KOICA Sends 10 More Volunteers to Cambodia
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Phnom Penh: Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has dispatched 10 more Korea Overseas Volunteers to Cambodia upon the requests of local governmental institutions.
This volunteer team has arrived in Phnom Penh at the night of Wednesday, September 09, 2009 with the coordination of KOICA office in Phnom Penh.
Mr. Kim Byung-gwan, the Representative of KOICA office in Phnom Penh said that the ten volunteers including 9 female are the 24th group of Korea Overseas Volunteers who have been officially dispatched to Cambodia to work as part of human resource assistance program under the agreement between the Republic of Korea and the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Ten governmental institutions in education, tourism and agriculture sectors under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport; Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training; Ministry of Tourism; and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will host the 10 volunteers for 2 years, 2009-2011, with the possibility of extension or successors.
The 10 volunteers who have such different specializations as Korean language education, pre-school education, arts, and livestock farming will be working for primary schools, kindergarten, institutions, provincial training centers, and provincial departments in Phnom Penh city, Takeo, Kampong Thom, Koh Kong, Stung Treng, Pursat, Preah Sihanouk, and Battambang provinces.
To be able to adapt themselves to working environment in Cambodia, the volunteers have to participate in an intensive in-country training for around 2 months focusing on Khmer culture and language, and economic, social and political situations in Cambodia before officially start their works.
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