Take part in the annual Jeongseon art festival

  South Korea

Gangwon

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: July 28 - August 10

Description: Jeongseon is a very famous place with cultural heritage and beautiful surroundings (mountains and rivers) in Korea. This place is the origin of Koreas beloved traditional song called Arirang. Volunteers will participate in a local art festival which is held annually in a mountain area.

Volunteers will be involved in various activities related to Jeongseon art festival. They will mainly assist the artists to create art products for the festival. It will be manual work with wood, mud, stone, paper and so on.

In the free time the volunteers can visit a famous local traditional market and a gold cave.

The project takes place in Jeongseon, Gangwon Province, 200 km east of Seoul. Jeongseon is famous for its beautiful mountains, cave, traditional heritage and Arirang (Korean typical traditional song).

Cost in US$: USD 290

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative young person with adventurous spirit.

Age Range: 18 - 35 years old

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to South Korea Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.