From July 14 to 15, Bosung Girls' High School held the “Multi-Cultural Hesed Camp” for 32 students of the School of Tomorrow (SOT). SOT is a Christian alternative school for children of foreigners living in Korea. Most of their parents work in factories in Korea.
The camp was prepared entirely by the second-year students of the high school. They practiced praise songs, held a worship service, performed skits, and gave a concert, playing traditional folk musical instruments. They went to the market themselves to purchase the canvas bags. Na Ye-rin (17) shared her experience, commenting, “Once when I was feeling exhausted after taking care of the little ones, a child came up to me and said, ‘I’m so happy.’ Then I wanted to do more and better for them.”
This was the second Multicultural Hesed Camp, following the first in 2014. The students used to go abroad every year to volunteer in Cambodia, the Philippines, Nepal, Mongolia, and other countries, a program that was started in 2007, the school’s centennial year. After the Sewol Ferry disaster in 2014, however, it became difficult to organize overseas group travel. Since then the school has been focusing on foreign children living in Korea.
School chaplain Rev. Kim Hye-gyeong, said, “The Korean churches go on many overseas mission trips, but they often overlook the foreign children right in our midst. We hope that the SOT children have spent happy times together, and have learned that they are precious children of God.”
Article and photos by reporter Lee Yongsang (sotong203@kmib.co.kr), with Yeara Ahn-Park (yap@kmib.co.kr)
Original Article in Korean:
외국인 자녀들과 ‘다문화 헤세드 캠프’ 개최: 서울 보성여고 2학년 학생들
