Better World

Partnerships

Volunteer and education programs designed and run with companies and public institutions.

Better World designs and runs social contribution programs with companies and public institutions. They include overseas volunteer teams of employees and university students, mentoring and education for young people in Korea, and cultural exchange programs that bring international participants to Korea.

KHNP Global Volunteers

  • Partner: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP)
  • 9 days in Poland (Warsaw, Konin) and Czechia (Třebíč, Týn nad Vltavou)
  • As part of KHNP's social contribution work, KHNP employees and university student volunteers carry out volunteer work, environmental improvement and cultural exchange
  • 2023–2024, Poland: forest planting, preparing meals for older people living alone, homeless people and vulnerable groups, cultural performances such as taekwondo and K-pop dance at the University of Warsaw, schools in Konin and NGOs, and youth cultural exchange

Sent since 2023

Korea-Czechia Youth Cultural Exchange

Growing out of ties made during global volunteering in Czechia, some 20 young people, including students of an art school in Třebíč and university students, were invited to Korea to understand each other's cultures more deeply and become friends across borders.

2025 · Gyeongju · KHNP

Einstein Class

  • Partner: KHNP
  • Two weeks (17th edition, 2026) in five areas near nuclear power plants in Korea (Hanul, Hanbit, Saeul, Wolsong, Kori)
  • 25 selected university student mentors are sent to each area
  • AI education, basic literacy education and career mentoring for local young people

KEC Labor-Management Overseas Volunteers

  • Partner: Korea Expressway Corporation
  • 7 days in Okhaldhunga, Nepal (2023)
  • Installing 20 water tanks to secure water for daily life and farming in a rural village, educational volunteering and manual work
  • Contributing to higher crop yields and a better quality of life through the water tanks

KT&G Impact Makers

A social contribution program hosted by KT&G, inviting outstanding staff from KT&G's overseas offices to Korea to experience Korean culture first-hand and take part in exchange. 25 participants from five countries, 15–20 June 2025.

2025 · Korea · Participants from Russia, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia and Kazakhstan · KT&G

Hyundai Steel Dream Overseas Volunteers

  • Partner: Hyundai Steel
  • An overseas volunteer team made up of Hyundai Steel employees
  • 1–8 November 2025, Chennai, India
  • Local partner: FSL India

Samsung Electronics Volunteer Corps

  • Partners: Samsung Electronics, Samsung Medical Center
  • 7 days, three rounds, in Chennai and Delhi, India
  • 83 employees and 22 university student volunteers (105 in total) sent in three rounds
  • Medical volunteering in Chennai, building a high school computer room and IT education, and IT and hygiene education for students and teachers in Delhi

Gmarket Overseas Volunteers

  • Partners: Gmarket, eBay Korea
  • 12 days in Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia
  • 80 volunteers sent to four areas in three countries
  • Volunteer work suited to the needs of each area: school repair, toilet construction and children's education

KRX Happy Ari Volunteers

  • Partner: the foundation set up by Korea Exchange (KRX) for its social contribution work
  • 10 days in Vientiane, Laos
  • Young Koreans volunteer for sustainable community development and children's education in Laos

Hyundai Hysco Global Good Technology and Design Contest

  • Partners: Hyundai Hysco, Korea Invention Promotion Association
  • 8 days in Chennai, India
  • Contest winners visit a less developed country and apply technology to improve the quality of life of local people
  • Installing road safety markers made from waste materials, developing lamps and insect repellent devices

Prudential Overseas Volunteers

  • Partner: Prudential Social Contribution Foundation
  • 12 days in Samrong, Cambodia
  • Building community spirit through a mentor and mentee system, and growing as global citizens who practice sharing through volunteering
  • Making school flower beds and improving the environment
  • Teaching English, science, sports, art and music

Ezwel Youth Overseas Volunteers

  • Partner: Ezwel Family Welfare Foundation
  • 8 days each in winter and summer, in Sing Buri, Thailand and Laoag, Philippines
  • Young people or families help local communities through overseas volunteering
  • Painting school murals and improving toilets
  • Teaching English, art, sports and language

Youth Career Mentoring "Finding the Three-Leaf Clover"

A social contribution project of Hyundai Motor in which a young mentee and a university student mentor work one to one on the mentee's career exploration and development. For children who lost a parent in a traffic accident.

Support for Sight-Saving Surgery

Better World carried out a blindness prevention project of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). This social contribution activity supports the cost of eye surgery for patients in Korea and abroad who are at risk of losing their sight and are in financial difficulty.