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2016 유네스코 국제워크캠프 KNCU International Workcamp
2016 유네
스코
국제
워크
캠프
Final RepoRt
2016 활동보고서
2016 유네스코 국제워크캠프 활동보고서
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2016 유네스코 국제워크캠프 활동보고서
펴낸곳 유네스코한국위원회
펴낸날 2016년 11월 25일
주낸소 유네스코한국위원회 차세대팀
서울시 중구 명동길(유네스코길) 26 (우)100-810
전낸화 02-6958-4143
팩낸스 02-6958-4254
홈페이지 http://www.unesco.or.kr
유네스코한국위원회 간행물등록번호 : YT2016RP4
엮은이 신미아, 김보영
디자인 정명진
사낸진 워크캠프 참가자 및 협력기관
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1. 유네스코국제워크캠프소개 5
Introduction—KNCUInternationalWorkcamp
2. 2016유네스코국제워크캠프 11
2016KNCUInternationalWorkcamp
1)정선워크캠프[JEONGSEON/KNCU-01,KNCU-02] 15
2)제주워크캠프[JEJU/KNCU-03] 25
3)무안워크캠프[MUAN/KNCU-04] 35
3.참가자활동에세이 47
Participants’Essays
Contents
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유네스코 국제워크캠프 소개Introduction–KNCU International Workcamp
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유네스코 국제워크캠프
유네스코한국위원회는1966년처음으로국제야영봉사(InternationalWorkCamp)를개최
한이래1979년국제청년캠프(InternationalYouthCamp:IYC),2009년청년지역행동(Youth
inCommunityAction:YiCA)을거쳐2012년유네스코국제워크캠프(KNCUInternational
Workcamp)를현재까지개최해오고있습니다.
지난51년간유네스코국제워크캠프는약5,000명에이르는세계청년들이참가한세계유수의국
제청년행사로자리매김해왔습니다.유네스코는‘우리의미래일뿐만아니라현재’인청년을동등한
동반자로인식하고사회참여를위한역량강화를강조하고있습니다.이에유네스코한국위원회는
청년의사회참여와직접실천에대한적극적욕구를파악하여보다실질적인현장경험의기회를
제공하는데주력하고있습니다.
또한,유네스코한국위원회는청년들이세계시민으로서더불어살기위한태도를함양하고국제사
회에능동적으로참여할수있는역량을강화할수있도록노력해왔습니다.유네스코국제워크캠프
는세계여러나라청년이국내지역사회의문화를체험하고지역문제와세계문제의연관성을다층
적으로이해하고직접문제해결에참여할수있는기회를제공합니다.
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Introduction–kncu International Workcamp
The Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU) was established in 1954, under the
Ministry of Education, following the Republic of Korea’s admission to UNESCO in 1950.
Since its establishment, KNCU has recognized youth as a driving force for social change and
has promoted youth participation in society at the national and international levels in line
with UNESCO’s strategy of action with and for youth.
The 1st international workcamp, organized by KNCU in 1966, with 49 participants from 7
countries, was one of KNCU’s youth programmes designed to achieve this goal. Since then,
the international workcamp has been an annual event. More than 5,000 youths from around
the world have taken part in the camps, working towards the restoration of communities and
international solidarity for peace. The international workcamp programme has constantly
evolved over the years, with various names and formats.
In recent years, it has followed the model of international workcamp implemented since the
1920’s in many parts of the world. KNCU aims to provide young people with an opportunity
to implement activities that foster global citizenship, as well as promote peace, human rights,
cultural diversity and sustainable development through international workcamp programme.
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유네스코 국제워크캠프 연혁
History of kncu International Workcamp
No. 캠프 주제 / Theme연도 /Year
장 소참가자수/
Participants참가국 /
Countries
1차 1966 서울 49 7
2차 67 소록도 60 5
3차 68 용인 70 5
4차 69 주문진 75 4
5차 70 고양 90 5
5차 Here New Power 71 금산 72 3
7차 72 동래 90 5
8차 Youth for Development 73 여주 84 7
9차 Forever Forward 74 이천 130 10
10차 Not a Word but an Action 75 이천 60 6
11차 Youth Is Power 76 광주 50 5
12차 Hand in Hand for a Better Tomorrow 77 유네스코청년원 100 8
13차 Youth Is Tomorrow 78 춘성 80 7
14차 Working Together for a Better World 79 춘성 80 7
15차 Me First 80 홍성 101 9
16차 Not Later, but Now 81 담양 92 8
17차 Toward a Better World 82 유네스코청년원 80 8
18차 A New Image for Youth 83 유네스코청년원 84 9
19차 Learning by Doing 84 유네스코청년원 82 8
20차 Together Toward the Future 85 유네스코청년원 96 9
21차 Step Toward a Peaceful World 86 담양 95 10
22차 Open Mind to Neighbors 87 유네스코청년원 98 11
23차 Youth and Neighbors 88 유네스코청년원 110 12
24차 Harmony in Diversity 89 유네스코청년원 89 14
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25차 Share and Respect 90 유네스코청년원 96 14
26차 Sharing the Future 91 유네스코청년원 110 13
27차 World Peace and Youth Impact on International Understanding
92 유네스코청년원 128 18
28차 Youth Shaping the Future 93 유네스코청년원 117 13
29차 Youth and Environment 94 유네스코청년원 123 17
30차 Open Mind, Open World 95 유네스코청년원 133 19
31차 Youth: Toward a New Encounter 96 유네스코청년원 123 21
32차 Who are We? 97 유네스코청년원 113 16
33차 Right to Act, Right to Hope 98 유네스코청년원 90 18
34차 Bridging the Gap toward a Millennium of Peace
99 유네스코청년원 115 20
35차 Peace is in our Hands 2000 유네스코청년원 75 16
36차 Volunteer for Life, Life for Volunteer 2001 전국 131 21
37차 You can make a difference 2002 전국 150 30
38차 Youth in Action 2003 전국 151 24
39차 Steps toward a Sustainable Future 2004 전국 93 14
40차 Be the One to Change 2005 전국 107 21
41차 Challenge Today, Change Tomorrow 2006 전국 105 26
42차 Unite Youth, Create Change 2007 전국 127 20
43차 Glocal Solidarity, Glocal Action 2008 전국 92 19
44차 Vision, Value, and Action for Sustainable Community
2009 전국 70 21
45차 2010 전국 87 19
46차 2011 전국 50 14
47차 2012 전국 53 15
48차 2013 전국 56 16
49차 2014 전국 73 17
50차 2015 전국 75 20
51차 2016 전국 74 21
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2016 유네스코 국제워크캠프2016 KNCU International Workcamp
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분야 협력기관 지역 기간 주제 주요활동
문화
유산
정선아리랑
문화재단정선 7.5-14
아리랑무형유산
보존및전승
아리랑배우기,
지역청소년대상
세계시민교육,
지역주민문화교류
유산/
교육
어멍아방
잔치마을,
제주도청
제주 7.11-23 세계자연유산보호
지역청소년대상
세계시민교육,
자연보호활동
환경/
유산
생태지평연구소,
기아자동차,
무안생태갯벌센터
무안 7.18-30 무안갯벌보호
무안갯벌청소및
지역일손돕기,
지역청소년대상
세계시민교육,
무안/순천갯벌탐사
Work Type Name LocationDate(D.M)
Major Works
CONS/CULT/KIDSArirang, song of the soul
Jeongseon County
05.07-14.07
Arirang Conservation,Global Citizenship Education, Cultural Exchange
CONS/ENV/KIDS(WHV)
Wind and stone of Jeju island
Jeju Island11.07-23.07
Natural Heritage ConservationGlobal Citizenship Education, Cultural Exchange
AGRI/ENVI/KIDSPreserving Muan’s tidal flat
Muan County18.07-30.07
Natural Heritage ConservationGlobal Citizenship Education, Cultural Exchange
2016 유네스코 국제워크캠프
2016 kncu International Workcamp
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2016 유네스코 국제워크캠프 현장 /2016 KNCU International Workcamp Location
KNCU-01,02
정선/Jeongseon
KNCU-04
무안/Muan
KNCU-03
제주/Jeju
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1)정선워크캠프
[JEONGSEON,KNCU-01,
KNCU-02]
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활동사항
정선은한민족의정서를대표하는아리랑의발상지로불리며,천혜의자연경관을보유한지역입니
다.이번캠프는2012년에유네스코인류무형문화유산대표목록에등재된아리랑을보존및진흥
하기위해참가자들이직접아리랑을배우고정선아리랑홍보활동을수행하는활동을실시했습니
다.아리랑길만들기,정선5일장에서기획한아리랑플래시몹시연,지역청소년대상문화교실및
정선아리랑물길따라걷기,각나라별무형문화유산토론등아리랑이라는한국의무형유산을홍보
하고지역청소년들의국제교류및역량강화활동을실시했습니다.
정선워크캠프 [kncu-01, kncu-02]
•기간:2016.7.5(화)–7.14(목),9박10일
•장소:강원도정선
•참가자:8개국37명(한국19명,외국18명)
•주최:유네스코한국위원회,(재)정선아리랑문화재단
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WORk & AcTIVITIES
Arirang is Korea’s most representative lyrical folk song, and was inscribed by the Republic of
Korea on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in
2012. In Jeongseon area, known as the home of Arirang, participants took part in restoring
an old narrow road which the local government plans to revive as the ‘Arirang Road’ to help
preserve local history. Also multicultural activities with local youth in classes and markets,
discussion on protecting intangible cultural heritage and exploration on history and lyrics of
Arirang took place throughout the workcamp.
JEOnGSEOn [kncu-01, kncu-02]
•Date: 2016. 7. 5 (Tue.) – 7. 14 (Thu.)
•Location: Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province
•Participant: 37 participants from 8 countries (18 International, 19 Korean)
•Co-organized with: Jeongseon Arirang Culture Foundation
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정선아리랑문화재단
민족고유의사상과리듬그리고정조를지닌민요아리랑의발상
지인정선에서민족의표상,아리랑의씨알을만든그깊고높은
문화의힘과책임감으로재단법인정선아리랑문화재단이2008년
9월1일에설립되었습니다.재단은정선아리랑의진흥및창달을통한지역문화발전,지역사회통
합,지역경제활성화를비전으로삼아정선아리랑의진흥및창달을위한행정,재정,시설및프로
그램지원임무를띄고있습니다.정선아리랑재단은정선아리랑보존·전승활동지원,연구개발,교육
및홍보,정선아리랑정보구축및관리등정선아리랑의전방위에아우르는사업을추진하고있습
니다.
참가자 명단 / PartICIPaNts LIst
국가 / Country 성명 / Name
베트남/Vietnam
NGUYENDanhThanh
NGUYÊNVūPhong
PHAMBảoChau
벨기에/BelgiumArthurLUSTMAN
DorianFIMERI
스페인/Spain ClaraGómezOcaña
오만/Oman
FahadNasserSaidAlALAWI
SamiraALBALUSHI
HamedSalimBAITNASIB
HilalALTAMIMI
AsadALBALUSHI
YusefALHOSNI
인도네시아/Indonesia NurulAPRININGSIH
중국/China
HanTAO
HuiXinZHOU
LIUXingXin
YANGYanqin
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LOcAL ORGAnIZER
JeongseonArirangCultureFoundation(semi-govern-
mentalculture institute)wasfounded in2008bythe
Jeongseon localgovernment inordertopreservethe
Jeongseonarea’sversionofArirangandtopromote
itstransmissiontothenextgeneration.TheFoundationcarriesoutavarietyof
researchonArirangingeneralandsupportsprojectsforpublicizinganddeveloping
JeongseonArirang inparticular.TheFoundationalsoprovidesArirangperformers
andordinarypeoplewithfacilitiesto learnandsingArirangtogether.Formore
informationpleasevisitwww.jacf.or.kr(Koreanonly).
국가 / Country 성명 / Name
필리핀/Philippines FrancisGallardoENRIQUE
대한민국/
RepublicofKorea
박성용/SungyongPARK
권령혜/RyounghaeKWON
김기림/KIMKiRim
배인애/InaeBAE
우주희/JuheeWOO
윤나래/YOONNarae
이유진/LEEYuJin
이지혜/LEEJiHye
임성규/LIMSeongkyu
원유진/WONYoojin
고스란/GOSeuRan
박가영/PARKGaYeong
변미나/BYUNMiNa
우주영/WOOJuyeong
유원재/WonjaeYOO
이주희/LEEJoohee
천관성/GwanSeongCHEON
최재형/CHOIJaeHyung
함시은/SieunHAM
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캠프 일정표 / CaMP sCHEDULE
Breakfast : 07:30-08:30 / Lunch : 12:00-14:00 / Dinner : 18:00-20:00 / Review : 20:00-21:00
Day1 Day2 Day3 Day4 Day5
7.5(Tue) 7.6(Wed) 7.7(Thu) 7.8(Fri) 7.9(Sat)
Morning
Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
Opening
Ceremony
&Learning
ArirangRestoration
of
Arirang
Road
Riverside
walkalong
theArirang
Roadwith
localyouth
International
CultureClass
Arrivalofintl.
participants
(2pmSeoul
UNESCOHouse
->CampsiteAfternoon
Lunch
Restoration
ofArirang
Road
Evening DinnerDinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
Review Review Review Review
Day6 Day7 Day8 Day9 Day10
7.10(Sun) 7.11(Mon) 7.12(Tue) 7.13(Wed) 7.14(Thu)
Morning
Experiencing
rice-cake
makingRestoration
of
ArirangRoad
Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
Preparation
forMarket
Exhibition&
Flashmob
Leisure
(zip-wire)&
freetime
Cleaning-up
Afternoon
Lunch Lunch Lunch
DepartureLeisure&free
time
Market
Exhibition&
Discussion
Community
SportsEvent
Evening
Dinner Dinner Dinner
Review Review Review
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사진 / PHOTOS
개회식및아리랑배우기/OPENINGCEREMONY&LEARNINGARIRANG
아리랑길만들기/RESTORATIONWORKONTHEARIRANGROAD
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지역청소년과문화교류활동들/MULTICULTURALACTIVITIESWITHLOCALYOUTH
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아리랑플래시몹시연및장터문화교류/MARKETEXHIBITION
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2)제주워크캠프
[JEJU,KNCU-03]
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제주워크캠프 [kncu-03]
•기간:2016.7.11(월)–7.23(토),12박13일
•장소:제주특별자치도서귀포시성산읍신풍리
•참가자:6개국20명(한국12명,외국8명)
•주최:유네스코한국위원회
•주관:어멍아방잔치마을
•후원:제주특별자치도
활동사항
유네스코세계자연유산,세계지질공원,생물권보전지역으로지정된천혜의아름다운자연을자랑
하는제주도에서유산과교육을주제로워크캠프활동이진행되었습니다.국내외참가자들은캠프
가진행된마을의일손을돕고,지역어린이대상방과후문화교실을진행하는한편,제주의자연유
산탐방및전통문화체험활동도실시했습니다.특히,매일지역어린이들의학교마치는시간에맞
춰다양한놀이를가미한문화교류활동을제공함으로써세계각국에서온캠프참가자들의다양한
문화를나눌수있었고다름을인정하고다양성을존중하는기회가되었습니다.마을내노후된벽
청소및벽화그리기,마을내안내표지판제작·설치,현무암을이용한마을방사탑쌓기등지역의
홍보와마을경관개선을위한작업들도진행되었습니다.현무암을활용한노작활동을통해참가자
들은제주지역의돌문화를이해하는시간을가질수있었습니다.
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WORk & AcTIVITIES
Jeju Island is a volcanic island, dominated by Halla-san (Halla Mountain). The value of Jeju
Island has been recognized through its designation as a Biosphere Reserve in 2002, as a
World Natural Heritage site in 2007 and as a Global Geopark in 2010, making this sub-tropical
island the only place on earth to receive all three UNESCO designations in natural sciences.
Participants joined in community renovation work and leaded multicultural activities with
local youth in Sinpung village. Main activities were building stone pagodas using the island’s
basalt stone, which make up Jeju’s distinctive scenaric feature, repairing old houses, painting
the common facilities of the community and running an afternoon school class for local
children in which all participants shared their countries and cultures.
JEJu [kncu-03]
•Date: 2016. 7. 11 (Mon.) – 7. 23 (Sat.)
•Location:Sinpung Village, Seoungsan County, Jeju Island
•Participant:20 participants from 6 countries (8 International, 12 Korean)
•Co-organized by:Oe-moeng-a-bang-jan-chi-ma-eul
•Supported by:Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
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어멍아방잔치마을
제주만이가진독특한섬전통문화가살아숨쉬는곳,서귀포시성
산읍신풍리에위치한어멍아방잔치마을은2002년농촌진흥청에서
지정한전통테마마을로제주도에서사라져가는전통문화와농어업
을관광과연계시킨그린투어마을입니다.어멍아방잔치마을에서는
제주전통의혼례체험을비롯해집줄놓기와물허벅을지고부엌의
물항아리나르는물허벅체험,마을에서재배한콩으로만드는손두부체험,승마체험,고망낚시,초
가체험등다양한제주고유의전통문화를배울수있습니다.어멍아방잔치마을은옛신풍분교를
청소년수련원으로리모델링해서단체숙박이나행사장소로널리이용할수있도록제공하고있습
니다.제주의옛모습과유·무형의문화유산이그대로남아있는성읍민속마을부터세계자연유산으
로지정된성산일출봉까지다양한볼거리가마을주변에있습니다.
제주특별자치도
제주특별자치도는2005년“세계평화의섬”으로
지정되었으며,평화아카데미운영및유네스코
협력사업추진으로세계평화의섬제주를세계청소년들에게널리알리고자많은노력을하고있
습니다.
참가자 명단 / PartICIPaNts LIst
국가 / Country 성명 / Name
대만/Taiwan Tsung-ILIU
멕시코/MexicoClaudiaIvethLOPEZARTEAGA
MarthaAnelGALINDODELEON
베트남/VietnamNGOThanhHuu
TRANLinhTruc
스페인/Spain SaulManuelDORADONUNO
프랑스/FranceManonESPINASSE
SabineFENSTERBANK
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LOcAL ORGAnIZER
Oe-moeng-a-bang-jan-chi-ma-eul
‘Oe-moeng-a-bang-jan-chi-ma-eul (어멍아방잔치마을)’ is a small
seaside community in the foothills of Halla mountain, which is a
UNESCO World Natural Heritage site. Since this is a remote area
from tourist destinations, the village is still well preserved and
maintains the traditional life style of Jeju Island.
The heritage of several prehistoric dolmens are scattered through the community making
the cultural land-scape remarkable. Yet, the village faces issues in regards of declining number
of residents. In order to deal with these challenges, this community has been developing
education programmes for children from the cities to visit the village and study with local
children during the semester. They also run a programme for people to stay in the village and
experience the tradition and culture of Jeju Island.
국가 / Country 성명 / Name
대한민국/RepublicofKorea
이재규/LEEJaegyu
강다민/Da-minKANG
강보미/BomiKANG
고유찬/KOYuchan
고현지/HyeonjiKO
권민국/KWONMinkog
김나경/KIMNakyeong
김신일/KIMShinIl
김예주/KIMYeJoo
오다솜/OHDasom
정동수/DongsooJUNG
최은주/EunjuCHOI
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캠프 일정표 / CaMP sCHEDULE
Breakfast : 07:30-08:30 / Lunch : 12:00-14:00 / Dinner : 18:00-20:00 / Review : 20:00-21:00
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
7. 11 (Mon) 7. 12 (Tue) 7. 13 (Wed) 7. 14 (Thu) 7. 15 (Fri)
Morning
Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
Community
Renovation
Work
Community
Renovation
Work
Community
Renovation
Work
Community
Renovation
Work
Afternoon
Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
Multicultural
Activities
withlocal
youth
Multicultural
Activities
withlocal
youth
Multicultural
Activities
withlocal
youth
Multicultural
Activitieswith
localyouth
Pick-up/
3pm,Jeju
Airport
->Campsite
EveningDinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
Review Review Review Review
Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10
7. 16 (Sat) 7. 17 (Sun) 7. 18 (Mon) 7. 19 (Tue) 7. 20 (Wed)
Morning
FreeTime
activity
Multicultural
Activities
withlocal
youth
Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
VisitNatural
Heritage
sites
Community
Renovation
Work
Community
Renovation
Work
Afternoon
Lunch Lunch Lunch
Experience
localculture
-horseriding
Community
Renovation
Work
Community
Renovation
Work
Multicultural
Activities
withlocal
youth
Multicultural
Activitieswith
localyouthExperience
natural
dyeingEvening
Dinner Dinner Dinner
Review Review Review
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Day 11 Day 12 Day 13
7. 21 (Thu) 7. 22 (Fri) 7. 23 (Sat)
Morning
Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
Community
Renovation
Work
Community
Renovation
Work
Cleaning-up
Afternoon
Lunch Lunch
FarewellPrepare
Community
Event
Community
Event
‘VillageFestival’
EveningDinner Dinner
Review Review
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사진 / PHOtOs
마을환경미화활동/COMMUNITYRENOVATIONWORK
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지역어린이대상세계시민교실/MULTICULTURALACTIVITIESWITHLOCALYOUTH
34
제주세계자연유산탐방/VISITTONATURALHERITAGESINJEJU
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3)무안워크캠프
[MUAN,KNCU-04]
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무안워크캠프 [kncu-04]
•기간:2016.7.18(월)–7.23(토),12박13일
•장소:전라남도무안군해제면
•참가자:12개국17명(한국6명,외국11명)
•주최:유네스코한국위원회,기아자동차
•주관:생태지평연구소
•협력:무안생태갯벌센터
활동사항
2012년부터올해까지4년연속으로전라남도무안지역에서생태·환경을주제로워크캠프를진행
했습니다.무안갯벌은람사르습지로등재된바와같이천혜의자연을품고있습니다.참가자들은무
안갯벌의생태적중요성과가치를직접눈으로확인하고,나아가순천만갯벌습지보호지역현장
탐방,세계각국의해양보호구역보전정책을다룬유네스코토론회등다양한활동을통해세계자
연유산보호에힘썼습니다.더불어갯벌지역내위치한용산마을에서밭일,마을표지판제작등의
일손돕기를하고,지역청소년을대상으로다양한국가의문화를직접체험해보는주니어국제캠
프를개최하였습니다.참가자들은주민들과교류하면서보호지역을지키는지역민들의삶을나누
고이해하는시간을가졌습니다.
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WORk & AcTIVITIES
Muan-gun is a region in the Southwest of the Korean Peninsula. Muan tidal flat was the first
place to be listed as a national wetland protection area in Korea in 2001, and in 2008, was also
registered on the site list of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Recently, Muan’s tidal flats
have been slowly threatened by the construction of infrastructure for tourism and industrial
development. The local community has responded by exploring ways to harmonize the
protection of tidal flats and the local development with assistance from specialized NGOs and
local government. Participants worked on preserving the tidal flats, such as by monitoring of
the state of conservation of the tidal flats, discussing each country’s policy on the preservation
of seas or in-land waters. Participants also worked for the local community, helping out with
farm work and making signboards to raise people’s awareness of the importance of the tidal
flats. A junior camp for local children was also organized by the participants, in which all could
share about their countries, cultures and natural heritage sites.
MuAn [kncu-04]
•Date:2016. 7. 18 (Mon.) – 7. 30 (Sat.)
•Location:Muan County, Jeolla-nam Province
•Participant:17 participants from 12 countries (11 International, 6 Korean)
•Co-organized by:KIA Motors, Eco-Horizon Institute
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기아자동차
기아자동차는‘ABetterWaytoGo’라는슬로건아래다양성을존중하
며자아실현에이바지하는다양한사회공헌활동을진행하고있습니다.
기아자동차는2006년부터성장세대와함께미래를열어가고자유네스
코한국위원회와협력하고있으며,올해까지11년째세계시민으로거듭날청년들을매해선발해국
내외에서열리는워크캠프에파견해왔습니다.
현장과 이론이 만나는 연구소 생태지평
생태지평연구소는생태철학을바탕으로환경운동의대안연
구를통해지속가능한사회를구현하고자2006년에설립된
민간환경연구소입니다.주로서남해안갯벌의보전및DMZ
생태계보전,대안에너지및기후변화연구,환경교육,환경정
책발전을위해다양한연구조사를수행하고있습니다.특히,지역주민의참여를기반으로하며‘갯
벌보전-지역발전’이상생하는성공모델을만들기위해서다양한이해관계자와네트워크를구축해
습지보호지역관리정책지원,갯벌교육프로그램개발,생태여행콘텐츠발굴,황해(한국-중국-일
본)와와덴해3국(덴마크-독일-네덜란드)과의국제협력등다양한활동을펼치고있습니다.2008
년부터전남무안갯벌에서YSESP(YellowSeaEcoregionSupportProject)를통해지역주민들
과함께지역의해양환경보전을위한현장활동을진행하고있으며,민-관협력사업,교육사업,정책
지원등다방면으로지역주민들과대안을모색하고있습니다.
참가자 명단 / PartICIPaNts LIst
국가 / Country 성명 / Name
독일/Germany SimoneFISCHER
라오스/Laos DouangsonePHEUMHEUANGXAY
루마니아/Romania AndreeaBiancaBUZEA
리투아니아/Lithuania SarunasVECERKAUSKAS
몽골/Mongolia EnkhbayarBATSAIKHAN
벨라루스/Belarus AnastasiyaRUCHETS
불가리아/Bulgaria DimitarDIMITROV
헝가리/Hungary DorottyaMariaBeganyi
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KIa MOtOrs
KIA Motors has been cooperating with the Korean National Commis-
sion for UNESCO since 2006 under the slogan of ‘A Better Way to Go’
in order to provide more opportunities for young people to take
part in international workcamps so that they become active global
citizens and help make a better world for all.
LOCaL OrGaNIZEr
Where Field and Theory Meet Eco-Horizon Institute
The local organizer for the KNCU-KIA International Workcamp
is Eco-Horizon Institute, which is one of Korea’s most
prominent non-governmental organizations in the field of the environment, particularly wetlands.
The Institute researches and suggests alternative policies for the preservation of the
environment and the sustainable development of the local community. The Institute puts a
great emphasis on the role of the local community in the protection of the Muan tidal flats.
Without the active participation of the local community which has co-existed with the tidal
flats for a long time, this area cannot be preserved. The International Workcamp is one of the
means by which the Institute can raise local people’s awareness of the value of the Muan tidal
flats and strengthen the capacity of local people.
The Institute specializes in the field of wetlands, as well as in studies on the Korean DMZ
(Demilitarized Zone). They have cooperated with KNCU since 2011 on a variety of KNCU’s
youth programmes.
국가 / Country 성명 / Name
사이프러스/Cyprus Miranda(Myrofora)ZAVROU
슬로베니아/Slovenia ŽanMALEK-PETROVIČ에스토니아/Estonia GedySIIMENSON
대한민국/RepublicofKorea
이기문/KimoonLEE
강형준/KANGHyeongJun
우동희/WOODonghee
임건하/LIMGunHa
정유빈/YubeenJEONG
지희수/HeesooJI
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캠프 일정표 / CaMP sCHEDULE
Breakfast : 07:30-08:30 / Lunch : 12:00-14:00 / Dinner : 18:00-20:00 / Review : 20:00-21:00
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
7. 18 (Mon) 7. 19 (Tue) 7. 20 (Wed) 7. 21 (Thu) 7. 22 (Fri)
Morning
Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
Arrivalofintl.
participants
(2pmSeoul
UNESCO
House->
Campsite)
Opening
Ceremony
Community
Work
(farming)
Community
Work
(farming)
UNESCO
Discussion
Afternoon
Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
VisittoMuan
EcoTidalFlat
CenterCommunity
Work
(farming)
Community
Work
(farming)
Preparation
forJunior
Global
Citizenship
CampDiscussionof
programmes
Evening WelcomeDinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
Review Review Review Review
Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10
7. 23 (Sat) 7. 24 (Sun) 7. 25 (Mon) 7. 26 (Tue) 7. 27 (Wed)
Morning
Breakfast
Visitto
Suncheon
BayWetland
FreeDay
Breakfast Breakfast
JuniorGlobal
Citizenship
Camp
Community
Work
Community
Work
Afternoon
Lunch Lunch
Community
Work
Community
Work
EveningDinner Dinner Dinner
Review Review Review
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Day 11 Day 12 Day 13
7. 28 (Thu) 7. 29 (Fri) 7. 30 (Sat)
Morning
Cultural
experience
activities
&
VisittoKIA
Motorsfactory
inGwangju
Breakfast Breakfast
Experiencing
localtraditional
fishingwith
locals
Cleaning-up
&Packing
Afternoon
Lunch
DeparturePreparation
fordinnerwith
locals
Community
Event
‘FarewellDinner
withlocals’Evening
Review
42
사진 / PHOtOs
개회식/OPENINGCEREMONY
용산마을일손돕기/COMMUNITYWORK
43
44
지역청소년대상주니어세계시민교육캠프/JUNIORGLOBALCITIZENSHIPCAMP
45
순천만갯벌탐사/VISITTOSUNCHEONBAYWETLAND
전통어업체험/TRADITIONALFISHINGWITHLOCALS
46
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참가자 활동에세이Participants’ Essays
48
참가자 활동에세이
Participants’ Essays
정선/JEONGSEON
•김기림/KIMKiRim(Rep.ofKorea)
•이유진/LEEYuJin(Rep.ofKorea)
•함시은/Si-eunHAM(Rep.ofKorea)
•CLARAGÓMEZOCANA(Spain)
•FRANCISGALLARDOENRIQUE(Philippines)
•PHAMBAOCHAU(Vietnam)
제주/JEJU
•고유찬/KOYuchan(Rep.ofKorea)
•김나경/KIMNakyeong(Rep.ofKorea)
•오다솜/OHDasom(Rep.ofKorea)
•MARTHAANELGALINDODELEÓN(Mexico)
•SAÚLDORADO(Spain)
무안/MUAN
•우동희/WOODonghee(Rep.ofKorea)
•정유빈/YUBEENJeong(Rep.ofKorea)
•BUZEAANDREEABIANCA(Romania)
•GEDYSIIMENSON(Estonia)
• SARUNASVECERKAUSKAS(Lithuania)
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붉은 태양아래 맑은 물소리
김기림
정선과의 첫 만남!
잔뜩부푼마음으로강원도정선행버스에올라창밖으로단아한모습의산길을6시간동안달려정
선터미널에도착했다.정선은성인이된이후처음발을디딘것이었다.바로,여러국적의젊은이들
이모여함께일하며서로교류하며지역발전을이루어내는유네스코주최하의국제워크캠프참석을
위해서이다.터미널에도착하자마자환영해주듯세찬비가머리와짐가방위로쏟아내리는중에숙
소인‘정선아리랑전수관’에들어섰다.이번국제워크캠프는총40여명의참가자들로구성되었는데,
한국인참가자들20여명과외국인참가자20여명으로진행되었다.나중에도착한외국인참가자들
과넘실넘실흐르는근처강물의맑은소리가운데첫저녁식사를함께하고서로어색함을풀어내며
캠프는시작되었다.
더운 열기 속 땀 내리는 삽질
우리의주된활동은아리랑길만들기,물길따라걷기,국제문화교실,장터시연의4가지로,쓰이지
않는도로를아름답게꾸며산책로를만들고정선지역의초등,중등,고등학교아이들과다양하고재
밌는활동을통해교류하고정선장터를통해지역주민들및방문객들과함께어울리는시간을가지
는것이다.한국인참가자들이사전에준비를했지만상황에따라어려운점들이있기때문에계획을
수정해나가며외국인참가자들과머리를맞대고땀흘리며캠프를진행해나갔다.
특히정선의쇄재터널쪽의쓰이지않는도로를깨끗이청소하고새롭게단장하는과정에서날씨와
시간부족등의요인으로인해작업에차질이많이생겼었다.그러나한국참가자들은물론중동의
오만,유럽의스페인,벨기에,동아시아의필리핀,베트남,중국,인도네시아의참가자들이어렵고힘
든환경을넘어서며열심히자기나라의일인것처럼열의를보여주었다.환경작업중벌에여러번
쏘이고뜨거운한낮의더위속에땀이비오듯눈속으로들어와앞을가리기도했지만우리는서로
의나라의문화에대해이야기하고농담을던지며작업을안전하게마쳤다.또,참여국들의대표들이
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지역의아이들과함께한토론회‘비정상회담’을통해공통의주제를가지고서로의의견을나누는뜻
있고재미있는시간을가졌다.마지막일정이었던장터시연에서는정선장터의공연무대에서주민,
방문객들과함께춤추고노래하며윷놀이를하는등의시간을가졌는데,외국인참가자들은물론이
고우리의활동을신기하게바라보고호기심을가진많은사람들이즐겁고유쾌하게참석하였다.
함께일하는시간중기억에남는친구가하나있는데,오만왕족의일원으로친근한인상의오만참가
자였다.‘아리랑길만들기’중우리둘은함께같은구역의환경작업을담당했었는데날이매우더웠
었고진행중인작업이나중에수포로돌아갈수도있는상황이었다.나는속으로짜증이나고있었는
데옆에서이친구가“오늘작업이완벽하지않더라도한국에서새로운친구들과의미있는일을함
께하며즐거운추억을쌓을수있어서충분히기쁘다”며웃으며삽질을했다.‘오만’의왕족이한국의
학생에게귀감을주었던어느더운날의오후였다.나또한대한민국의대표로써누군가에게뜻있는
귀감을줄수있는사람이어야하리라.
다양한 문화의 기분 좋은 얽힘
워크캠프참가자들은같은공간에서함께얘기하고잠자리에들며식사도직접준비해야했다.우리
는적절한인원으로조를나누어서각조별로매일의식사를담당했다.세계여러나라의참가자들의
섞여서특별한각나라의음식들을맛볼수가있었다.한번은한국의칼국수,파전을소개하면다음은
베트남의국수,오만의팬케이크를만들어먹는식이었다.기억에남는음식은중국친구들의충칭음
식이었는데맛은괜찮았지만매운맛과특유의향때문에많이먹지는못했다.
하루일과를마치고는보통참가자들은숙소의앞마당과주변강가에서그네를타거나산책을하며
서로의나라와꿈에대해이야기를나누었다.또렷이박혀있는밤하늘의무수한별아래에누워서장
난을치고,우리나라의‘무궁화꽃이피었습니다’게임을하고중동아가씨들의‘히잡’을써보기도하는
등함께하는매순간을즐겼다.
함께였기에 뜨겁게 빛났다!
어느새9박10일의뜨거웠던일정이끝나고헤어짐의시간이왔다.올때와마찬가지로시원한비가
내리는모양이안녕히가라고하는것만같다.꿈같이흘러간지난시간을뒤로하고누군가는본업으
로돌아가고누군가는조금더새로운경험을하는시간을가진다.정선에서의마지막이가까운시간,
눈물을비치는친구들과나또한가슴에서솟아오르는아쉬움에눈앞이흐릿해진다.짧았지만서로
를이해하고각자가성장하기에충분했던장면들이지나간다.새롭게배우고싶은점들이많았던것
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은외국친구들뿐아니라가까운한국친구들에게서도많았다.특히순수하게세상을속임없이공평
하게바라보는개성넘치는친구로부터좋은기운을받았는데,언제나밝고때로는엉뚱한모습이어
린아이를떠올리게한다.아마예술을하는사람이어서그럴지도모른다.
세계여러나라의참가자들이모였던워크캠프도중예상치못했던어려운환경들이우리를당황하
게도했지만,공통의목표를가지고서로마음을다해이루어냈던정선에서의여름을기억할것이다.
이번여름정선에서의마지막이영원한마지막이될것이아님을알기에미소지으며새친구들과잠
시이별한다.
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유네스코 워크캠프 정선활동보고서
이유진
사실워크캠프가기전,무더운날씨와힘든노동강도때문에걱정이많았다.무엇보다처음보는한
국인참가자들과외국참가자와같이9박10일을같이지낸다는것이쉽지않겠다는생각이들었다.
그러나워크캠프가끝난지금,내기억속의워크캠프는여름방학한일중에서가장보람차고뜻깊
은경험으로남았다.
먼저가장좋았던점은소중한사람들과인연을맺었다는것이다.특히정선캠프는규모가커서무려
37명의사람들과같이지내며더많은사람들과친하게지낼수있었다.유네스코산하기구에서일
하는프란시스나얀,유명한셰프인파하드,정원사인요세프등학생들뿐만아니라여러일을하고
있는다양한외국인참가자들을만나며그들의이야기를들을수있었다.
또한내가가지고있던선입견을돌아볼수있는계기가되었다,외국인참가자들과이야기하면서오
만이라는나라에대해알게되었고그들의문화에대해더욱알수있었다.흔히중동은일부다처제가
공식적인제도인나라로부정적인인식을갖고있었는데오만참가자들의이야기를들으면서그것은
일부의사람들의이야기일뿐대부분은일부일처에서크게벗어나지않는다는이야기를들었다.중동
이라는나라와무슬림에대한선입견이있었던나의생각을다시돌아보게되는좋은기회였다.
아리랑길,물길따라걷기,문화교실,장터시연이라는크게4개의주제로팀을나누어워크활동을
기획했다.생각보다활동이변수도많았고일정과차질이생겨제대로이루어지지않은것도많았다.
그러나첫날부터정선에서사고가있었던만큼안전을최우선하며무리하지않는선에서작업을진
행했다.아리랑길도많은사람들이벌에쏘였고날씨도너무무더운까닭에원래기획했던길이에는
많이못미치지만사진도찍으면서아이스크림먹으며즐겁게작업했고채색이예쁘게되어서만족
했다.물길따라걷기와문화교실,장터시연도즐겁게참여하였으며특히외국인참가자들이장터시
연날,5일장을구경하고체험하는것이신기해하며재밌어했다.나역시야관문을포함하여여러약
재를우린물들을서로시음하며소개해주면서즐거웠던기억이난다.
여행을다녀와서가장크게생각이든부분은리더의역할이다.이렇게많은인원을통솔하여참가자
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들스스로민주적으로의사결정을하고행동에옮기는것은다들처음이었다.그렇다보니우왕좌왕
하기도한부분이많았으며좀더디테일한세부계획을세우지못한것이아쉬웠다.지난날을돌이켜
보니대부분나는학생으로서,수련회나수학여행과같이남이세워준계획에순응하여그것만을따
라갔었다.그러나지금은성인으로어떠한한집단의일원으로서직접의견을내고다른사람들과소
통하며민주적으로결정하는한주체라는생각이들었다.워크캠프를다녀와서민주적으로결정한다
는것이얼마나어려운지를느꼈으며많은사람들과함께무엇인가를한다는것이생각이상으로힘
든것임을느꼈다.나는참가자이자동시에리더로서다음에워크캠프에참가한다면어떻게사람들
의의견을모으고계획을세울지에대해조금더고민하는부분이생겼다.다음에워크캠프에참가한
다면이런부분을좀더보완해서더욱알찬워크캠프를외국인참가자들과함께이루어가고싶다.
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머리가 아닌 마음에 남을 정선에서의 10일
함시은
2016년,대학교1학년이되어하루하루를바쁘고정신없이보내던와중에오랜만에고등학생때
사용하던다이어리를들춰보게되었다.대학과입시만을생각하면서책상에앉아공부를하던그
당시의내가대학생이되면하고싶은일들의목록이쓰여있었다.남부지방여행,해외여행,소설
쓰기,책쌓아놓고읽기등읽기만해도즐거운일들이나열되어있었다.그런데그목록을읽고또
읽으며나는깊은고민에빠졌다.‘나는지금뭐하고있는거지?’고등학생때는가까운목표만바라
보기에바빴고,내모든관심은대학이라는지엽적인것에집중돼있었다.그럼에도,그때는미래를
상상하며꿈꾸기라도했었던것같다.하지만대학생이된나는여전히학점,교직이수라는지엽적
인목표만바라보며고등학생때보다나아지지않은삶을,아니미래를상상하면서꿈꾸지않는다
는점에서는어쩌면퇴보된삶을살고있었다.
그날이후,내가어떤일을하고싶은지고민했고,새로운일을찾기위해노력했다.그러던중유네
스코워크캠프를알게되었다.20명에가까운외국인들과약2주를함께지낸다는것이처음에는너
무부담스럽게느껴졌다.여러일들을하며언어적,문화적으로신경을쓰는것이나에게는무리라
고생각했기때문에지원을망설였지만한편으로는도전하는것을무서워하는내자신이안타깝게
보이기도했다.고민끝에지원을했고,서류에합격한뒤,추적추적내리는비를뚫고면접을보게
되었다.함께면접을본언니,오빠들의대답을들으며아직나는많이부족하다는것을느꼈다.나보
다몇년더살았을뿐인데,다들정말다채로운경험을했고그속에서얻은가치들을마음에지니고
있었다.약간의아쉬움이남기는면접을마치고돌아오며,비록떨어지더라도내도전에대한대가
는충분히받았다고생각했다.단지다른분들의답변을들은것만으로도앞으로어떻게대학생활을
해야할지에대해배웠기때문이다.몇주후에발표된최종합격자명단에감사하게도내이름이
올라와있었고,정선에서보낼2주를기대하며7월을기다렸다.
그러나사실6월초에있었던워크숍을하며나는이번워크캠프가나에게정말큰도전이라는생각
이더강하게들었다.정선군에서제시한활동들을구체화시키기위한회의를진행했지만활동들이
분명하게와닿지않았기때문에캠프가시작한뒤,외국인참가자들앞에서한국인리더로서책임
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있는모습을보여주지못할것같았고,‘나와우리팀이맡은일을제대로해내지못해서폐를끼치
면어쩌나’라는걱정이머릿속을채웠다.그렇게설렘반,걱정반인마음으로워크캠프가시작되
었다.
밥을짓는것부터씻는것등어느것하나쉽고편하게지나가는것이없었다.엎친데덮친격으
로캠프초에는비가오면서원래계획했던‘아리랑길만들기’작업의일정이변경되었다.본격적으
로일들이진행되어정신없었던캠프중반과후반보다도낯선환경에적응하기위해노력했던초반
에몸은더힘들었던것같다.그러나그와중에서도불평이생기지않았던이유는‘사람들을알아가
는과정’이너무나즐거웠기때문이다.식사를하며,일할곳으로이동을하며,짬이날때마다외국
인과한국인참가자들은재잘재잘이야기를나누며앞으로할일에대해이야기하기도하고서로에
게궁금한것에대해묻거나,장난을치기도했다.다른문화를접한다는것이이토록재미있는일인
지이번기회에제대로느낀것같다.가까운나라라고생각했던중국부터베트남,필리핀,오만,벨
기에,캄보디아,스페인등여러나라에서온사람들과함께했던시간이어떻게지나갔는지모를정
도로재미있었고그친구들과나눈대화는마음에깊이새겨졌다.각나라의문화를바탕으로형성
된각각의사고방식,삶의태도를나누며많은것을배우기도했고또서로의다른점을어떻게보
완해야할지에대해서도진지하게고민할수있었다.여행을많이다녀본적이없는나와달리,많은
곳을다닌몇몇외국인참가자들은새로운곳에서새로운사람들을만나는것이얼마나많은것을
배우게하는지이야기하며나도할수있다는자신감을주었다.하지만모든과정이이렇게평화롭
고순탄하지만은않았다.외국인남자참가자의친밀함을표출하는행동으로인해갈등이생긴적
도있었다.처음에는외국인분들이당연히사과를해야한다고생각을했었다.하지만그문제에대
해당사자와이야기를하다보니내가너무‘나’중심적으로상황을바라본것같다는생각이들었
다.기분나쁜것을미리이야기하고,다른문화를서로조율해나가자는태도를가지고문제에접근
을했다면갈등이커져서서로감정이상하는것을막을수있었을것같았는데,내가서로의다름을
조정해나가는일에너무소극적이었다는생각이들어안타까웠다.
글의앞머리에도썼지만,워크캠프이니만큼일을하는동시에문화의차이,언어의차이를모두고
려한다는일이정말힘들것이라고생각했다.하지만외국참가자들이굉장히적극적이고즐기려는
태도로일에참여해주어서생각보다덜힘들었다.특히육체적노동이심했던‘아리랑길만들기’의
경우에도함께땀흘리고,길위에털썩주저앉아서얼음물을나눠마시는모든과정속에서서로다
른곳에서각자의방식대로살아오던40명이한곳에모여함께하고있다는것을느끼며유네스코
워크캠프의취지였던‘연대의식’을느낄수있었다.개인적으로가장기대가컸던‘문화교실’의경우
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에도외국이참가자분들이발표와부스체험을위한준비를미리많이해와서더풍요롭게운영할
수있었다.한국인참가자들이캠프의리더로있다보니,자칫하다가는한국인참가자들만참여하고
외국인참가자들이소외될지도모른다는걱정이있었다.하지만한국인참가자들과협력하고,한국
의문화를알고싶다는외국인참가자들의적극성덕분에정말‘함께’캠프의처음부터끝까지장식
할수있었던것같다.
캠프의막내였던나를배려해주고챙겨주었던언니,오빠들,그리고참가자들을많은부분에서배려
해주었던정선군의많은분들께진심으로감사한다.힘들때서로에게짜증을내기보다는힘들수록
서로를더배려했던모든참가자들덕분에큰분열없이캠프가잘마무리될수있었던것같다.아
직도아침마다씻으러가며부은눈으로외국인친구들에게아침인사를건네었던그순간들이생생
하게기억난다.나를Sophie라고강한악센트로불렀던오만친구들,어눌한발음으로Si-eun이라
고부른베트남친구,정말상냥했던중국친구들,한국노래를나보다많이알고있던캄보디아친
구,많이도와주고장난치며적응할수있도록도와준한국인오빠들그리고캠프기간동안옆에항
상있어주었던한국인언니들.캠프가끝난지딱1달후에이글을쓰는데,여전히매우그립다.아
마1년이지나고,10년이지나도정선에서배운것들,느낀것들은계속해서마음에남을것같다.
Thankyou,everyone!
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The ArIrANg WorkcAmp IN SouTh koreA 2016 CLaRa GóMez OCaña (Spain)
I decided to apply for a workcamp because I was seeking new experiences in my life, and
human beings (implying social values…) and travelling are the key ingredients for me. When
I knew South Korea was gonna be my destination I felt very excited because it was such an
unknown country for me. But also a bit scared, as I was gonna travel alone, not only to the
workcamp, but around the country afterwards. It was exactly the kind of challenge that I was
looking for.
I arrived at the UNESCO centre in Seoul the first day feeling a little bit insecure about what was
going to happen, about if I had taken a good decision or not. Looking around, most people
were in little groups already. Nevertheless, that feeling only lasted a minute. Immediatly other
campers came to me to introduce themselves, and the good sensations started arising.
The location of the workcamp is amazing, what was very surprising for me. In the middle of
beautiful mountains and river, and a very cozy village. What first catched my attention in the
workcamp, was people’s attitude. We were 40 volunteers (20 Koreans and 20 international,
mainly from Asia), and everybody was very kind, friendly, open minded, helpful, with a good
sense of humor… since the beginning. I went there alone but I really did not feel alone at
any moment. It was a really exceptional social environment, during the whole 10 days of
the workcamp. Also, we were living, working and spending the whole day all together, what
made bonds grow quicker.
We finally didn’t work in the Arirang road as much as I expected, because of the weather (it
was monsoon season). It was hard work but also a new experience, and rewarding when you
appreciate the results afterwards. The volunteering work also included cultural interchange
with local people. This part was fantastic. We met local children and shared activities with
them, and also people in a local market. They are not used to meet foreigners and they were
also very happy with us. The workcamp also included some free time and leisure activities that
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were organized by the Korean campers (flashmob, zip wire, excursions, cooking Korean food,
etc.), what was very fun as well. The Korean campers had a key role in the organization and I
think they did very well. You could tell that they were taking care of the international campers
all the time, what was nice.
In the workcamp I have had the chance to know a lot of Asian friends, what I was not used to,
and I still keep in touch with them of course. I have also been able to know more about the
Korean culture, which is very interesting, help local people with the volunteering work, learn
about myself in this intense new experience, discover a beautiful country, etc. I feel very happy
and fortunate about having experienced this workcamp, and I’m sure that future campers will
enjoy it a lot as well.
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JeoNgSeoN: The road to restoration (an extract from “길 – The road”)
FRaNCiS GaLLaRDO eNRique (Philippines)
“It is not that I walk the road because there is a road But that a road becomes the road when I
walk it.”
The road in Jeongseon thrives. Its Arirang melody, that has been passed down over the years
in the region, continues to relive the tragic love story between a man and a woman. I was
walking by the South Han River when I first learned about the star-crossed lovers’ fate. This
was where it all happened. This was where the woman professed her undying affection for
the man. This was where she struggled and eventually drowned when she swam for love. I
felt the sorrow and the anguish myself. I even heard the river was crying an eerily haunting
song, perhaps one of lost hopes and promises. As I peered my eyes into the body of water, I
came to realize that the same river is united by two different current streams. It was a respite
I thought for there was actually a union of some sorts. To my standpoint, a symbolic marriage
between the spirits of the man and the woman is generated again and again in the waters of
the river. Also in Jeongseon County, at the Jeongseon Arirang Culture Foundation Center, the
UNESCO International Workcamp was held from 5-14 July 2016, of which I was a part of as an
international volunteer. This brought together some diverse individuals from nine countries
who all lived in the same place, spoke the same language, ate the same food and cooperated
and collaborated with one another in creating an intangible cultural heritage of humanity
on its own. Being one with the group of volunteer workcampers, I contributed to providing
education and familiarization about my native Philippines to middle school students within
the community. I was more than happy to have shared to them a little country presentation,
a few mango balls and peanut candies, and a lot of the Filipino smile and warmth, which
among other things, best represent my country. Throughout the course of the workcamp,
I found myself endeared by the beauty of the natural landscape at Jeongseon. This made
it very conducive for me to work on several significant activities day by day, from learning
how to sing the conventional Arirang folk song, how to dance to the tune of its hip and rock
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version, and how to restore the functionality and the aesthetic appeal of the Arirang Road,
which was once used as a passageway to the nearby local marketplace. The experience at
the 5-Day Public Market, which operates every five days throughout the year, was delightful
to the senses too. It was a privilege to have a firsthand understanding of the taste, the sound,
the sight, the smell and the feel of the market. At the market, where the buying and selling of
goods are negotiated, I thought I have discovered the best-kept길.
3 secret as to why such a lively civilization exists among Korean folk villagers. The key is
mainly due to their passion to live simply, to fill their tummies with healthy cuisine and to
greet their daily conundrums with a dose of music for entertainment and revelry. Beyond
being described as the Arirang Mecca in Korea, Jeongseon has offered me as well its share
of fun recreational activities such as the Railbike, the Hwaam Cave tour, the Skywalk and the
Zipwire at Arii Hills, and the rice cake making activity. More importantly, I believe the road in
Jeongseon has led me to gain newfound friends, both from Korea and abroad. I cherished the
conversations I had with each of them at the workcamp and from these aggregate of stories,
I got to know better their ambitions and frustrations. It was a known fact that my age is way
more senior compared to the other workcampers so several of them have approached me
to solicit for sound and good counsels. I was candid to tell them pick my brains only if I have
some answers to their questions. In fact, it was overwhelming in a nice way, for my reputation
as a little big brothercum-guidance counselor, spread around like a wild fire. All of the people I
have spoken with individually have commended me for giving them straightforward advices.
But truth be told, it was me who learned lessons from each of them. Their personal histories,
struggles and most of all, their dreams to win their battles, were collectively the energy that
brought me more inspiration to keep living and loving the work that I do as an international
development practitioner. The road in Jeongseon definitely restored my faith in humanity and
in selflessly sharing one’s skills, talent and time for the benefit of society.
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The 10-days work camp was a life changing experience for me. It was the first time ever
I joined an international work camp and actually staying in a foreign country for nearly 2
weeks, and I was more excited than ever. The trip has totally changed my perspective about
Korea. By being able to soak in the culture and connect with lovely Korean campers, it made
me see Korea with a whole new pair of eyes!
I still remember the very first moment I arrived to Jeongseon. Korean campers and the local
hosting organization greeted us with such warm embraces. We were welcome with traditional
dishes in a very famous restaurant in the area. The dishes were phenomenon and full with
love.
After a filling dinner, we sat down and gathered in a circle to introduce ourselves. I was lucky
enough to be in pair with a very friendly and cute Korean camper (I still do not know how to
write his name, it’s my bad). He confessed that he is not good at speaking English but he has
always tried to practice English with me and I love his enthusiasm and integrity.
It has been a long time since I had to do some labor-intensive work like removing invasive
species or chopping out trees and bushes. I thought I would be drained of my energies after
a long working day but it was exactly the opposite. I found myself with so much energy every
day and continually wanting to work hard to contribute to Jeongseon community. Besides,
we also had culture classes and spent time with children to learn and know more about
Korean culture, as well as to explore the beauty of Jeongseon.
I enjoyed every dinner we had together. That was the time we had chance to cook in a group
and the BBQ night was the best one ever. It would arguably be what I miss the most about
Korea and the camp. Not just the actual food, but the atmosphere – everyone gathering at
the front yard, sitting on the grass, smoke in the air with exceptional smell from the grilled
meat, the unspoken struggle of trying to cook food and consume it before somebody else
JeoNgSeoN WorkcAmp
PhaM BaO Chau (Vietnam)
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swoops it, bottle after bottle of Soju and beer, cheering every 5 minutes, other delicious sides
of food, the loud conversations and shouting across long. It’s the epitome of Korea and I just
simply LOVE it. Besides the fact that I stuffed myself with delicious meat and get properly
inebriated, we were truly having good time to share our own story and feelings. When we
worked together, there might have been some difficulties and misunderstandings since we
are from different parts of the world with different ages, views on life and culture. The dinner
time was truly a precious opportunity for us to reflect on our work and solve any conflict as
well as prepare for the next day. I miss the night we stayed up late and drunk together, sharing
about our normal life. I told them how I study and live in Vietnam and they shared with me
their life as university students in Korea. I was impressed by the way they spoke about their
country, their journey to find the best of themselves. I found how similar our life is. We are
students and no matter we are Vietnamese or Korean, we somehow experience the same
struggle. We need to cope with stresses from school, family and the society as well. We shared
how we manage stress and how to get away from it. We also share what is our future plan
and what we want to become in the future.
I was enriched with new knowledge in such a great experience. It was sad to leave Korea but
it sure won’t be long until I return to such a beautiful country. Life is a sum of our experiences
and this was definitely an enlightening one.
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1+1=2,이방정식은누구도반증할수없는명쾌한수식입니다.하지만그방정식이이번캠프에서
는적용되지않는다는걸확인하였습니다.20명의참가자가함께있었기에,서로가한마음한뜻으로
캠프를위해끝까지노력했기에,개개인역량그이상의것을얻을수있었다고생각합니다.만약단
한사람이라도그자리에없었다면해내기힘들었을만큼,‘1+1>2’,우리라는힘은대단했습니다.능
률적인부분뿐만아니라관계적인측면에서도너무값진경험이었습니다.단체생활이라는것이쉽지
만은않습니다.특히사람이많으면많을수록갈등도그만큼많이생기고,의견충돌또한자주생깁니
다.이캠프처럼스스로프로그램을기획해야하는조직은갈등이더욱더빈번하게일어납니다.하
지만정말큰운이었는지,캠프가끝날때까지약간의문젯거리도없었습니다.모두가주인의식을가
지려했고책임감이뒤따랐는지,나부터먼저하려는모습이많았습니다.단적인예로,김신일참가자
는첫날정리정돈이나하라는농담에어느누구도신경쓰지않았던쓰레기통을혼자매일같이청소
하였고,음식에취미가있었던저는제담당이아닌데도불구하고캠프가진행되는2주간모든요리
를도와주려노력했습니다.기획하는부분에서도마찬가지였습니다.역할을분배했을때하루종일
일한탓에피곤했을텐데도밤늦도록머리를모아회의하는모습을보았습니다.제가더해야할것
은없는지또생각해보게할만큼모두가열심히해주었습니다.단순히아무문제가없었던것이아
닙니다.서로를너무소중하게생각하고함부로하지않고,자기의속내도털어놓으면서그짧은기간
동안깊은관계를만들어갔습니다.2주도아쉽다며며칠더제주도에남아또뭉칠정도로말입니다.
게다가보고회때만볼수없다며전에놀러가자고계획도짜고있었습니다.‘우리’라는것이얼마나
값진것인지다시한번느끼게되었습니다.
캠프면접때자기소개첫마디에서‘함께라는단어를가치있게생각한다.’라고말했습니다.합격자
를발표하기이전부터이미합격한것마냥캠프가면어떨까,어떤사람들이있을까기대에부풀어있
었습니다.작년캠프참가자였던형에게도지금까지이토록무언가를바래본적이없었다고말했습니
다.단순히새로운사람을만나는것보다새로운사람들과2주간함께하는것이너무나기대되었습
니다.또한그사람들에게서나는무엇을배울수있으며,어떤활동을통해어떤느낌을가질수있을
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고유찬
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지궁금했습니다.말로표현할수없는큰기대를갖고캠프에참여했습니다.캠프가진행된지1주일
이지나,다함께우도에놀러갔다온날문득캠프마지막날을상상하게되었습니다.서로부둥켜안
고훗날만날것을기약하며헤어지는모습을요.다양한생각을갖고,다양한인격을가진사람들이었
지만긍정적이고항상웃으려하는점에서는모두가한결같았습니다.힘든상황에서도모두웃는모
습을보니저도힘이나서2주간웃지않은날이없었습니다.긍정의힘을정말크게느꼈습니다.또한
누구보다더고생한것을모두가알고있는데도먼저와서고생했다며위로의말을건네주는사람으
로부터나는너무도큰감동을받았습니다.자기자신보다다른사람들을더생각할때사람에게감동
을줄수있고,자신또한힘을얻을수있다는점,단체가힘을얻을수있는것은대단한무언가가아
닌말한마디에의해결정된다는점,감동이있을때모두가하나가될수있다는점을배웠습니다.
자기소개서에'이활동을통해평화라는것을다시생각해보고좀더구체적으로느끼고싶다.'라고
적었습니다.어느날문득그런생각이들었습니다.평화란무엇일까.사회에서추구하는평화는어떤
것일까.제생각이맞지않을수도있겠지만저는평화가안좋은일이일어나지않도록하는안전과
의미가가까운것이라고생각합니다.모두가한마음으로하루하루를행복한마음으로보냈던저는
안좋은일이일어나지않길바라기보다좋은일이더많이생겨나길바랐습니다.불행을회피하기보
다행복에접근하는더큰가치를알게되었습니다.단20명밖에안되는인원이기에가능하고,국제
적으로확장했을때어쩌면불가능한일일지도모르겠습니다.하지만20명이가능했기에그보다더
큰규모의집단에서도가능하리라생각합니다.앞으로제가어떤위치에서이마음을굳게지키고실
천할지는모르겠습니다.집단의행복에접근할수있는원동력이되고자끊임없이고민하고방법을
고찰하고자합니다.
한번은위원장님께서그런말씀을해주셨습니다.제주도아이들은똑같이스펙쌓으러왔지만막상
와서활동하는것을보면붙임성있게일을잘한다고합니다.위원장님께서무슨일을하고있을때
다가와뭐또할거없냐고도와드릴것은없는지물어본다합니다.자기에게주어진일만하는것이
아니라내일이아닌것도서로도와서하려는마음이크다는얘기입니다.제주사람들이아니더라도
그런부분이아주없는것은아니고,제주사람이라고모두가그런것도아님은분명합니다.단지그
속뜻을배우게되었습니다.사회에서살아갈때내가할일도너무바쁘지만그럼에도우리가살아가
는세상이니함께한다는마음을가져야한다고말입니다.그럴때더행복한집단이이루어져가리라
생각합니다.
정말커다란행운이었고,평생잊지못할추억한장을쓸수있었던값진경험이었습니다.너무좋은
사람들과함께좋은활동을했다는것이정말감사할만큼이요.하지만그렇게좋았던활동이기에다
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른활동에서실망감이커지는것같습니다.과거에얽매여최선을다하지못한저를되돌아보게됩니
다.사람들과함께했던모든것들은지나간소중한추억으로여기고,위에쓰여있듯캠프를통해깨
달았던것들을기억하며앞으로내가어떤마음가짐으로살아가야할지고민하겠습니다.제자신을
더성장시켜나갈때이렇게좋은기회가또생겨날거라믿습니다.이번캠프가저의정신적인성장
의큰발판이되었길소원합니다.기회를만들어주신유네스코담당자분들께감사드리고이주간저
희에게신경써주신위원장님께도감사드리고우리제주지역캠퍼들재규,동수,신일,민국,나경,다
솜,다민,은주,보미,예주,현지(존칭생략합니다.)고마웠고사랑합니다!신풍리어멍아방잔치마을
에서다시한번모입시다!
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1학기중간고사를정신없이끝내갈무렵,학교게시판에서한게시물이눈에들어왔다.‘유네스코
국제워크캠프참가자모집’,14일의기간동안세계에서모인청년들과함께먹고,자며지역사회에
도움이되는활동을하는캠프의한국인리더를뽑는단다.혹하면서도내가합격할수있을까하는
생각으로유네스코국제워크캠프에지원하게되었다.그리고기대치못한합격소식까지듣게되었
다.아무것도준비되어있지않았던나에게이런기회가주어진것에감사한마음이들었다.한편으
로는걱정됐던것도사실이다.책으로읽고푸는영어만을접했던나는영어로사람들과소통하고
2주동안함께지내야한다는것이낯설고두려웠으며뜨거운여름햇살아래서주어진일을해내야
하는데해본일이라곤빨래널기나설거지같은집안일뿐이었던내가민폐가되진않을까하는부
담도생겼다.여름방학이시작되자마자영어회화책을사서공부하고운동으로체력관리도하며캠
프를준비했다.마침내캠프시작일인2016년7월11일이다가왔고,부푼마음과함께제주도로향
하는비행기에몸을실었다.
내가참가한제주캠프는제주남쪽에위치한‘어멍아방잔치마을’에서12명의한국인캠퍼들그리고
대만,프랑스,베트남,스페인,멕시코에서온8명의외국인캠퍼들과함께진행되었다.처음에도착했
을땐하나부터열까지쉬운것이없었다.아무것도정해져있지않은상태였기때문에숙소는어떻게
나눌것인가,샤워실은어떻게돌아가며사용할것인가,식사는어떻게해결할것인가와같은생활규
칙의문제부터어떤활동을할것인가,어떻게진행할것인가,누가어떤역할을전담할것인가의문
제까지모든것을세세하게정해야했다.그렇게회계팀,식사팀,물품관리팀등2주동안주로맡게될
역할들이정해졌고,크게‘마을보수-벽화페이팅및수리’,‘지역초등학교방과후교육활동’,‘방사탑
쌓기’를중심으로활동을진행하기로정했다.이중에내가가장고대했던작업은바로‘방사탑쌓기’
이다.방사탑은마을의안녕을기원하기위한제주인들의공동체적산물이며제주의전통문화이자
기념물이다.하지만현재제주의방사탑은제대로사후관리가되지않아방치되어있다.또한방사탑
을쌓을수있는기술자의수도줄어들고있는상황이라고한다.이런상황에처해있는방사탑을쌓는
기술을배우고직접쌓아내손을거친방사탑이제주땅에우뚝설것을생각하니가슴이벅찼다.실
유네스코 제주워크캠프를 마치며
김나경
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제로돌을옮겨오고탑을쌓는과정들이체력적으로힘들긴했지만캠프에서진행됐던활동중가장
보람찬활동이었다.훗날내자식들과손을잡고찾아가“이게엄마가쌓은탑이란다.”라고하는상상
까지했을정도이다.물론나의작은활동이이전통문화가지켜지고보존되는것에당장직접적인도
움이되진않았을것이다.하지만이활동을통해나는‘방사탑’이라는우리가지켜야할기념물에관
심을가질수있었고다른캠퍼들또한그랬을것이다.이러한작은관심들이모여장기적으론우리의
전통문화를지키고이어나가는데분명도움이됐을것이라확신한다.
우연히참가했던유네스코국제워크캠프는나에게많은것들을깨우쳐주었다.다양한문화,의견,
생김새를가진사람들과한곳에서지내는경험을하며나는진심어린마음만있다면언어나문화
의차이를넘어서서로의지하며마음을나누고소통할수있다는것을깨달았다.그리고나의별
것아닌활동에고마움을표시해주시는마을주민분들을보며내가어딘가에도움이될수있다
는기쁨도알게되었고학점,영어성적,자격증에만갇혀있던내게다양한경험이인생에서얼마나
중요한자산인지깨닫게해주었다.20명의사람들과지지고볶으며보낸2주간의경험은확실히나
를그전보다한단계성장시켰다고스스로자부할수있다.여담으로는영어를대하는자세또한달
라졌다.이전까지나에게영어는점수를높여야만하는부담스러운존재였다.하지만캠프활동이
후세계공용어인영어를잘하게된다면내가보고느낄수있는시야가넓어짐을마음깊이깨닫고
이제는높은점수를얻기위함이아니라나를위해서영어공부를열심히해야겠다는뻔하지만하기
어려웠던다짐을할수있게되었다.
캠프활동이끝나고일상으로돌아온나는다시해야할것들에치이며바쁜일상을보내고있지만
꿈만같았던제주에서의시간들을돌이키면소중한기억들이지금나의생활에커다란원동력이되
어주는것같다.나에게이런멋진경험들을할수있게기회를주신분들과,함께했던팀원들그리
고2주동안우리모두를돌봐주신신태범위원장님께꼭감사하다고전하고싶다.
◀방사탑을쌓는작업을하고있는모습
부두로나가갓잡은한치로비빔밥을만들어먹는모습
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5월중순,어멍아방잔치마을을향해긴장가득한발걸음을내딛었다.그리고약2개월뒤인7월9
일,제주공항에서720번버스를타고같은목적지인어멍아방잔치마을로다시향했다.같은목적
지였지만두번째로가는길은처음의긴장감이아닌,기분좋은설렘과두근거림으로가득했다.그
러나두근거림과동시에캠프를위한준비가너무미흡하지는않았는지,혹여나2주라는기간동안
큰갈등이생기지는않을지,우리가잘해낼수있을까하는생각에걱정이되기도했다.그렇게버
스안에서한시간남짓이런저런생각을하니곧버스에서내릴시간이다가왔고,그렇게내가처음
으로발을디딘제주의마을은확실히그만의분위기를풍기며나를반겼다.이내그포근함은마음
한구석에남아있던걱정들을잠시조용하게만들었다.
한국캠퍼들은최대한정리되고편안한환경에서외국인캠퍼들을맞이하기위해캠프시작날보다
앞서신풍리에모였다.그리고11일월요일드디어캠프가시작됐다.나는오후픽업팀으로,공항에
나가비행기를타고오는외국친구들을가장먼저만났다.모두먼나라들에서제주도까지오느라
길고도쉽지않은여정이었을텐데,우리의웰컴사인을보고누구보다환한웃음으로응답했다.또,
제주도를향해각자타고온비행기가달라예상보다훨씬많은시간을기다려야했던상황에서도
상황을이해해주고불평한마디하지않는캠프참가자들덕분에그전에했던걱정이수그러들었
다.그리고곧2주간큰갈등은생기지않을것같다는생각과우리는잘해낼수있을거라는확신
이들었다.기나긴기다림후숙소에도착하고우리는전체회의를통해생활규칙과식사당번등을
같이정했다.또캠프기간동안논의가필요한주제는모두모여회의를하며의견을공유했고,활
동마다담당팀을정해활동에대한사소한회의는담당팀안에서진행하도록했다.
그렇게시작한캠프에서우리가했던활동은크게4가지로벽화그리기,방사탑쌓기,마을공동공
간보수,그리고방과후활동프로그램이었다.먼저벽화를그리기위해먼저외벽을깨끗하게닦아
내야했다.처음마주했던청소년수련원식당외벽은찌든때로많이더러운상태였고,계속해서닦
아내도깨끗해지지않는벽을보고벽화를그릴수있을까하는의문이들기도했다.하지만회의를
한여름, 제주도에서 보낸 선물 같은 시간들
오다솜
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통해청소,흰페인트칠하기,밑그림및채색팀으로나누고필요한것들을하나씩끝내가며결국첫
작품을탄생시켰다.청소년수련원식당외벽과내벽부터시작해서식당,창고,초등학교옥상까지
벽이라는큰도화지를우리의손끝을통해채워나가는활동은재밌고특별했다.
두번째는방사탑쌓기였다.날씨가따라주지않은탓에작업시작이많이늦어져시간이많이촉박
한상황이었다.공터에서돌을줍고캐는일부터,돌이무너지지않게탑을쌓는일,그리고그마무
리까지모두힘을요구하는활동이었다.하지만아무것도없던곳에우리가올리는돌들이탑이되
는과정을직접지켜보는것은그자체만으로도의미있는활동이었다.세번째는마을의공동공간
보수작업이었는데,나는방과후프로그램담당자로팀이편성되었기에동시간대진행된보수작업
에는참여하지못했다.하지만마지막날마을을한바퀴돌며오두막이훨씬안전하고깨끗하게변
해있는모습을보고나또한뿌듯했다.
마지막활동은방과후프로그램이었다.매일세시부터다섯시까지진행됐는데처음에는예상보
다훨씬많은50여명의초등학생들을어떻게다뤄야할지고민도많이하고당황하기도했다.시작
전부터가장걱정했던활동이었지만,우리의프로그램이아이들에게특별한추억으로남을수있도
록프로그램을구성하려고노력했다.그리고효율적인프로그램진행을위해프랑스,멕시코,대만,
스페인,베트남팀으로팀을구성하고아이들을한팀에약열명씩배정했다.그리고한국인캠퍼들
도각팀에들어가외국인참가자들과함께수업을진행했다.2주라는길고도짧은기간을아이들과
부딪치며시행착오도겪고,보람도느끼며큰사고없이마무리할수있었다.그렇게아이들과보내
는마지막날,우리는마을잔치를했다.마을분들과학부모를모시고아이들과팀별로준비했던공
연을하며아이들과의마지막의추억을정리했다.그리고캠퍼들과의행복했지만,그만큼아쉬웠던
만남도결국끝을향했다.
마지막까지큰갈등은없었던2주였지만한가지아쉬운점이있었다면한국캠퍼에비해비교적소
수였던외국캠퍼들과의언어장벽이아닐까싶다.한국에서의사소통에어려움을겪었을외국캠퍼
들을더신경써주지못해미안하다는말을전했을때그마저도괜찮다며,우리의노력을알고상황
을이해한다는친구들에게미안함과고마움이교차했었다.
프랑스의마논과사빈,멕시코의아넬과클라우디아,베트남의링과탄,대만의아리스,스페인의
사울.다섯나라에서온여덟명의친구들.서로다른문화권에서살다온친구들과함께힘을합쳐
일을하나씩완성해나갔던경험은정말소중하고특별했다.지금까지내가알고,살아왔던세상과
는또다른세상을만난느낌이었다.그리고그를통해나조차도몰랐던내안의고정관념을깨닫고
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그것을고칠수있었다.한가지예를들자면,나는다른친구들이아닌아넬과클라우디아가열심히
일하는모습을보면서유독놀랐다.그리고그렇게놀라는나를보며내가갖고있던‘남미사람들은
게으르다.’라는편견을확인했다.하지만그와동시에그누구보다일찍일어나고열심히일하는아
넬과클라우디아를보며내안에자리잡고있던선입견이고쳐지는것을느꼈다.나는그과정에서
다름을인정하고배려하는방법을조금씩배웠다.아직은많이부족하겠지만,이번워크캠프를통해
내안에도왜곡된시선이있다는것을인정하는자세와그것을고치려고노력하는자세의중요성을
깨달았다.이것이타인과타문화에대한이해를향한발걸음이될것이라생각한다.또한,편견을제
거하는일의중요성뿐아니라팀으로서의과제를해결할때회의를통해관련된여러사람들의의
견을듣고협력하고,서로를존중하는자세가중요하다는것도알게됐다.
이번유네스코워크캠프를통해앞서말한외국캠퍼들뿐아니라신태범위원장님을비롯한리더
재규오빠,부리더민국오빠,신일오빠,동수오빠,유찬이,나경이,다민이,은주,현지,보미,그리고
예주까지정말멋진사람들과이번여름가장소중하고특별한2주를보낼수있어서감사하고또
행복했다.내게2주동안아름다운제주도에서꿈같은시간을선물해준모든사람에게다시한번
감사드린다.
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One of the best experiences of life that I have lived was to volunteer for UNESCO this summer
2016 on Jeju Island, South Korea. In this camp I gained lively significant moments while doing
work with my new friends that I had the joy of meeting in two weeks, which were sufficient
not only to meet but also to become good friends, and although that at first I was worried
about the language barrier, they were all so friendly and kind so this was not a big obstacle to
interact among ourselves.
In these two weeks full of work, which many considered heavy and tedious, but while we
were doing with open heart and mind, we made great memories. Some of the best moments
I could enjoy was playing with children of elementary school. The children were so active,
playful and vivacious that they always left us exhausted after chasing them to enter the room,
especially after playing with them, who always had a smile and great energy to play with us.
But what I remember most were the friendships I made with my new friends. Simple cooking
or cleaning tasks allowed us to know each other better, learn from their cultures and adapt to
our personalities, while excursions to beautiful places of the island Jeju let us unite. Campers
learned more as people learned more about Korean culture and made new memories, which
we all can share, no matter where we are.
Certainly participating in this camp as a volunteer was one of the most rewarding experiences
I've ever done in my life, so I recommend all young people experience at least once in life this
type of experience that cannot be removable and will always be remembered. We should not
feel afraid of language barriers or culture, because these barriers come from a person’s mind.
JeJu WorkcAmp
MaRTha aNeL GaLiNDO De Le´ON (Mexico)
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One of the highlights of 2016 was the work camp in Jeju-do held by the Korean National
Commission for UNESCO. It was a great experience discovering one of the most beautiful
natural places in the world along with the South Korean way of life in the countryside. I really
enjoyed it and it has made stories to tell about to people around me, as it combined many
aspects of life we are not used to seeing in the city nowadays, like carpentry, painting, cleaning
and even teaching and playing with kids. It was something I wouldn’t have been able to do in
Madrid and it’s something that I won’t forget for a very long time.
In my opinion, the basis of this workcamp were teamwork and culture.
Culture because we had to experience South Korean culture and gastronomy, also traditional
habits of Jeju island, which were highly recommendable for future ‘campers’. We also got to
share our own cultures with South Korean fellows and to the kids too, thanks to this they
got to know how different things are outside of South Korea in terms of food, habits and
traditions, making it a great exchange between cultures.
Getting to see the traditional villages and the natural attractions of the island was a great
part of this experience, as we got to see places which we would’ve never known outside the
Internet.
For me it was a great cultural experience, as in Spain and Europe, we are almost not fond of
Korean culture, and thanks to this workcamp I got to know a very interesting country deep to
the roots of its culture.
And teamwork, because without it, it would have been impossible to develop the
assignments we were given. Thanks to all the campers effort and attitude, we were able to do
the things we were supposed to. It was a great experience to meet all of the campers as they
were so different people living in the same place and working together. I got to know great
JeJu WorkcAmp
SauL DORaDO (Spain)
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persons and even made friends I hope I can keep for a long time and meet again.
There is much credit to be given around for this splendid experience, not least of all a big
thanks to UNESCO for having had the will and the desire to set-up such an educational
program in the first place. I must thank all of the Korean volunteers for their effort, and for
being such great hosts. I must thank the village residents for their hospitality and guidance
during the workcamp, in particular our boss, who was a real example of hard work and
leadership. Their efforts had contributed to helping the workcamp run smoothly.
Lastly, I’d like to thank all of the volunteers for being great persons and for giving me a lot of
memories to keep in my life.
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무안 워크캠프를 마치며
우동희
무안캠프의리더로선발되었을때,기분은상당히짜릿했다.똑똑하고책임감있는사람들과한팀
을이룬다는사실과캠프활동에대한기대때문이었다.하지만,캠프에앞서진행되었던사전교육
에참여하고또무안에사전답사를다녀온뒤,내가가졌던기대에는불안과걱정이더해졌다.왜냐
하면캠프가진행되는무안에살고있는주민들의관심과기대가내생각이상이라는사실을알게
되었고,과연나는리더가갖춰야할자질들을제대로함양하고있는지,이캠프를잘진행할수있
을지자문하게되었기때문이다.사전교육,사전답사뒤,캠프에대한나의기대치를백분율로환산
해보자면,기대는고작20%정도밖에되지않았던것같다.
결국,걱정80,기대20의마음으로,7월17일,무안캠프는시작되었다.우리한국리더들은외국인
참가자들이한국에도착하기하루전인,17일낮에캠프장소에도착했다.도착후,먼저,주민분들
께인사를드렸고,그후에는숙소청소를시작했다.주방용품전부를설거지했고,숙소바닥을쓸
고닦았다.청소가끝난뒤에는앞으로의캠프일정들에대해회의를했고,어떤규칙이있어야캠
프가원활하게진행될지머리를맞대고고민했다.긴회의끝에,우리는캠프규칙을만들었고,또한
역할분담을위한팀지정,그리고식사,청소,설거지당번을공평하게정했다.일찍부터캠프지역에
도착했지만하루를정말바쁘고,정신없게보냈던것같다.
둘째날저녁,외국인참가자들이숙소에도착했다.우리들이미리준비했던저녁식사를함께먹었
고,식사를하며꽤나어색한자기소개시간을가졌다.식사를마치고잠시개인정리시간을가진
뒤,아이스브레이킹시간을가졌는데,이시간을통해어색했던우리들은서로에게조금더가까워
질수있었다.이야기도많이나눴고다시한번자기소개를했으며,앞으로의캠프일정들을참가자
들에게공지해주었다.우리가캠프기간동안맡은일들은농촌활동,마을이정표세우기,유네스
코토론회,그리고주니어국제캠프진행이었다.
셋째날부터,본격적으로캠프는시작되었다.주민분의지도하에우리들은팀별로나뉘어농촌활동
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을시작했다.잡초뽑기,모종만들기,비료옮기기등팀별로다양한활동을하게되었다.우리들은
A,B,C,D총네팀으로구성되어있었는데,그중내가속해있던팀B는캠프기간동안이정표만들
기를전담하게되었다.전담하게된이유는,우리팀원인Simoe(독일),와Gedy(에스토니아)가평
소미술에관심이있었고그들은이런종류의프로젝트를잘할자신이있었기때문이었다.사실,나
는우리들의캠프활동중에유일하게결과물이남게되는활동이었던지라이부담스러운프로젝트
를맡는것이조금꺼려졌었다.더군다나우리팀에한국인은나뿐이었고,주민들의요구를내가과
연팀원들에게잘전달할수있을지,살짝걱정이됐었다.하지만,프로젝트시작첫날,나는깨달았
다.우리팀은거의완벽에가까운팀이라는것을.모두가성실했고,그누구도게으름을피우거나
요령을피우지않았다.주민들의요구를팀원들에게영어로전달했을때,나의부족한영어표현에도
불구하고,감사하게도팀원들은나를완벽히이해주었고,결국우리는주민들의요구에맞는,또우
리들만의디자인으로멋진이정표를만들수있었다.
캠프일정중에우리들이가장걱정했던것은주니어국제워크캠프였다.이프로그램은타지역에
비해외국인들을접할기회가적은초등학생들을위해계획되었고,초등학생들이팀을이뤄,외국
인참가자들이준비한그들의나라별부스에방문하는것으로진행되었다.이활동을통해학생들
이세계를간접적으로나마체험하게되길바랐다.우리외국인참가자들은사전에이프로그램에
대해공지받은대로모국의전통성을띄는,혹은모국을잘알릴수있는물건이나음식등을가져
왔고자신들의부스에서그것들을학생들에게보여주고설명해주었다.나라체험후에는학생들과
외국인이함께하는보물찾기,스피드게임등다양한야외활동들이진행되었다.너무나다행히도,
우리가준비한프로그램을아이들이지루해하면어쩌나하는리더들의우려가무색할정도로프로
그램은아주원활히,즐겁게진행되었다.캠프참가자들도만족했고,아이들도만족했으며우리를
담당했던생태지평관계자분들도만족해하셨다.
일이계획되지않은날에는,외국인참가자들과우리들은순천만방문,광주기아자동차공장견학,
초의선사다도체험등다양한활동을하였다.
캠프를시작했을때나는걱정과불안때문에캠프에대한기대보다는우려와걱정이훨씬더컸다.
캠프중에이런나의마음가짐은더심화되었다.특히,캠프초기부터개인의입장을너무나중시하
는어떤한참가자때문에모든참가자들과,리더들,주민들과갈등이생길때,내적으로힘이들었
던것같다.한사람이만드는불협화음으로캠프전체의분위기가망가질때면,‘이참가자를방출
시키는것이맞는게아닌가?’하는생각을했었다.하지만그럴수없었다.캠프면접당시내가했
던대답인‘다름이존재하는집단에서화합을도모하겠습니다.’가계속떠올랐기때문이다.인내끝
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에우리리더들은그친구를잘다독였고,결국나중에는그친구도지시를잘따라주어캠프를무
사히마칠수있었다.다름이존재하는집단에서생활하며느낀것은,다름은인정해야하는것이맞
지만,계속인정하다보면다름안에틀림이있을수있다는것을간과하게된다는것이다.인정에도
상한선이필요하다는것을깨달았다.
사실,캠프의마지막날이점점다가올때도,나의마음은첫날과비슷했다.그렇기에아쉬움보다
는후련함이더컸고,힘든일이거의끝나간다는뿌듯함이나의주된감정이었다.그런데아주아이
러니한것은,마지막날,나는아침부터친구들이떠날때까지눈물을참느라너무힘들었다는것이
다.아무도울지않았는데,혼자눈물을참느라애썼고,눈물을친구들에게보이지않기위해설거지
를자처할수밖에없었다.나는그마지막날을잊을수가없다.생각보다즐겁지않고힘들었던캠
프에서나는아주소중한감정을느끼게되었기때문이다.이감정덕분에,이캠프가나에게얼마나
소중했던것인지마지막날에서야알게되었고,캠프기간동안힘든시간들이양적으로는더많았을
지라도,가끔씩찾아왔던즐거운시간들의농도가얼마나진했는지알게되었다.나는마지막날이
들을떠나보내며,워크캠프에내가참잘참여했다는생각이들었고,나는이전보다조금더나은
사람이되었다는확신이들었다.또이경험이내가앞으로더발전하는데있어큰밑거름이될것이
라고생각했다.이런소중한기회를주신모든관계자분들께진심으로감사드린다.
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빠름과 느림의 미학 : 워크캠프를 통해 배운 한 가지 교훈
정유빈
나는 왜 워크캠프를 지원했나
국내워크캠프를지원한이유는작년미국에서의워크캠프가너무나짧은한여름밤의꿈이었기
때문입니다.8명의친구들과함께보냈던2주동안의추억은이루말할수없이아름다웠던시간들
이었습니다.세계의다양한나라에서온친구들과함께먹고자며일하며대화를하고생각을공유
하는경험은분명흔치않은소중한경험입니다.국내에서도워크캠프가있다는것을알게되었고
한국에올외국인친구들과좋은경험을쌓고싶다는생각이들었습니다.7월마지막2주,16명과
함께했던시간들은단언컨대올여름가장뜨겁고빛났던순간들이었습니다.하나의색깔보다한데
모인무지개의색깔이더아름다운것처럼,우리의여름도그랬습니다.
토끼와 거북이 이야기
잠시주제를돌려봅시다.유명한동화인‘토끼와거북이이야기’를모르시는분은아마없을겁니다.
여러분은목적지만을향해달려간토끼와(물론중간에자만하여낮잠을잤지만요)느리지만포기하
지않고자신의목적지를향해걸어마침내그목적을이룬거북이중무엇이마음에드시나요?저
는토끼가좋았습니다.토끼는목적지까지빠르게갈수있으니까요.자만하여낮잠을자지않았더
라면분명토끼는거북이를이길수있었을겁니다.거북이는느리기때문에절대토끼를이기지못
하지만그럼에도거북이가정말패자인것만은아닙니다.거북이는느리기때문에가는길에구름
이얼마나아름다운지도볼수있고,저-기아름다운종달새도볼수있고,달려가는다람쥐와눈인
사도할수있었을것입니다.사실지금까지의제삶은토끼였습니다.뒤쳐지는것에불안해했고늘
무언가라도하지않으면불안해했고늘남보다앞섰어야했습니다.성질도급하고욕심도많아서
동시에여러가지일을하는걸좋아했고삶에여유란없었습니다.그랬던제가이번워크캠프를통
해서거북이가되고싶다는생각을하게되었습니다.
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둘쨋날밤,잠들기전,한친구의질문:“네가좋아하는책과영화는뭐야?”
변화의시작은굉장히사소한것에서출발했습니다.Belarus에서온Nastiya라는친구가잠들기
전,모두에게이런질문을했습니다.꿈나라로가기전,친구들은자신이좋아하는책과영화에대해
말하기시작했습니다.서로의책과영화에대해공감을하고의견을덧달며곧거대한토론의장이
되었습니다.그런데저는도무지할말이없었습니다.사실은스스로가부끄러웠습니다.학문의전
당이라는대학에다니는지성인으로서과제를제외한독서를하지않는다는것은변명의여지가없
었습니다.사실은책을읽는것도,영화를보는것도,음악을듣는것도,미술작품을보는것도좋아
하는데시도하지못했던걸보면지금까지의제삶은참회색빛도시였구나-라는생각이들었습니
다.동시에활발한의견이오고가는것을보고친구들의대답을들으며,참멋있다는생각이들었습
니다.적어도그친구들은회색빛도시는아닌것같다는느낌을받았거든요.
거북이의 눈으로 바라본 농사일
이주간의일정중농사일은단4일밖
에없었음에도연일폭염주의보가내
리는바람에땡볕에긴시간동안서있
는것은결코쉬운일이아니었습니다.
3일은콩밭의잡초를뽑았고하루는
실파를뽑았습니다.농사일에서투른
저는열심히한다고하는데도무지크
고광활한밭은끝날기미를보이지않
았습니다.한줄에둘씩짝을지어짝
꿍과함께하지만고개를숙이고눈앞
의잡초뽑기에열중하다보면아무생
각도들지않고아무것도보이지않습니다.오로지비오듯흐르는땀과뜨거운태양그리고말안듣
는질기고독한잡초와싸우는나만이존재합니다.처음엔빨리빨리하고빨리쉬어야겠다는마음
이었습니다.토끼의마음이죠.그런데빨리빨리할수록더힘들기만하고시간은더더욱느리게갑
니다.농사일3일차,열심히잡초를뽑던중허리가아파잠시고개를들어하늘을바라봤습니다.하
늘이이렇게파랗고예쁜지전혀몰랐는데,저기나무에새가있던것도알지못했는데,알고나니
밭이그렇게밉지는않았습니다.눈앞의잡초가제거되기전의무질서한콩밭은정말미운밭이었
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는데고개를반대로돌려깔끔하게정렬된콩밭을보니마음이괜히시원해지기도하고콩의싹들
이추워보이기까지합니다.그래도잡초가함께있던게정겹고풀내가났지-라는생각도납니다.
그래도잡초는농부아저씨들에게해가되는것이니까요.
나무와구름,새만이저에게다른관점을주었던것만은아닙니다.아무도말을하지않고묵묵히일
을하던중누군가저를불러,“Yubeen!Doyouneedtissue?”라고묻습니다.땀을흘리는저를보
고티슈가필요하냐며묻는몽골에서온착한두앙(Duang)입니다.쉬는시간에마시는얼음물을
서로에게먼저권하기도하고농담도하고농부아저씨와새참도먹습니다.시간이멈춘것같은이
곳해제면의용산마을에서일어나는사소한일과당연해보이는것들이한발짝멀리보니참소중
하게느껴졌습니다.점심을먹고취했던휴식시간도마찬가지였습니다.피곤해서낮잠을잔시간도
있었지만친구들과대화를통해많은것을배울수있었습니다.Lithuania의역사에대해서생생한
이야기를듣기도했고생일인친구를위해각나라의언어로생일축하노래를불러주기도했습니다.
밭과집을오가는중요한이동수단이었던트럭의뒤에서친구들과미래에대한건설적인이야기들
을나누기도했습니다.덜컹대는트럭에서오가는얘기는카페에서에어컨바람을맞으며하는얘
기보다왜인지더즐거웠습니다.
쏟아지는 밤하늘의 별을 보며 우리가 했던 얘기
숙소는바람이참잘드는곳이었습니다.바다앞에자리해서그런지저녁이면늘파도로부터시원
한바람이불어왔습니다.옹기종기모여앉아누군가는노래를부르고춤을추고,누군가는지긋이
밤하늘을쳐다보기도합니다.친구들에게‘토끼와거북이’에대한질문을던졌습니다.그들의대답
은사실당연하면서도제가간과했던부분이었습니다.한친구는이렇게대답했습니다.“토끼와거
북이중에굳이하나를골라야할필요는없는거야,굳이하나만택할필요는없어.때론거북이이
기도하고때론토끼이기도하지.그럼에도난느린거북이가조금더좋아.”그친구의버킷리스트
중하나는죽기전에베레스트산에올라가는것이었습니다.노트북의배경화면이에베레스트여서,
“우와,네배경화면정말멋있다”라고하니꿈을잊지않기위해,늘상기시키기위해배경화면으로
해두었다는겁니다.각기다른나라에서온,서로다른문화와언어를가진우리는정말다른듯했
지만사실우리는크게다르지않았습니다.우리네의삶은토끼든거북이든어느중간이었습니다.
캠프가끝나갈무렵,저는그렇게거북이의시선에점점녹아들게되었습니다.거북이는정말매력
적인동물이었고저는그것을배우며한층더나은사람이되고자했습니다.
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‘토끼와 거북이 이야기’의 끝
이주간의캠프는길고도짧은시간들이었습니다.제가얻고배운것은소통,다문화,열린마음등
셀수없이많지만그중제게가장큰울림을주었던것은단연‘빠름과느림의미학’이었습니다.사
실,빠르면어떻고느리면어떻나요?자신의속도에맞춰때론빠르게가기도하고가끔쉬어갈줄
도아는아름다움이가장중요한게아닐까요?
밤하늘의별처럼소중하고뜨거운태양처럼빛나는교훈을안겨준5명의멋진한국인리더들과11
명의외국인친구들,그리고진석아저씨와영규아저씨를비롯한용산마을주민분들,현장에서저희
와함께해주셨던생태지평연구원분들,이번무안캠프를서포트해주신기아자동차,그리고유네
스코한국위원회차세대팀선생님들께따뜻한감사의마음을전하며글을마칩니다.사랑합니다!
그리고감사합니다!
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muAN WorkcAmp
Buzea aNDReea BiaNCa (Romania)
During 2016 summer I had the chance to turn twenty in a novel place for me: Muan, South
Korea. It was the first time I have stepped on Asian ground and I must admit that there were
a lot of differences comparing to any other European country. From the beginning I knew
that this experience will take me out of my comfort zone, will make me deal with different
situations in which adaptation is the key in order to succeed. Fortunately, I had on my side
great people who made the transition a lot more pleasant.
Our adventure began on the 18th of July, in Seoul at the UNESCO Hall. There we met each
other, ten international volunteers and we started our coach to Muan, where the five Korean
volunteers were waiting for us. Our activities during the workcamp were various: we have
been working on the fields, weeding, picking onions or putting fertilizer to the watermelons,
we have organized a Junior camp for the locals’ children, we have attended a UNESCO debate
and last but not least, we have been in trips around Korea.
For me, the most enjoyable activity was the UNESCO debate. It was very interesting to talk
about the scholar system around the globe, to track the main weak points and try to come
with solutions or to talk about the wetlands of our countries. Most of us were surprised by the
level of difficulty exceeded by the Korean scholar system and also by the fact that someone
hardly can succeed later in life after he or she has failed in the early years of school.
Kia workcamp was not only about work. During these two weeks we have experienced a lot
of Korean activities, from eating Kim-chi (김치)-fermented cabbage prepared with various
seasonings, to wearing Handbok-the Korean traditional dress. Additionally, we have visited the
KIA factory where we have been all surprised by the high level of automation and by the low
rate of factory errors, which make KIA Motors an environmental friendly factory, and we have
visited a Korean temple. In another day we have been to the Suncheon Bay Wetland reserve,
a place of a rare beauty, the home of the biggest colony of reeds from Korea where a lot of
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species of rare birds live.
This workcamp also taught us to cope with difficult or new situations, like Korean-style
sleeping, working in the hot weather, sharing the room with other eight volunteers, or not
touching a fork for two weeks. All these challenges helped us to better understand each other,
to be able to empathize and to realize that a job can be done in multiple ways, that there is
not necessarily a best way to do something, and that no matter which path you take, there is
always an alternative.
Finally, I would like to thank the Korean National Commission for UNESCO, Eco-Horizon
Institute and KIA Motors for organizing this workcamp and offering us the chance to discover
so many new things and to forge longstanding friendships. Also, I must be grateful to KiMoon,
Woo, Brandon, Michael, Heesoo and YuBeen-our Korean volunteers and hosts in the same
time, who made great efforts that KIA workcamp be a total success. This educational program
played an important role in my development and I am sure that what I have learnt in those
two weeks in Korea will be valuable in a lot more future situations and will help me be a better
person.
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muAN WorkcAmp
GeDy SiiMeNSON (estonia)
Looking back to those two weeks spent in Muan County there is tremendous gratitude
towards Korean National Commission for UNESCO, KIA Motors and Eco-Horizon Institute for
making this opportunity available for youth all over the world. It makes me both humble and
proud to have experienced being part of Korean community and leaving my footprints on
Muan tidal flats. In exchange, I would like to offer my insights from my stay in your country.
Straight from my arrival to Seoul, I understood that Korean transportation system was as
developed as expected for a city of 10 million people. In addition, most people on the streets
were using mobile phones, as was I. One wonderful mobile application with metro lines
allowed me to arrive to UNESCO House on time where I met other enthusiastic volunteers to
share this journey ahead. It truly was an educational journey to memorize and give forward to
next generations to remember.
Where did the learning happen? It was then when I met the Korean organizers over our first
joint dinner table I tried to learn proper spoken Korean language which, in my surprise, may
even be easier to learn than Estonian with its 14 cases. During those dinners I also learned to
adjust my dietary needs, to keep my posture by sitting on the floor while eating, to share my
country’s food culture, and I got to know about local eating customs. Preparing and having a
meal together brought all participants closer together, especially when they recognized some
similar ingredients used in their traditional dishes.
Another great outdoor classroom was the work field. Connecting with locals based on your
actions, facial expressions and body language which reminded me all the ways people all
over the world are similar, and that words often are used to confuse people but when we stick
to the basic communication, a common understanding soon can be found. Of course, to my
surprise, I left the work camp with purple bite marks on my neck, which actually was explained
to me as a sign of fondness from locals. Therefore, sign language can be quite confusing as
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well. But the way the local people do small innovations every day, the way they care about
their workers, roads, land and the sea, is remarkable. Only saddening thing was that there is no
active trash recycling system in the country side which do not leave the locals a lot of options
to deal with waste except to burn it. I hope that a country with this kind of technological
boost will soon get there and even more can be done for the environment. When we visited
KIA Motors factory we got a pretty good idea what can be done with robotics, and how
this could also uphold environmental protection. This reminds me how comforting was to
find other volunteers with the same environmental education background, so you could
constantly come up with joint ideas how to solve some fast growing environmental problems.
I hope to keep in touch.
To get to the work field, a common transportation was organized. Connecting with other
volunteers while driving to work in a truck load of people was always a nice way to start
your day. There is so much we could learn from each other just because we have different
past experiences and memories collected in different environments. I have gained many
new realizations, ideas, and methods for teaching, song lyrics, and communication ways
throughout this experience. For example, I understood the significance of the DMZ biosphere
reserve and mud flats in local’s everyday life not because I read about it but because I was
there, helping, and talking with people. And when you walk up to the Dragon Mountain in
Suncheon Bay surrounded with reed beds, and ride a boat through salty wetland during one
of the hottest day in the summer, you really understand why your camp slogan is “safety first”,
and why all the stores are packed with ice coffee and funny looking ice cream. And of course,
ceremonial tea drinking in Korean traditional house wearing Korean hanbok gave us all
realizations about peace, gratitude, tolerance, and gifts from Earth.
Truly educational was to hear Suncheon Bay mayor’s speech and I am happy that I was given
the opportunity to represent volunteers with a short speech as well. I also really enjoyed
our discussion session on education systems and costal/environmental policies, I only wish
it would have been even longer that all could have the chance to present their country’s
policies. Nevertheless, all of us had a chance to organize a fantastic global junior camp for local
children with games, dances and opportunities to learn language, taste sweets, videos and
stories about each volunteer’s home country. It was a blast! And it actually broke our prejudice
of Korean kids being very shy and quiet.
I could write a book about my visit to Korea but I will respect the time of the readers. I still have
to praise all the organizers for such an experience, thank you. After eating all those spicy meals,
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watching a fun baseball game, having nice talks with people, sharing dances, singing karaoke
together, giving hugs at the farewell BBQ party, going fishing with locals, leaving behind a
street sign with my name on it, visiting Muan Tidal Flat Centre Museum, and watching natural
beauty surrounding our locations, I know that my time in Muan work camp was well spent
and I will have plenty of stories to tell for my own kids in the future.
◀ Going to work…
Having a blast with the children ▶
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muAN TIDAL FLATS
SaRuNaS VeCeRkauSkaS (Lithuania)
When my boss at work told me about this opportunity to go to South Korea to help
local people with community work, I was like…why not, that would be such an amazing
experience. Before coming to South Korea I have been to Asia or somewhere close to our
workcamp site, so I thought why not, let’s give it a try — I am not going to be selected
anyway, but who knows, if I were lucky that would be just awesome and something very
different and new for me.
And indeed it was… Being in a place, where you can not understand a spoken language at all,
where people look at you like you are somewhere from the future or from the moon. Though
I arrived on the same day, when workcamp started and did not have enough time to get lost
in South Korea alone, I could easily tell that I arrived into the different part of the World I was
living in before and very different place from those I have visited before.
At first sight one might tell that the whole workcamp is based on the physical work and
a little bit worthless, because young people, most of them do not have any of farm field
work experience, and are very slow or bad in simple work such as weeding. In fact we have
not done a lot. I bet that working without our help local people having so many workers
in numbers would have done the same work in a couple of days. But I am not feeling
disappointed of this. As far as I understood and felt the point of this workcamp was not to the
amount of acres weeded or the number of signboards made, but the fact itself that we were
there to help these people and we did it honestly by putting our hearts and sweat into it. That
fact that we spent our vacation, summer holidays time (it was 75 % of my annual holidays time
from work) instead of going to summer resorts, being at home with our relatives or friends to
travel more than for a daytime to get to their village to meet them and to do something good
for them. This is what really matters I think. To be devoted and open — hearted.
As well as open to other participants of the workcamp. Even though we arrived from the
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different parts of the World, with our different languages, histories, backgrounds and cultures,
just after a couple days passed I started to feel like being in a strong community, like a
family. We spent all the time together, and did everything together. Worked, cooked, slept all
together what made us very close very fast. Though every participant was older than 20 years
(I am 25) I felt like a kid, leaving from the children summer camp, where I met my very good
friends. Even when I felt really tired after long hours work in the farm fields in the extremely
humid and hot weather I did not go to bed as soon as I get the chance, because I knew I
would miss another chat with my new precious friends from the workcamp.
Workcamp was the best organized event which one might imagine, because I got a chance to
see the country, which probably I would not visit by myself anyway, meet very interesting and
special people from all over the world (I still keep in touch with more than 5 people from the
workcamp), visit and get to know the country from the inside, through the daily life, through
the eyes of the local people. That it is priceless. This experience will stay with me for the rest of
my life. This is the type of a story you watch in the movies people telling to their kids.
2016 유네스코 국제워크캠프 KNCU International Workcamp
2016 유네
스코
국제
워크
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Final RepoRt
2016 활동보고서
