what's IIHR

What Is IIIHR?

The IIIHR is a non-profit educational institution attached to Inje University, located in Kimhae, Kyungnam, Korea. The institute started with a program to invite a few young Korean Americans, who were adopted by American families as children, to live on campus for a period of four months, to study the Korean language, history and culture, and to arrange short trips to different cultural or historical sites around the country.

Though the institute is providing the program only for the Korean adoptees, it will develop various programs to provide service for various young overseas Koreans including the ones form emigrant families

Aims

1) Education of the Korean language, history and culture for the young overseas    Koreans
2) Promoting mutual understanding through mating the young overseas Koreans    with Korean families and Institutions
3) Encouraging affection for and understanding of Korea by visiting cultural or    historical sites
4) Broadening relationship and exchange between parents and Korea
5) Advice to the policy making for the overseas Korean
6) Sponsorship for the education and support for the overseas Koreans
7) Improvement of the global role of Korea through overseas Koreans

Programs and Fees

The spring program starts at the beginning of March each year, and the autumn program commences at the beginning of September.

All participants admitted to the program must pay a registration fee of U$600. They are also required to teach English conversation classes for middle or high school students for a few hours a day, five days a week. The University will cover room and board including meals. The students can freely enjoy facilities including PCs, weight training gym among others. They can enjoy either free weekends on their own or home stays arranged by the IIIHR.

Daily Activities
More detailed activities will be announced.

Monday	Free course of your choice & Korean Music	English Conversation
Tuesday	Korean Language & History
Wednesday	Korean Language & History
Thursday	Korean Language & History
Friday	Counseling & Korean Music or Taekwondo
Weekend	Free time or Home stay

Prospective Applicants

Any Korea-born adult adoptee who had been raised by a foreign family can be a candidate for the program. A Candidate just fill up the blanks in the Application Form and e-mail it to the manager in the IIIHR (heejungkim79@hotmail.com or townkim@hotmail.com). You can download the form in Microsoft Word to your computer.

Donations

We welcome donations from various private or public groups or individuals. Every donation will be reported in the Institute's quarterly magazine and the contributors will be arranged to a variety of cultural activities and trips with the participating adoptees. Prospective contributors may give us a call (O55-320-3756 (Tel), 055-320-3697 (Fax) or make a cash deposit (Hanvit Bank Account Number: 429-000014-13-167 Inje University). Non-cash Donations will also be encouraged. The participants who have completed the program could make small donations to the program on a voluntary basis in order to attract more adoptees.