AMMAN — The
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Jordan Office held the “2022 Partners Workshop — World Friends
Korea (WFK) Volunteer Program” to mark the resumption of the program and
strengthen the partnership between KOICA and its partners in the Kingdom, the
Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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Under the WFK program, KOICA mobilizes Korean
volunteers from sectors including education, agriculture and fisheries, general
health care, and sanitation, according to the agency’s website.
The program aims to strengthen friendly ties between
Korean and Jordan, and to enhance economic and social development in the
Kingdom.
The Jordan KOICA office has provided 439 volunteers
since 2006 to support public institutions in Jordan. After the outbreak of
COVID-19, KOICA volunteers were evacuated in April 2020, and only this summer
did the WFK program finally resume.
Three new volunteers were dispatched to Jordan in
July 2022 in the fields of youth development and music education to the
Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Social Development, and the
Ministry of Culture, respectively. The number of volunteers is expected to grow in the
coming months, according to a KOICA statement released on Monday.
The workshop included several sessions covering
program updates, the volunteer enlistment process, and KOICA’s commitment to
partner satisfaction. One session also focused on KOICA’s anti-corruption
compliances and internal and global efforts to combat corruption, the statement
added.
During Thursday’s
workshop, attended by the directors of host organizations and representatives
from concerned ministries, Country Director of the KOICA Jordan Office Seo
Dongsung expressed his gratitude to the agency’s partners for their cooperation
and contribution to both the program’s success over the past 16 years and its
resumption in July.
He also praised new volunteers who have come to
Jordan to share their knowledge and experience.
The workshop concluded with a feedback session for
KOICA’s partners, who voiced their questions, concerns, and opinions regarding
the WFK Volunteer Program. KOICA responded to each question and pledged its
commitment to assist Jordan, noting that it will work to ensure partners have a
positive experience with KOICA volunteers.
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