Our New Project

A student working on the building of our business.

This week in HDS news, we are undergoing a very exciting construction project! The first floor of our school building is currently being converted into a catering business. The purpose of this business is to provide jobs for graduates of our school. For many of our graduates, the college scene has proven quite difficult, since it is the first time they have been full-on confronted with the incredibly competitive South Korean education system. For many students, college can be too difficult, in light of cultural difficulties, family issues, financial situations, etc. Even if a student is able to graduate from university, they often have difficulties finding jobs afterward.
These are prevalent issues that plague many North Korean refugees. In order to remedy this issue, HDS is opening this catering business to give some of our graduates who face these difficulties the opportunity to work. The short- term incentives this business brings is that it gives our graduates a job, however, there are long-term benefits as well. Our graduates can opt to be trained to do the different jobs a catering business requires, from food preparation, to sales of goods, which they can use to find other jobs.
We currently have a woman who has experience running a catering company that has graciously volunteered her time to train our graduates to run this business. There are two graduates who will begin training in the coming weeks.

More students pitching in.

HDS is looking to open the doors of the catering business in the second week of April. Last week, several of our students volunteered their time to work on the renovations of the center and many of our teachers have been working early mornings and late nights to get the place ready.
There are, however, some circumstances that are challenging the opening. As of now, we are low on funding for the business. We are praying that the Lord will open up a door to allow us to have the funds to complete the project and get it up and running. We would like to ask you to join us in praying that God will send the finances to finish this project, all in His good timing.

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