92th General Assembly

2013 Annual Report

In 2013, Seoul YWCA has strove to pursue 3 core objectives ‘Justice by caring’, ‘Peace by sharing’, ‘Young leadership development’ under the theme ‘Women, Wind of Life and Saving the World’.

Justice by Caring

To establish desirable relationship between care service users and helpers (baby sitter, house-keeping helper, and post-natal carer), standard contract form was created. Detailed guidance for service users was posted on our homepage and interview to hire baby sitter was begun to be required.

Periodic medical check-up and monthly refresher course and intensive training were conducted to enhance professionalism of helpers. Their wages were subdivided and systematized and properly guaranteed leave was given to them to raise reliability and satisfaction between users and them. Integrated management of helpers through management system was started.

New jobs for helpers were created; Food Mom who makes side dishes only, Safe Mom who does babysitting and housekeeping for dual career couple, and Danuri Housekeeping Helper, international migrant women.  

Peace by Sharing

Various movements for sharing what we have were implemented under the theme, ‘We Want Your Talent, Heart, and What You Have Shared; for example, through ‘School for Everything’, any member who got talent can be a teacher for others, and through ‘Donate to Celebrate’, people can donate when they want to celebrate personal anniversaries in a meaningful way.

To heighten public awareness on sharing peace, campaign for North Korean Children, ‘Friends, Let’s Have a Meal Together’ was run and money boxes were distributed to our members to raise fund for them. ‘Pink Box Project’ for underprivileged women and girls in Tanzania, Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia was carried out to provide them with cotton sanitary napkin, underwear, vitamin, and cosmetic items. As a part of multi-cultural family support programs, ‘Making Patchwork-like World’ was conducted to make people in community understand multi-cultural family and acknowledge them as their neighbor.  

Young Leadership Development

To foster young people as good citizens with community spirit, volunteer activity, social participation, and education on human rights, multiculturalism, and peace were run.

Project called ‘Find human rights in films for youth’ was provided to students in several schools to enhance their human rights sensitivity. Campaign for energy saving, called ‘Unplugged Youth’, was carried on to make young people join the campaign in their everyday life. Camp for South and North Korean university students, ‘Peace School on the Road’, was started to prepare peaceful reunification of two Koreas and to let both young people be ready for it together.

Various youth volunteer programs were conducted in and out of country. Education programs, campaign, and discussion meeting on school bullying prevention were conducted. Club activities helped youths form an organization and run it by themselves. ‘Kidari School’ opened to develop youth leadership with YWCA spirit.

Programs of Outreach Centers

In Bongcheon & Garak Social Welfare Center, specialized welfare services were provided to strengthen family function and meet the welfare needs of community. Various activities through community networks were useful to improve community capacity about welfare. In Yeongdeungpo & Nowon Women Resources Development Center, vocational training programs were provided to grow women’s financial empowerment and their social status. Also, they helped women find jobs or start their own business. In Gangnam & Sungdong Youth Center, they focused on club activities, volunteer programs, counseling, and educational programs. Discussion meeting and seminar regarding school bullying, campaign for making school culture without violence, and parent training were offered to make ‘youth-friendly’ social environment.    

Programs for Members

Increasing the number of members was our priority. To make our members feel free to visit to Seoul YWCA every time, invitation events, various education programs instructed by talent donators, and lifetime member academy were given. Club activities among members were actively supported. All of our programs for members were posted on facebook and homepage of Seoul YWCA.