“It was a great pleasure to have been

invited to this conference where

basically it’s all about the mind. ”

The problem with conventional correctional service is

that we try to reshape, remodel and rehabilitate the

person but as soon as they get out, that is when the

damage happens. Therefore what we have to be

advocating for is to break this second prison. The first

type is the physical prison and the second type is the

mind prison. As leaders of correctional service, I believe

it is our duty to manage and change perceptions about

imprisonment by proposing new methods such as the

Mind Education.

t was a great pleasure to have been invited to this

conference where basically it’s all about the mind. It’s

an excellent learning platform and I will like to further

engage the program to be rolled out to other countries like

Botswana where we can exchange programs, knowledge

and experience to guide the youth not only in prisons but

also in the country.

DSF

First launched a Mind Education Training Program for inmates at KamitiMaximum Security Prison and then spread to 119 prisons across Kenya after realizing the solution to solving the problem of recidivism lay within the Mind Education.

IYF VISION & MISSION

IYF was established as a worldwide youth organization

and international NGO based on a Christian mindset

in 2001, to raise leaders with a global insight through

youth education, activities, and provide realistic

solutions to problems in the global village.

In 2005, IYF was awarded a Grand Prize at

the Korea Press Forum for its contribution to

international society and was awarded the Minister

of Health and Welfare Award in 2008, while also

being awarded the Ministry of Gender and Family

Award in 2010 at the Korean Youth Expo. IYF is

registered as an NGO organization in 60 countries

and has signed MOUs with 164 organizations in

51 countries from all over the world.

IYF aims to cultivate internationally-minded

leaders through youth education, community

service, domestic and international exchange, and

cultural activities.

MAIN PROJECT

월드문화캠프

1995년 ‘한미연합청소년수련회’를 모태로 시작된

월드 문화캠프는 2001년월드문화캠프로명칭을

변경한후 매회그 규모가커져 2017년에는국내

외총 3,408명의대학생및청소년지도자들이참가

했다.또한각국정부 의초청과후원으로 2008년

부터는아프리카를비롯한 남미,유럽,아시아등

전 세계로확대되어 2017년에는 29개국에서월드

문화캠프를개최했다.

세계청소년부장관포럼

세계대학총장포럼

WORLD CULTURE CAMP

The World Culture Camp began in 1995 as ‘Korea-USA

Youth Camp.’ In 2001, the name changed to World

Culture Camp and opened up for youths all over the

world. A total of 3,408 students and youth leaders

participated in the 2017 World Culture Camp.

Beginning in 2008, camps were held in various countries

with the support of the local governments. In 2017, IYF

WorldCultureCampwasheldin 29countries.

MINISTER OF YOUTH WORLD FORUM

Ministers from around the world gather in Korea to

discuss about the root causes of the problems the

youth of the world face today and search for solutions.

Through exchange and cooperation with IYF, they

develop collaborative, practical solutions to improve the

current situations and implement them through World

Campsin eachcountry.

WORLD EDUCATION LEADERS FORUM

Leaders of education from each country joined to identify

the essence of the problems arising in college education,

andtoseekfora solution andmutualdevelopment.

동서울링컨학교

케냐 마하나임 국제고등학교

EAST-SEOUL LINCOLN SCHOOL

IYF Lincoln School has been commissioned as an

alternative school by Seoul Office of Education since

February, 2005. It was established to educate the students

who are lost and disinterested in the standardized public

education. The school nurtures future “Little Lincolns”

throughvariousspecializededucation.

KENYA MAHANAIM

INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Kenya Mahanaim International High School is officially

approved by Kenya’s Department of Education, and a

testing school of IGCSE developed by the University

of Cambridge. The school strives to raise students with

international mindsets through character building

curricula ratherthanonlyknowledgefocusedones.

HIGH SCHOOLS

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댄스페스티벌

세계문화댄스페스티벌에서는국제적인무대경

험과 표현의장을제공함으로써문화창달의질

적인향상 을 추구하고우수한인재를발굴한

다. 나아가그들 의 문화를승화시켜전 세계인

의우정과화합을도 모한다.

세계문화체험박람회

굿뉴스코를 다녀온 학생들이 현지인들과 함께

살며 몸과마음으로얻은경험을전시,공연,체

험 등으로 담아낸 박람회다. 전 세계에서배운

문화교류의중요 성과필요성을다양한방법으

로알린다.

굿뉴스코페스티벌

영어캠프

영어말하기대회

CULTURAL EXCHANGE

ENGLISH CAMP

The IYF English Camp, which started in 2004, has been

held with high-standard teachers and a packed schedule to

teachstudents 'EnglishisAlive!'

ENGLISH SPEECH CONTEST

The ‘IYF National English Speech Contest’ was made in

order to acquire Korean students with an international

sense of language and improvement of linguistic

proficiency. It goes beyond fluent english pronunciation

and pursues speeches that can move the heart of the

audience. It is one of the biggest and most prestigious

competitionsinKorea.

DANCE FESTIVAL

By providing a place for international stage experience

and expression, The World Cultural Dance Festival

promotes qualitive cultural development and scouts

talented individuals. Moreover, it plans worldwide

friendship andharmonybychannelingtheircultures.

WORLD CULTURE EXHIBITION

An exhibition where Good News Corps students display,

perform, to share to people the experiences they

experienced both physically and mentally. In various

ways, the exhibition informs the importance and

necessity of culturalexchangeslearnedaroundtheworld.

GOOD NEWS CORPS FESTIVAL

The Good News Corps Festival is Korea's one and only

homecoming concert created by the youths who

challenged themselves and set out as Good News Corps

Volunteers to over 80 countries all over the world. The

members, who took their first step to live for others,

deliverhappinessandenergy.

GLOBAL EDUCATION

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2018 World Culture Camp2018 월드문화캠프

In 1995, the Korean American Youth Retreat was the

starting point for the Korea World Camp, and it has been

held annually after it changed its name to the World

Camp in 2001. Through the training to obtain what a

leader of the next generation must have, the main goal

of the camp is to nurture a strong heart in outstanding

students. Throughout the two weeks of the camp, the

participants overcome the differences in language and

culture and are able to learn the IYF mindset of

communicating and uniting with each other. In 2012,

having about 4,000 college students from over 50

countries participate meant that the World Camp has

become Korea’s representative international youth

exchange activity in both name and reality.

1995년한미연합청소년수련회를모태로시작된

한 국 월드캠프는 2001년 월드캠프로 명칭을

변경한 후 해마다 개최되고있다. 차세대지도

자로서갖춰 야할 리더십훈련을통해강한마

음을가진젊은인 재를양성하는것이캠프의

목적이다.참가자들은 2 주 동안언어와문화의

차이를넘어서로소통하고 연합할수 있는 IYF

정신을 배우게 된다. 2012년에 는 50여 개국

4,000여명의 대학생이참가했을만 큼 월드캠

프는명실공히대한민국대표청소년국제 교류

활동으로성장했다.

PURPOSE

To nurture the students who have not found the true

meaning to life so they can actually have confidence

to challenge themselves,self-control,anddeeperthinking.

To show the young intellects, who are going to lead

people, to see the problems of society in the right way,

to have a social responsibility and to solve actual

problems.

To fulfill a true union that overcomes race, interacts with

college students of the world and opens up a wide

viewpointoftheworld.

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OPENING CEREMONY

& HAEUNDAE MUSIC CONCERT

The World Culture Camp Opening Ceremony and

the outdoor music concert on the best beach in Korea,

Haeundae Beach, starts together with the citizens. The

surging crowd of about 35,000 that gathers at Haeundae

IYF Music Concert is able to experience a summer night

to remember with the beautiful night view, the calm

sound of the waves, and the beautiful melody of classic

musicon the fantasticstage.

개막식및 해운대 음악회

IYF ARTISTS &

GRACIAS CHOIR PERFORMANCES

The best musicians of the world, the IYF Artists from

Russia and the Gracias Choir, present their breathtaking

classicalmusic.

IYF 아티스트 및 그라시아스합창단 공연

SPECIAL GUEST LECTURES

The lectures of well-known people from every field of

society allow participants to have an insight of the future

and teach us the qualitiesof leaderswho will lead the next

generation.

명사초청강연

MAIN PROGRAM

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WORLD CULTURE PERFORMANCES

Through the performances that have been prepared from

the fourcorners of the world, we can taste the beautyand

get thechancetounderstandvariouscultures.

세계문화공연

MIND LECTURES

Through the mind lectures, participants will be able to

take a peek into the world of the heart, which they have

been ignoringbecauseof thecompetitive society, and find

true value and happiness in life. The lectures provide a

chance forparticipants to establisha clear lifegoal.

마인드강연

VISIT MAIN CITIES

By visiting Korea's main cities; Seoul, Dajeon, Daegu,

Gwangju, and more, participants get familiar with

each city's special characteristics and atmosphere, and

furthermoregetto knowKoreabetter.

주요 대도시 탐방

HALF-MARATHON

This is the place of challenge where participants can

feel the satisfaction and joy of over coming their limit

and finishing the race by overcoming the temptation

to stop in the middle.

단축 마라톤

IYF ACADEMIES

As new knowledge is built, the IYF academies make

students become one step closer to becoming a leader

and build an intellectual interest through 16 different

academies such as Korean, English, Japanese, other

language classes, Tae Kwon Do, Korean food, dance,

skin careandmore.

IYF 아카데미

MINI-OLYMPICS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Through outdoor activities such as the mini-olympics and

other recreational activities, it is a time for the teams

to unite their hearts and to build friendships with foreign

friends.

미니올림픽및 레크리에이션 활동

HOMESTAY

During the camp, the participants go on a home stay for

onenightand twodays. For Koreanstudents, it’sa time to

introduce Korea, and for the foreign students it’sa time to

experiencetheKorean familyculturecloseup.

민박

캠프기간중참가자들은 1박 2일간의민박을한

다. 한국 대학생들에게는 우리나라의 문화를

소개하는 시간이,외국대학생들은한국가정문

화를가까이서 체험해볼수 있는시간이된다.

Good News Corps

EXCHANGE MYYOUTH FOR THEIRHEARTSIn 2002, the Good News Corps (GNC) began under

the slogan of ‘Exchange my youth for their hearts’ and

dispatched 14 overseas volunteers to 10 countries, Now,

between 600~800 volunteers are dispatched to 94

countries every year. College students spend a year with

the local people, learning the mottos of IYF: Challenge,

Change and Cohesion. They also act as civilian

diplomats,introducing the Korean culture.

굿뉴스코해외봉사단

“Through Good News Corps Overseas Volunteering,

we share everything through the heart with them.

It was a happy moment to share the joy and

thankfulness.”

Footprints of Good NewsCorpsSince 2002, Good News Corps has continued to send volunteers to 94

countries around the world. They serve as civilian diplomatic missions,

Cumulative dispatched

acting in various fieldssuch as foreign cooperation and cultural exchange.

Good News Corps' 6 CharmsDo you want to change your life? Check out the Good News Corps Overseas Volunteer Group!

Here are Good News Corps' six charms you can’t find anywhere else!

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A Smile Speaks

Louder than WordsWriting and Photography | Shin Sung Ook In charge | Kim Eun Ooh Campus Reporter

It had been my dream since I was a child to volunteer

overseas. In the vast continent of Africa, I wanted to

hang out with the natives, volunteer together, and

become an unforgettable friend. When I was able to

fulfill this dream through Good News Corps, the title

‘One of the top 10 world’s poorest country, Guinea’,

captured me. Thinking ‘Since I’m going to volunteer,

let’s go to a difficult country!’, I boarded a flight to

Guinea.

After spending 24 hours on the airplane, I arrived

in Guinea. There, it was the stifling atmosphere that

welcomed me first rather than the natives. Because of

the sticky, hot and humid air, I was soaked with sweat in

less than fiveminutes.

‘Thisisn’t thevolunteerI imagined’

Life in Guinea was much more arduous than I thought

TheGoodNewsCorpsGuineabranchwasinthecapital

Konakri. Despite being thecapital, electricity comes in

about six hours a day, and there were many times when

it was not even supplied. Because of power outage all

the time, it was not once or twice I was baffled. While

washing my head with the light turned on in the

evening, when I open my eyes to the sound of ‘tick’,

all I could see was pitch-darkness. Each time, I would

look for my towel feeling my way, and missed Korea

where I lived without worrying about electricity. I

was troubled not only because of electricity, but also

because of water. Guinea is called ‘the kingdom of

water’, but because the government controls water, it

comes out for only six hours a day. So every day I

wondered ‘How can Isave water?’.

SeongWookShin

He went to Guinea for volunteer activities as

the 16th Good News Corps. And he says he

cannot forget thepartyhislocalfriendsheldon

the eve of his return, as they told him to come

backtoGuinea.Hegainedthedreamtowork

andlivefortheyouths inGuinea, thehometown

of his heart. He took a picture while drawing

waterwithhisfriendAnge.

However, it was language that made me difficult

more than anything. Guinea uses French language.

The natives taught French through French really hard

to me, who had never learned French in my life. It felt

so pathetic and frustrating to see myself unable to speak

more than four to five years old children. Surely, I came

here because I wanted to make unforgettable memories

with the natives and be a friend who shares heart, but

I can’t talk to them… It felt as if language ruined my

overseas volunteerlife.

Y-shirt is feminine, Blouse is masculine?

Evenif I changedmyheart and tried to learn, I feltdizzy

whenever I opened a book full of French words with

gender for eachword.

“Why on earth is Y-shirt feminine and Blouse,

masculine? How can I memorize all this? I give up!”

Even as time glided on, all I could say was “Hello,

I’m hungry, I’m hot, thank you”. I could adapt to and

live a life without electricity, or fetch water from afar,

but language was simply not a problem I could solve.

Then one day, I went to Nzerekore in the countryside

to do Mind Education. While it takes five or six hours

at most to travel to other cities in Korea, transportation

in Guinea was entirely different from that of Korea.

Nzerekore was a place where 10 people, including two

drivers in a taxi (sedan), had to run for 24 hours without

resting. When I arrived at Nzerekore after being

cramped in a car for the entire day, the first thing I

saw was the eyes of the villagers looking at us amazed

and saying we were white. Unlike the capital state,

Konakri, which has many foreigners, Nzerekore

welcomeduswitha lookof genuine interest.

The Guy I metat Nzerekore,Ange

Nzerekore was so rural, that there was nothing in the

placewe were to live in. The electricity which was at least

given for six hours did not exist and there was no wagon

to carry the water pitcher. In the morning, I would go

to a house which had a well with a bucket on my head.

During lunchtime, I went out to the streets to promote

Mind Education. There are many people who can’t speak

French language in Nzerekore. Instead they used their

tribal language ‘Guerzé’. I began to get depressedbecause

I thought ‘French is difficult, but local language Even

after coming all the wayto this remote country, I’mgoing

to leavewithoutbeingableto doanything’.

The next morning, one native followed me as I was

carrying a bucket to fetch water with other members. He

was a youth who lived in the IYF branch of Nzerekore,

called Ange. Ange smiled brightly and said to me ‘On

va puiser de l’eau (let’s go fetch water)’. From then on,

Ange continuously talked to me. He kept talking to me

even when I was fetching water or resting. When I ate,

he always sat next to me, explained about the food saying

“Isn’t this delicious? This is my favorite food”, and told

me a lot of stories. And even though I spoke while

searching dictionary hard and stammering, he always

smiled, waited and tried to understand. My heart

gradually opened as I saw such appearances of Ange.

After lunch, I memorized only the words I needed

necessary to promote the mind lecture and began to talk

to the people passing by. Whenever I did that, the

people tried to listen to my bad pronunciation and

grammar, and they liked my effort to try and have a

conversation.

The 500 won given to a Nonsensical Teacher

Around the time I began to get confidence in

conversations with the natives, the branch manager said

“Seong Wook, try the Korean Academy from

tomorrow”. I was surprised and said “I’ve only just

been able to start up a conversation and you want me

to do what? Teach Korean Language?” That evening, I

had to bite the bullet and prepare for the Korean

Language Academy. Throughout the preparation, I

thought “Would people who don’t even know French

well come to learn Korean language? And no matter how

peoplecome,howcan I explainit to them!”

The next day, I was surprised when I arrived at the

Academy venue. About 30 to 40 people were sitting and

waiting for me to learn Korean Language. Their eyes

were full of the will to learn something. I stammered

saying “now, repeat after me” as I had prepared the

other day, and afterwards, I spoke only in Korean

without any explanation in French. Even though it was a

very bad class, the people did not care about it and

listened to the class by following hard after me.And after

class, they always came to me and greeted saying

“merci beaucoup, professeur! (Thank you very much

teacher!)”

Itwasn’tuntil a dayor twolater that I wasableto realize

one fact. A fluent French explanation did not matter to

them.What was importantwas that someone taught them

something and that they were learning something. I

was so ashamed of myself for having given up on

learning French because they taught me French through

French language contrary to their attitude. Then the

pressure I had on languagedisappearedfrommy heart.

And I no more cared whether people understood me or

not, but I taught with what I wanted to say. There was a

little child whomI gotclose to when I was so excitedwith

promoting. We didn't make sense to each other

because the child could only speak Guerzé, but he was

always following me, smiling when I smiled, smiling

shyly when I talked to him, and laughed out loud when

he saw me explaining things to others, though I don’t

know what was so funny. I loved the child’s bright smile.

The laughter was literally pure and clean with nothing to

worry about in theworld.

On the last day of the academy, I explained to the child

whocameto mewithhandandbodygestures, " I'mgoing

back home today. " The child, who seemed to interpret

the meaning while staring at me, suddenly ran away. A

moment later, as I was preparing for the mind lecture, the

childcameup tome andputsomething in my hand.

I took picturewith friends

who were happy that

Im a realAfricanwhen

Imadeareggaehair.

Then he smiled at me, waved, and rushed off. I stared

absent-mindedlyat his back and opened my hand. I had a

crumpled 500won in my hand. Knowing how big

500won is for children here, I ould feel that the 500 won

I received was the best gift the child could express I

thought for a long time. “Am I such a good person for

this child? We did not know each other's names, did not

understand each other, and all I ever did was laugh

together….”

Nzerekore,I willbe back!

On the day the mind lecture ended, as I was busy

organizing theequipment to returnto Konakri,Ange

approachedme.

Seeing him from a distance running to greet me alone

showedmethathewasverysadtohearthatIwasleaving.

“Come toNzerekoreagain,SeongWook!Thankyouso

much foreverything.”

What did I ever do for him to thank me when all I ever

did was fetch water with him, and occasionally smiled

bashfully at him…. "I didn't do anything for you, but

you're so sad to see me go". I told Ange “I will

definitely come back to Nzerekore, and I’m more

grateful”. Ange stood looking at me in the car until I

was out of sight. Inside the car, I recalled the time in

Nzerekore, where I felt like I was dreaming while

looking at the photos I took with

I lovedthechild’sbrightsmile.

Thelaughterwasliterallypureandclean withnothingtoworryaboutin theworld.

Ange, the notes I had prepared for the Korean Language

Academy and the crumpled 500 won. Nzerekore, which

totally changed my misapprehension that I cannot share

my heartwhen language isn’tunderstood.Thinking about

the time there, thebitter24hoursin thecar feltshort.

Now, I have many friends here in Konakri. Bazim,

Gamy, Temga, Augustin, Rodrigue, BK…. “Language

isn’tunderstood” isno longeranexcuseforme.Evennow,

phone calls from Ange occasionally comes. He says "A

fewdaysago,ourbranch officemovednearer to a well, so

comebacksinceyoudon’thaveto go far to fetchwater”. It

sounds like a joke, but because I know the heart of Ange

in his words, I sincerely answer that I will go someday.

What I felt while attending school, going to the army,

And doing part time jobs in Korea was that “there is

no such thing as a free lunch”. When someone comes up

to me, I lived my life thinking “Why is he good to me?

Should I do something? I’m sure he wants something”.

So I always stayed at a reasonable distance from

people. But the people I met at Nzerekore approached

me and accepted me the way I am, regardless of

whether I was good or bad, whether I was lacking or

not. Guinea, which always embraced me with so much

love, and the friends I met in Guinea. It hasn’t been a

week since I returned to Korea, and I already miss

Guinea.