I would like to introduce volunteer service opportunities for North Korean refugees and NKinUSA (North Korean Refugees in the United States).
How to help North Korean refugees?
There are many ways to help North Korean refugees. I would love to suggest you to join the blogging community as a part of Social Media.
- Blogging (This is what I recommend you to join)
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Television news
- Online newspaper
- Donate
- Host a fundraising event
- Work as a volunteer at non-profit-organizations for North Korean refugees
- Advocate
- Pray
NKinUSA (www.nkinusa.org) in a non-profit organization, based in Washington, DC, which aims to help North Korean refugees escape safely from North Korea through China, assist with the resettlement of refugees currently living in the United States, and spread awareness about the persecution and severe human rights crisis of the North Korean people.
The main office of NKinUSA is located in Washington DC, but it does not matter where you live because there are many things you can do for NKinUSA even if you are far away from Washington DC.
I also live in California, but I can do many things for North Korean refugees and defectors in the USA. I upload posts about roles and activities of NKinUSA for North Korean refugees one a week. I sometimes translate announcement for fundraiser to help North Korean refugees, because I can speak Korean.
The name of NKinUSA stands for North Korean Refugees in the United States. NKinUSA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in September 2011 by a group of North Korean refugees re-settled in the U.S. and other individuals concerned about the human rights crisis in North Korea.
NKinUSA is the first human rights organization established by North Korean defectors in the U.S.
The main three missions of NKinUSA are to raise awareness of the human rights crisis in North Korea, to help facilitate escape and safe passage for North Korean refugees, and to provide them with resettlement assistance in a third country, such as the United States. NKinUSA is committed to improving the human rights situation in North Korea and to bringing other North Koreans to freedom.
NKinUSA is also a member of President's Volunteer Service Award. NKinUSA will issue you "Volunteer Hour Certificate".
How to participate as a volunteer in the blogging community to help North Korean refugees
1. Express your willing to participate in the volunteer service for North Korean refugees
or human rights crisis in North Korea.
Send an email to me at usandnorth@gmail.com.
2. I will send the invitation email to you.
3. Accept the invitation email from me.
In order to accept the invitation you must have a Google account, because "blogspot.com" is based on Google application.
How to accept the invitation
"blotspot.com" asks you twice to accept the invitation.
Firstly, click the "accept invitation" button to accept the invitation.
Secondly, click the "accept invitation" to contribute to the blog as a writer.
4. After you accept the invitation, your name will be shown on the right-hand side at the top of the blog.
5. What to write in the blog?
Write your personal opinions and thoughts on Human rights crisis in North Korea or problems of North Korean regime.
or Write your comments on the recent news about the problems of North Korea.
or Write a short essay about North Korea.
or Upload a video and pictures with your short comments.
or write your personal opinions on the other young volunteer writers' posts.
or share the posts that other young volunteer writers uploaded.
6. Write and upload the posts to the blog (woodbridgenkinusa.blogspot.com)
Do you want your profile to be shown under each post?
Let me explain how to change Google Plus. It is very simple.
After you log in, Choose Google Plus
Choose Profile
Choose “About”
Choose “Pen Shaped Icon” to change “Story”
In the Pop-up “Story”, you fill in “Introduction”
This introduction will be shown under each post.
After you write “Introduction”, Click “OK”
Choose “Earth” Shape Icon
Choose “Public” to decide who can see your Google Profile.
7. Request "Volunteer Service Certificate" to Susie Han (usandnorth@gmail.com) or NKinUSA (info@nkinusa.org).
8. Receive "Volunteer Service Certificate" from NKinUSA by email or by post.
9. NKinUSA is also a member of President's Volunteer Service Award.
Register and Log in President's Volunteer Service Award
Keep recording your volunteer hours.
You will receive President's Volunteer Service Award after the number of your volunteer hours reaches to each level (Gold, Silver, Bronze).
How to input volunteer hours in President's Volunteer Service Award
- Service Activity: Writing posts to let the world know more about human rights crisis of North Korean refugees
- Benefiting Organization: NKinUSA
- Special Areas of Service: Other
Immigrant and Refugee Services
- Date of Service: Choose the date
- Hours of Conducted: Input hours
For example, 0.5: 30 minutes
1: 1 hour
You will receive President's Volunteer Service Award after the number of your volunteer hours reaches to each level.
10. Share the posts of other young volunteer writers to speed up the awareness of human rights crisis in North Korea and problems of North Korean regime to the world peace. (Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus)
If you want to know more about NKinUSA or donate for North Korean refugees, please visit its website (
www.nkinusa.org) or contact NKinUSA at
info@nkinusa.org.
If you are more interested in making your own blog or leading a club at school for North Korean refugees, please visit the following post.