Migration to Asia Peace (MAP) is a nonprofit organization that supports refugees in restoring their lives and dignity.
We are looking for volunteers to join MAP! We are waiting for volunteers who will work in MAP’s nine programs from June to the end of December.
[Areas of Recruitment and Requirements]
① Support for the Project to Improve Refugees’ Access to Information,
▶ Purpose: To help refugees access accurate and useful information at the right time, we produce Refugee News in multiple languages and distribute it through the organization’s website, social media, and the MAP text message alert service.
▶ Activities: Researching and writing news content, translating or connecting with volunteer translators, designing web posters
▶ Requirements: Ability to speak English or a second foreign language, research and writing skills, ability to make web posters (such as with Canva)
② Support for Operating the Program for Childcare, Day Care, and Medical Expenses for Refugee Children
▶ Purpose: To help refugee children grow up healthy, we receive requests from refugee families and provide support for childcare, day care, and medical expenses.
▶ Activities: Home visits, support for program operation, support for communication among refugee families, day care institutions, and organizations
▶ Requirements: Ability to speak English
③ Coordinating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Refugees
▶ Purpose: We receive counseling requests from refugees and provide timely and appropriate mental health and psychosocial support. We connect refugees with counseling centers and medical institutions, and support medical interpretation and translation and medical expenses.
▶ Activities: Connecting with counseling centers and medical institutions, managing schedules, supporting communication among refugees, counseling centers, medical institutions, and organization staff
▶ Requirements: Ability to speak English
④ Support for the Capacity Building Project for Refugee Youth and Young Adults
▶ Purpose: To support the operation of a scholarship program designed to strengthen the capacity of refugee youth and young adults through higher education and vocational education.
▶ Activities: Support for program operation and communication
▶ Requirements: Ability to speak English
⑤ Producing
▶ Purpose: To encourage citizens’ interest and action on the issues of refugees and involuntary migration, we publish
▶ Activities: Researching and writing/producing content
▶ Requirements: Research and writing skills
⑥ Coordinating
▶ Purpose: Refugees visit schools, bookstores, public institutions, and other places to tell their own life stories directly. The ultimate goal of this activity is to confront prejudice in society and to increase mutual understanding and respect between refugees and citizens.
▶ Activities: Managing education scripts and schedules, interpretation or connecting with volunteer interpreters, promoting the program
▶ Requirements: Ability to speak English
⑦ Support for Operating
▶ Purpose: By running a training program for refugee activists and a capacity-building webinar for non-refugee refugee protection practitioners, we strengthen the capacity of refugee supporters and lay the foundation for cooperation and solidarity with refugees and refugee communities.
▶ Activities: Support for program operation and communication, technical support for webinar operation
▶ Requirements: Ability to speak English
⑧ Support for Operating
▶ Purpose: To support the operation of an online Korean language education program for refugees. We provide specialized Korean language education tailored to refugees to promote their empowerment.
▶ Activities: Managing class schedules, supporting communication among refugee participants, education volunteers, and organization staff
▶ Requirements: Ability to speak English, ability to run webinars (such as with Zoom)
⑨ Public Relations
▶ Purpose: We produce content related to the organization’s activities and issues, and share news with citizens to expand solidarity.
▶ Activities: Planning, producing, and managing online content, including video (planned videos, short-form videos, and running a YouTube channel)
▶ Requirements: People who can plan, film, and edit video content
[Period of Activity]
– June to December 2024 – One day a week (7 hours); the day (Monday to Friday) and time (10:00 to 18:00) are to be arranged – A volunteer orientation is planned for the first week of activity
[Place of Activity]
– Place of activity: the organization’s office (Dongguk Univ. Station, Jung-gu, Seoul) 27-17, Dongho-ro 24-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, Uri Hamkke Building, 3rd floor * In special circumstances, online activity is possible as an exception. * A volunteer certificate is provided, and lunch is provided for offline activity.
[How and When to Apply]
– You can access the application from the website (Activity Sharing – Volunteer Recruitment), the blog (Notices), or the Linktree link in the Instagram profile.
① Application link: https://forms.gle/2X6JzfQyAm24TnUb7
② Application period: April 30 to May 19, 2024
[Recruitment Schedule] May 19: Application deadline May 21: Announcement of document screening results May 22 to 26: “In-person” interviews for applicants who pass the document screening (Interview location: MAP office, Uri Hamkke Building, 3rd floor, 27-17, Dongho-ro 24-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul) May 28: Announcement of final selection
[Inquiries] Tel. 02-2038-0231, Email: map@mapcast.org
*You can find detailed information on each activity on the website, Facebook, and Instagram. www.mapcast.org facebook.com/map.asiapeace map_instagram Room 303, Uri Hamkke Building, 27-17, Dongho-ro 24-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul