1. A brief self-introduction
I am Lee A-ryeong, a university student currently majoring in political science and diplomacy.
2. Please tell us why you joined MAP and what you do.
I want to help all people live with dignity and realize their potential, and I dream of working in international development cooperation. I was especially interested in the refugee field. In January this year, I volunteered in Poland to help Ukrainian refugees, and I thought that when I returned to Korea I should start right away on what I could do to help refugees who came to Korea. I applied for MAP volunteering, which I already knew about through Instagram, and I am now in charge of content uploaded to Instagram, including Displaced card news and Refugee News card news.
3. I want to be a ___ volunteer.
I want to be a volunteer like the flapping of a butterfly’s wings. The “butterfly effect” means that a very small change or event, like the small flap of a butterfly’s wings, can lead to an enormous change later, right? I may not be able to cause a huge change during my time as a volunteer, but I want to be a volunteer who does even the smallest flap sincerely and with my best effort, believing that my small flap may become the start of a change in someone’s life in the distant future.
4. What gives you a small but certain happiness?
On a day after a busy schedule, spraying pillow mist before bed and rolling around in bed doing what I want, and chatting over delicious food with people close to me, give me small but certain happiness :)
5. Is there something you have never done but would like to try in order to discover yourself?
I want to live on my own! I lived in a dormitory in my school days, but that comes with relatively less freedom and less responsibility than living alone. I want to take full responsibility for “myself” while living on my own. I also think that living alone will let me discover a self I did not know.
6. Finally, what kind of “change” do you want to bring about through your work at MAP?
I think that to bring about true change, I must change first. If there is any stereotype about refugees that I unknowingly hold inside me, however small, I want to break it and truly stand in solidarity with refugees. Also, since my role is MAP’s PR, I hope I can lead more people than now to sympathize with MAP’s vision and stand in solidarity.
