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  1. 2026

  2. 2025

  3. 2024

    • May Launched an emotional support program for guardians of refugee children
    • May-June Activities with the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) Youth Working Group
    • June Refugee Youth Summit (June 22, Online)
    • June Published “Easy-to-Read Information Guide for Refugees” in Korean and English
    • June Operated a booth at the Refugee Film Festival and campaigned for Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    • June Launched the Mental Health and Human Rights for All Refugees in Korea (MHARK)
    • August Collaborated and operated a booth at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Model UN event
    • October Launched the Immigration Detention Response Network
    • Nov-Dec Cultural mentoring for refugee youth in collaboration with Seoul Presbytery Youth and Kyungdong Church
    • Nov-Dec Hosted, a capacity-building training program for refugee supporters

  4. 2023

    • Feb-June Syria earthquake emergency relief solidarity project
    • February Rebranded the project and launched
    • March New Project – Launched, an information archive on living in Korea for refugees
    • March Launched the Good Samaritan Refugee Children Support Program
    • July Hosted the Global Citizen Peace Camp (July 17-22, Sunchang)
    • September Participated in the Asia Pacific Consultation on Refugee Rights (APCRR, Sep 12-13) and the Asia-Pacific UNHCR-NGO Consultations (Sep 14-15)
    • Nov-Dec Hosted, a capacity-building training program for refugee supporters
    • December Co-hosted the Korea-EU Civil Society Webinar on Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination (Dec 7), Participated in the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) (Dec 11-17)

  5. 2022

    • Jan-Feb Sponsored the refugee solidarity project by artist collective Solidarco
    • Feb-Mar With support from the Life Insurance Social Contribution Committee and international relief NGO The Promise, provided support for children from refugee families vulnerable to COVID-19 for the new school semester
    • March New Project – Launched the online Korean language education program
    • March New Project – Launched the Good Samaritan Scholarship Program
    • June Operated an exhibition booth at the Refugee Film Festival and a booth at the Refugee Culture Festival
    • June Held traveling “Dialogue with Refugees” events (Seoul, Jeju)
    • Jul-Aug Planned and conducted an education program for the Youth Education Academy hosted by the Eunpyeong Migrant Workers Center
    • August Refugee Trauma Task Force, Breakout session on at the 2nd National Migrant Human Rights Conference
    • October Jeonju Peace Camp with local organizations in Jeonju
    • November Conducted an organizational vision survey for MAP activists and volunteers
    • December Participated in the National Human Rights Commission monitoring results briefing, and the UNHCR refugee household survey

  6. 2021

    • Jan 20 Launched “Displaced,” a specialized newsletter for refugees and involuntarily displaced persons
    • Feb 9 Emotional intelligence test and workshop to strengthen activists’ counseling capabilities
    • Mar 22 Migration Policy Forum
    • May 14 2021 Conscientious Objection Day Talk:
    • June 12-30 World Refugee Day Campaign – “Together We Heal, Learn and Shine.”
    • Jul-Aug Conducted a Survey on the Lives of Refugees and Migrants during COVID-19 pandemic in Korea
    • Sep 2 Workshop on refugee family reunification (Refugee Rights Network Treatment Working Group)
    • Oct 25 NPO Fundraising Meeting (hosted by the Human Rights Foundation Saram)
    • Nov 19 EU-Korea Civil Society Conference: Exchange and Cooperation for Anti-Discrimination
    • Nov 30 Casual talk session with refugees preparing for the “With Corona” era:
    • Dec 2 Second Half Activist Day
    • Dec 10 Korean Human Rights Society Academic Conference, Thematic Session: “Issues and Tasks of Migrant Human Rights Policies Revealed by the COVID-19 Pandemic”
    • Dec 20 Migrant Women’s Human Rights Center, Presentation on the survey of migrants’ pandemic experiences in Korean society and a discussion meeting for migrant integration support
    • Dec 29 Refugee Human Library activity report workshop

  7. 2020

    • January Refugee child care support (in partnership with Save the Children)
    • February Started compiling “Refugee News” (providing customized information for refugees)
    • April Emergency disaster livelihood support for migrant families in crisis due to COVID-19
    • Apr 2 Press conference for non-discriminatory emergency disaster income support
    • Aug 5-7 Global Citizen Peace Camp (co-hosted by Yeosu YMCA, Jeonju YMCA, and MAP)
    • Sep 23 Signed an MOU with Green Hospital for medical expense support for undocumented migrant children
    • October Started a campaign with Samsung Medical Center to improve refugees’ health literacy
    • Nov 5-7 Screened 7 films on the theme of refugees at the Seoul International Pride Film Festival (SIPFF) and operated a festival booth
    • Nov 7 Participated as a guest in a Q&A session for the film
    • Nov 22 Won the Excellence Award at the Seoul Volunteer Center’s Best Volunteering Practices Contest
    • Feb 10 Activist capacity-building training ‘A Compass for Trauma and Recovery’

  8. 2019

    • Feb 21 MOU signing ceremony with the Human Rights Foundation Saram for the Human Rights Project-UP
    • Mar 8 2019 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination joint action “Everyone’s Voice! Respect Everyone!”
    • May 10 Supported and participated in the 1st Refugee Practical Academy (hosted by the Refugee Rights Center)
    • May 17 Guest lecture for Human Rights and Introduction to Sociology classes at Jeonbuk National University
    • May 25 Basic training for refugee volunteers and activists at the Ansan Global Youth Center
    • May 26 Free health check-ups to promote refugee health (co-hosted by Samsung Medical Center, venue: Hansung University). Produced brochures with information on prenatal care (Korean, English, French, Arabic). Health insurance campaign: Information on changes to the health insurance system for recognized refugees and humanitarian status holders
    • June 10-15 Research visit to Brussels by invitation of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Korea
    • June 12 Dongcheon Foundation scholarship award ceremony (3 students)
    • Jul 3 Speaker at MWTV Cine Salon for the film Guest Visit (GV)
    • Jul 11 Signed an MOU with Save the Children for refugee child support programs
    • Aug 9-14 Jeju International Peace Camp / Human Library with Refugees
    • Aug 20-21 2019 National Migrant Human Rights Conference for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Seoul Expert Research Institute)
    • Sep 8 MAP office relocation (Urihamkke Building)
    • Sep 16 Meeting with refugees with Grainne O’Hara, Director of the UNHCR Division of International Protection
    • Sep 27 Lecture, ‘Understanding and Practice of the World of Refugee Interpreting’, Basic training with Homo Inter
    • Oct 10 Peace Talk Show (hosted by the 2019 ADEX Resistance Action)
    • Nov 1 2019 Seoul Youth Week: Where Gazes Meet Talk Concert, participated as panelists and moderators
    • Nov 6 Catholic Diocese of Incheon monthly special lecture – Lecture on the theme “Refugees and the Domino of Hate”
    • Nov 11 Participated and presented at the National Human Rights Commission’s 2019 “Migrant Human Rights Guideline” Monitoring Results Briefing
    • Nov 22 Participated in the Human Library at the 2019 Ministry of Education’s National Sharing Session for Democratic Citizenship Education Learning
    • Nov 29 Participated in the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education’s Public Sharing Session for Project-Based Learning Practices for Democratic Citizenship Education, sharing educational cases and participating in a talk show
    • Dec 4 3rd Democracy, Human Rights, and Constitution Lecture Series hosted by the Jeonbuk Peace and Human Rights Solidarity – Theme: “Stories of Refugees Met Through the Human Library.”
    • Dec 12 Refugee Rights Network year-end activity report / Comprehensive refugee rights report ‘We Hear You’
    • Dec 14 2019 GO MAP GO (MAP year-end party) and Human Library with Refugees
    • Dec 15 Advent special lecture at Wondang-dong Catholic Church, Incheon

  9. 2018

    • Jan 30 Signed an MOU with the corporation ‘The Right Hands’ for refugee medical expense support
    • Mar 5 Participated in the Seoul NPO Support Center Art Table
    • Mar 16 Refugee Network Workshop
    • Apr 8 Interpretation for the Jumma People in Korea Solidarity’s
    • May 26 Participated in the 10th Refugee Legal Aid Training (ReLATE)
    • June 27-29 Attended the annual UNHCR-NGO Consultations (Geneva)
    • Jul 12 Press conference by migration, human rights, and labor groups to ‘Send support and solidarity, not hate, to Yemeni refugees in Jeju’
    • Jul-Nov 2018 Seongnam Asia Peace Leader Dream School
    • Oct 11 Hate against refugees and the human rights perspective / Democracy, Human Rights, and Constitution Lecture – Jeonbuk Peace and Human Rights Solidarity
    • Oct 23-25 Participated in the 7th Asia Pacific Consultation on Refugee Rights (APCRR7) hosted by APRRN
    • Nov 2 Before diagnosing and prescribing Korean refugee welfare: Experience and understanding of minority lives – Korean Society for Qualitative Research in Social Welfare Autumn Conference
    • Dec 3 “Who is welfare for?” Special lecture for the “Social Problems” course – Soongsil University Graduate School of Social Welfare
    • Dec 29 Hosted Symposium & Showcase

  10. 2017

    • Jan 19 1st Seminar for Building the Asia Demining Partnership, hosted by Assemblyman Kim Byung-ki – Presentation on a demining partnership for the return of Myanmar refugees
    • Feb 22-28 Myanmar-Thailand border peace trip
    • Mar 25 MAP housewarming (open house party)
    • Apr 2 Commemorating ‘International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action’
    • Apr 15 Interpretation, translation, and material editing for the Jumma People in Korea Solidarity’s
    • May-Jul Art education for Karen resettled refugee children ‘Aenna Youth Theater’
    • May 19 -20 Refugee health check-up event, health status needs survey, and volunteer training
    • June 20-26 Hosted World Refugee Day photo exhibition [Song of the Border Children] and a discussion on the education of Karen refugee children Jul-Dec MAP youth club ‘La Vie est Belle’ activities – Opened the [Podcast Seongnam Humans] Dream School
    • Sep 4 Office relocation (Seongnam)
    • Sep-Dec 2017 Seongnam Asia Peace Leader Dream School
    • Oct 22-31 Peace trip with Seongmunbak School (School Outside the Gate)
    • Nov 6-26 ‘Light on Mue Pu’ year-end fundraising campaign for Myanmar refugee children
    • Nov 20-Dec 31 ‘100 to the Future’ MAP member recruitment campaign
    • Nov 27 Asia Peace Leader Dream School hosted a Human Library to commemorate World Human Rights Day
    • November Information on free flu vaccinations for refugees and production of a refugee medical interpretation guide handbook
    • Dec 14-19 ‘Light on Mue Pu’ fundraising campaign and trip

  11. 2016

    • Jan 21 Registered as a voluntary organization, “Migration to Asia Peace”
    • March Opened an office (Sinchon)
    • June 17 MAP fundraising party
    • July Asia Mine Exploration: 2nd field survey for the returning refugee community support project (Myanmar, Cambodia)
    • Aug-Dec Seongnam Asia Peace Leader Dream School, supported by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

  12. 2015

    • March Started activities under the project name “faBrick Project”
    • July Started activities under the organization name MAP (Migration to Asia Peace)
    • Jul 7 MAP’s first party [Your Dream, My Dream]
    • Jul-Aug Travel project MAP GO – Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh
    • Jul-Oct Photo project [The Story of Jumma People Nestled in the Peace Village of Yangchon-eup]
    • November Photo exhibition [Old Neighbors, 1994~]
    • December Year-end party [Tying a Knot for a New Beginning]