The 5th Annual MPAK Gala Held to Raise Funds for Orphans and Vulnerable Children of North Korean Escapee Women
MPAK Fundraising Gala Volunteers
RECENT EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
English Bible Camps (EBC) Held at Two Orphanages in Korea
15 MPAK volunteers traveled to Korea to participate in conducting the English Bible Camp (EBC) for the children in two separate orphanages in July 2024.
The EBC was led by Mrs. Estee Song, a board member at MPAK. She recruited the volunteers and they were well prepared before the travel, and this effort paid off tremendously. Everything from setting up the theme decorations, Bible messages, personalized gifts, curriculums, and activities, and T-shirts, were tremendously well received by the children and the facility staff members.
Children really warmed up to the volunteers as time went on, and the Bible theme message delivered by Amy Kim JDSN was very well received by the children as they listened to her intently. She really knew how to communicate with the children.
The praise team led by the volunteers was fully enjoyed and participated by the children joyfully.
We really visited and conducted the EBC becuase of our love for the children, but at the end, it was obvious that it was we that have received much more love from the children and the staff.
2024 MPAK Fundraising Gala
Saturday, October 26, 2024, @Anaheim Hilton Hotel
The purpose of the Gala is to raise funds to support the one-on-one individualized education for orphanage children as they are significantly behind in education due to the absense of parents or adult supervision.
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EBC at the Emmanuel Orphanage
Picture from the 2023 Gala
Overnight Camp with Emmanuel Children and Staff
EBC at the Shinmyung Orphanage
An Outing with Shinmyung Children and Staff
EBC Volunteers visit the MPAK Office, Pres. Hong Kyung Min in red shirt, treated all the volunteers to a nice dinner.
A funny moment by the three volunteers during EBC, Allison, Jane, and Timothy
The Results So Far...
On One-on-One Mentor/Tutor Program
A remark from an orphanage director after seeing some good results from her children
As the One-on-One tutoring program progressed, the changes in the children are becoming more noticeable. Here are some observations:
1) The first observation was that children’s concentration level has been drastically increased, which resulted in the improvement of their academic performance.
2) The children are firmly being established in the basic educational skills. For example, a first grader named Hajun struggled to read and write the Korean language, but now he has mastered his level and came home with a 100% on a spelling quiz.
3) The repetitive learning for the children with borderline learning disability is helping them as these children learn slowly. For them, the repetitive learning takes time, but this is something that was not available for these children.
4) This program has brought psycho-emotional stability for the children. This was an unexpected benefit. The children are now being attended and tutored by one teacher dedicated all to himself alone, and this has brought stability and calmness that was not expected.
5) It helps to prepare for the youths aging-out of the orphanage system. The older students are placed in the job skills area for employment, to prepare them to emancipate from the orphanage system.
The orphanage director also stated:
"We sincerely hope that you will continue to participate in this precious event, and we hope that one day we will be able to express our gratitude with the children.
MPAK Sponsors!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart~ I sincerely pray that you are in good health and that you will have a lot of grace with God's blessing for this MPAK gala event~~".
