) 7/2 - Attended the Central Office of Education regional council meeting (Kim Kihak) 7/3 - Appointment ceremony for Student Customized Support by the Central Office of Education (Kim Kihak)