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Global Village (GV)

GV is designed to help those in need of decent housing across the world.

Overseas Construction Volunteering (Global Village) Habitat’s international volunteering programme: Overseas construction volunteering programmes offer excellent opportunities to learn about the importance of adequate housing and variety of culture.
Global Village volunteers interact with communities across the globe and share their dreams and hopes of building ‘a world where everyone has a decent place to live’.

Corporate Global Village (GV): Corporate GV is an excellent opportunity to work closely with the local homeowners and directly affect their lives.
Habitat’s corporate partners may add great social values through their wholehearted approach to global social responsibility. Corporate GV Volunteers will work closely with the locals and deliver positive and more meaningful changes.

: Employee Volunteering
programme

In order to improve the bond between colleagues,
Habitat invites employers to participate in employee
volunteering programmes.

: Global CSR project

In relation to global CSR projects, Habitat’s
corporate partners may hold GV projects in
the vicinity of their overseas operations.

: Workshop & Employee
Overseas Training programme

To improve upon the employees’ teamwork
network and global mindset, Habitat Korea
offers volunteering opportunities abroad.

Corporate-sponsored Youth Volunteer Corps

Habitat Korea offers the youth volunteers opportunities to develop global leadership and necessary skills to contribute to the global human resources pool with the support from our corporate partners.

POSCO University Student volunteer corps, BEYOND
POSCO supports 100 students every year to volunteer both in Korea and outside for 8 months.
Hyundai Motors Group
Happy Move Global Youth Volunteer Corps
Happy Move is Youth International volunteering programme, hosted by Hyundai Motors Group and run by Habitat Korea.
Shinhan Card
Arumin University Student Volunteer Corps
Shinhan Card Arumin selects 20 students every year to support their mission of building ‘a world where everyone has a decent place to live’.

Individual GV

Individuals or small groups of individuals may participate in GV

For those who wish to participate in GV in a small group or as individuals might participate in individual GV once a group of 12 members gathered.
A list of countries where individuals GVs are offered may be found on Habitat Korea’s homepage. If you seek to participate in GV in countries out of the list might negotiate the volunteering opportunities with Habitat directly.

Participation fee varies depending on the country where one wishes to participate, and the fee covers construction costs, airfare, accommodation, meals and other administrative costs.

School GV: School GV aims at realising the notion of being a global citizen.
High-school and university students may be sent in developing countries and participate in various activities including construction and education. Habitat Korea has been working with global volunteer corps, consist of students from global volunteer corps and students of Architecture, International Development, Social Welfare, to expand their study to real life experience as a part of ‘Service Learning’ approach.

Church GV: Church GV delivers the love of God to every family the volunteers touch.
The participants of church GV may work along with Habitat, spread across 80 countries to deliver God’s love.
Based on ‘Action in Love, Love in Action’ principle, which entails supporting one country or region the respective church serves, Church GV seeks to reinforce the work the church is pursuing in the region.

Programme

You may participaste in overseas volunteering via the following process.

Programme working along with the locals: You are invited to work along with the locals to build homes that will be the foundation of new starts for many of our neighbours.

Programme schedule

Construction volunteering
- 10-20 volunteers per house
- Laying foundation, laying bricks, concrete mixing, etc.
Education volunteering
- Volunteer-centre planning and operation
- Public Hygiene, Music, Art, Physical education, etc.
Home vocation cenemory
- Volunteer-Homeowner interaction
- Ribbon cutting and key transfer cenemory
- Group Photoshoot
Exploring local culture
- Local Tourist spots visit
- Local corporate HQ visit (per request)