{"id":14313,"date":"2019-09-19T11:25:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T02:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/?p=14313"},"modified":"2023-02-16T17:37:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:37:49","slug":"9-overseas-volunteer-program-brightens-myanmar-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-09-9-overseas-volunteer-program-brightens-myanmar-school\/","title":{"rendered":"9th overseas volunteer program brightens Myanmar school"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14313\" class=\"elementor elementor-14313\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ea6fdba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ea6fdba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34c53de8\" data-id=\"34c53de8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd9412a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd9412a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Dozens of Samsung C&amp;T volunteers swapped summer vacation time to renovate an elementary school in Myanmar and offer new experiences to the pupils there. The team was made up of 50 members, including Samsung C&amp;T employees and their families, as well as volunteers from local trading partner Naing Nine and Plan Korea, an international relief and development NGO.<\/p><p>Their mission from August 5-8 was to improve the facilities at Dala Primary School No. 13, located in a village on the southern bank of Yangon River, and hold cultural exchange events with its students.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd43ff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd43ff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/The-9th-Samsung-CT-overseas-volunteer-team-in-Dala-Township-Myanmar.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQ0MTcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMTlcLzA5XC9UaGUtOXRoLVNhbXN1bmctQ1Qtb3ZlcnNlYXMtdm9sdW50ZWVyLXRlYW0taW4tRGFsYS1Ub3duc2hpcC1NeWFubWFyLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/The-9th-Samsung-CT-overseas-volunteer-team-in-Dala-Township-Myanmar.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-34417\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/The-9th-Samsung-CT-overseas-volunteer-team-in-Dala-Township-Myanmar.jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/The-9th-Samsung-CT-overseas-volunteer-team-in-Dala-Township-Myanmar-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The 9th Samsung C&amp;T overseas volunteer team in Dala Township, Myanmar<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-debbb3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"debbb3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This was Samsung C&amp;T\u2019s ninth overseas volunteer program. The first one was held back in 2011 in India,\u00a0and programs have taken place in Myanmar for the past four years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32d1325 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32d1325\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Different skills from diverse backgrounds\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4729c10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4729c10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For the first time in an overseas volunteering activity, Samsung C&amp;T\u2019s team came from all four company groups \u2013 Engineering &amp; Construction, Trading &amp; Investment, Fashion, and Resort.<\/p><p>These diverse backgrounds allowed the volunteers to offer varied skills. They demonstrated their creative spark in making flower beds, holding a dressing-up event involving Korean traditional clothes, and even coming up with a mural featuring the Korean cartoon Larva, which is popular in Myanmar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd12839 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fd12839\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/The-students-at-Dala-Primary-School-No.-13-were-especially-impressed-with-the-volunteers-mural-featuring-one-of-their-favorite-Korean-cartoons-Larva..jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQ0MTgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMTlcLzA5XC9UaGUtc3R1ZGVudHMtYXQtRGFsYS1QcmltYXJ5LVNjaG9vbC1Oby4tMTMtd2VyZS1lc3BlY2lhbGx5LWltcHJlc3NlZC13aXRoLXRoZS12b2x1bnRlZXJzLW11cmFsLWZlYXR1cmluZy1vbmUtb2YtdGhlaXItZmF2b3JpdGUtS29yZWFuLWNhcnRvb25zLUxhcnZhLi5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/The-students-at-Dala-Primary-School-No.-13-were-especially-impressed-with-the-volunteers-mural-featuring-one-of-their-favorite-Korean-cartoons-Larva..jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-34418\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/The-students-at-Dala-Primary-School-No.-13-were-especially-impressed-with-the-volunteers-mural-featuring-one-of-their-favorite-Korean-cartoons-Larva..jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/The-students-at-Dala-Primary-School-No.-13-were-especially-impressed-with-the-volunteers-mural-featuring-one-of-their-favorite-Korean-cartoons-Larva.-300x95.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The students at Dala Primary School No. 13 were especially impressed with the volunteers\u2019 mural featuring one of their favorite Korean cartoons, Larva.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5cfd6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5cfd6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Other tasks were more physically demanding. For example, volunteers repaired the school\u2019s access road. They also painted its outer and inner walls, following the local rule that elementary schools should be painted light green.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c7dc6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c7dc6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Volunteers-had-to-work-between-bursts-of-rain-to-repair-the-schools-access-road-and-paint-its-walls..jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQ0MTksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMTlcLzA5XC9Wb2x1bnRlZXJzLWhhZC10by13b3JrLWJldHdlZW4tYnVyc3RzLW9mLXJhaW4tdG8tcmVwYWlyLXRoZS1zY2hvb2xzLWFjY2Vzcy1yb2FkLWFuZC1wYWludC1pdHMtd2FsbHMuLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Volunteers-had-to-work-between-bursts-of-rain-to-repair-the-schools-access-road-and-paint-its-walls..jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-34419\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Volunteers-had-to-work-between-bursts-of-rain-to-repair-the-schools-access-road-and-paint-its-walls..jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Volunteers-had-to-work-between-bursts-of-rain-to-repair-the-schools-access-road-and-paint-its-walls.-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Volunteers had to work between bursts of rain to repair the school\u2019s access road and paint its walls.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b15f30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b15f30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There was also a chance for the teenage children of Samsung C&amp;T employees to make a difference, as they prepared a school noticeboard sharing information they thought might be helpful to the students. The pupils seemed fascinated by their choice of subjects \u2013 music and world maps.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5b7372 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5b7372\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/The-teenage-children-of-Samsung-CT-employees-prepared-a-noticeboard-showing-useful-information-to-support-the-students-education-while-they-all-had-fun-with-arts-and-crafts..jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQ0MjAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMTlcLzA5XC9UaGUtdGVlbmFnZS1jaGlsZHJlbi1vZi1TYW1zdW5nLUNULWVtcGxveWVlcy1wcmVwYXJlZC1hLW5vdGljZWJvYXJkLXNob3dpbmctdXNlZnVsLWluZm9ybWF0aW9uLXRvLXN1cHBvcnQtdGhlLXN0dWRlbnRzLWVkdWNhdGlvbi13aGlsZS10aGV5LWFsbC1oYWQtZnVuLXdpdGgtYXJ0cy1hbmQtY3JhZnRzLi5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/The-teenage-children-of-Samsung-CT-employees-prepared-a-noticeboard-showing-useful-information-to-support-the-students-education-while-they-all-had-fun-with-arts-and-crafts..jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-34420\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/The-teenage-children-of-Samsung-CT-employees-prepared-a-noticeboard-showing-useful-information-to-support-the-students-education-while-they-all-had-fun-with-arts-and-crafts..jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/The-teenage-children-of-Samsung-CT-employees-prepared-a-noticeboard-showing-useful-information-to-support-the-students-education-while-they-all-had-fun-with-arts-and-crafts.-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The teenage children of Samsung C&amp;T employees prepared a noticeboard showing useful information to support the students' education, while they all had fun with arts and crafts.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7bba4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7bba4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cDeeply moving and very rewarding\u201d<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d0996d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27d0996d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); text-align: justify; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">The whole experience certainly lived up to the program\u2019s slogan, &#8220;Share Together! Happy Together!&#8221; This was obvious from the smiles of the children as they participated in various events and admired their school\u2019s new look.<\/span><\/p><p>The volunteers benefited highly from the experience of creating a brighter environment at the school, according to the comments from some of the team members.<\/p><p>\u201cI wanted to know the feeling of taking part in this kind of overseas volunteer experience,\u201d explained Geunyoung Jeong from the Construction Group. \u201cI truly felt it and was deeply moved. It was very rewarding.\u201d<\/p><p>One of the Trading Group employee\u2019s children, Chanwoo Im, added that he was delighted with how well the project turned out. He said, \u201cThe people here are really friendly, and the school looks good now.\u201d<\/p><p>And those memories and bonds will no doubt inspire the next group of volunteers in the program\u2019s 10th year \u2013 and hopefully for many more to come.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of Samsung C&amp;T volunteers swapped summer vacation time to renovate an elementary school in Myanmar and offer new experiences to the pupils there. 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