Hello! This is Migration to Asia Peace (MAP)!😄
To mark our 10+1 anniversary, we greet you with a renewed 💌MAP LETTER💌 that carries MAP’s “three-color logo.” From now on, we will bring you news of MAP’s activities and stories every month in this new MAP LETTER format!
What happened at MAP in January and February? For MAP, the past two months were a time of preparing various activities and thinking about the direction of the year!
First news🖤MAP has become a nonprofit private organization.
Special news came to MAP at the start of 2026!
✅ MAP has become a nonprofit private organization
In January 2026, MAP officially became a nonprofit private organization registered with the Ministry of Justice. This achievement was possible because of the supporting members who have steadily sustained MAP, and because of the activists and volunteers who have worked hard in the field. We bow our heads in sincere gratitude. Now that we have gained official credibility, we promise to run the organization more transparently and honestly so that your precious support and solidarity are never wasted.
🔍 Preparing for a solid tomorrow
In January and February, the MAP Secretariat continued the following activities to welcome 2026 with greater energy.
- Thorough settlement of accounts: We completed the accounting closeout, carefully reviewing last year’s finances.
- Vision building: Based on the results of the 2025 projects and the accounting closeout, the Secretariat and the Board of Directors are reviewing the vision and the specific project plan that we will pursue this year.
- External cooperation: During February, we met with partner organizations and supporters to discuss this year’s project goals and implementation plans.
- Publication of MAP LETTER: To mark the organization’s 10+1 anniversary, we refreshed the monthly newsletter with a classic design that makes use of the “three-color logo.”
- First-half volunteer recruitment: We recruited volunteers who will become MAP and accompany refugees with us during the first half of 2026.
Second news🩵Preparations for MAP’s 3rd Regular General Meeting and recruitment of new members
On Saturday, March 28, the Regular General Meeting, our most important decision-making occasion, will be held. The Regular General Meeting is an occasion held together with our members, who are the owners of MAP. Members exercise their voting rights on matters such as the 2025 operations report, the 2026 budget and project plan, the election of officers, and amendments to the articles of incorporation.
Ahead of the upcoming 3rd Regular General Meeting, we are waiting for new family members who will take part in MAP’s decision making and make their voices heard. If you are not yet a member, please become a proud owner of MAP starting with this Regular General Meeting!
🫶🏼 Join now: Support us
We look forward to your interest and participation!
Third news💚Follow-up activities for the “Korea Refugee Forum” for a better tomorrow
The “Korea Refugee Forum” ended successfully on December 9, 2025, with the participation of many stakeholders and refugees! 🤝 MAP, the host organization of the forum, carried out 4 follow-up tasks in January for a better tomorrow!
✅Re-play! Producing a sketch video that captures the emotion of the event and a video of the Refugee Advisory Group ✅ Listen! Gathering feedback through a participant satisfaction survey and an in-depth survey ✅ Record! Preparing to publish a results report that organizes the entire process of the forum, while keeping the principles of the forum in mind ✅ Next Step! Thinking about how to develop into a trusted and sustainable forum, building on this experience
We will organize everything carefully to the very end so that the conversations we shared do not scatter and instead lead to real change. Please look forward to the video and report that will be released soon! 🧡
Fourth news🩷From nervousness to excitement! The spring on campus that 4 scholarship recipients will paint
“If you had to describe your 2026 in one word, what would it be?” “Happiness,” “success,” and “jackpot.”
✨ When we asked the scholarship applicants about their 2026 during the interview, these were the answers that came back in trembling but firm voices. Behind the words they declared came a flood of hopes for an exciting campus life and sensible plans. Perhaps it was because they imagined themselves working hard and the moment of achieving their goals? Before long, instead of anxious tension, a pleasant excitement and smiles bloomed on the students’ faces.
🌱 In January, MAP selected 4 students who will enter university this spring as 15th cohort “Good Samaritan” scholarship recipients, and held the scholarship certificate ceremony and orientation on February 10. This time there is a very special connection. One of the 4 is a student who first connected with us as a 9th cohort scholarship recipient and has run tirelessly at a Korean language institute toward the goal of entering university. Seeing this student, who never gave up, nurtured a dream, and finally became a university student, was deeply moving for us as well.
✨ Please lend your strength to the students standing at a new starting line! These 4 scholarship recipients are just taking their first steps into the romance of campus life and the passion of study! Please send them your warm congratulations and support so that, at the end of 2026, they can smile broadly and say, “It was a truly happy and jackpot year!” 🧡
🎙️MAP runs an empowerment scholarship project so that refugee youth can access higher education (university and technical and vocational education)!
Please show your interest and support for the MAP LETTER that will keep being uploaded! 💕
We hope you have an energetic March, when new beginnings unfold!🌼🌼
Thank you!