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EASTERN FAMILY

July 2020 #26

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CONTENTS Eastern Family

Greeting: President & CEO Kim, Jinsook

Family, its incredibly powerful strength!

Story of Adoptive Family 1

Adoptive & Foster Mother, Kang, Eunjung

Story of Adoptive Family 2

Sponsored Child, Park, Sarang

Story of Adoptive Family 3

Adoptee, Park, Ga-on

Sponsored Program

Story of Sponsored Kopino, Lee, Changdo

International Development Cooperation

Sri Lanka

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Chairman of the Board

President

Chief Editor

Editor

Special thanks to

Eastern Family 2020 #26

│Cover Introduction│

A Baby living in Jacob’s Home is wearing a TWO+GATEHR Campaign’s Mask

Covid-19 News

Actions taken by ESWS

TWO+GATHER Campaign

Making a mask

ESWS NEWS

Jan. 2019 to Jun. 2020

Notice Cancellation program

Fundraise for Prevention of COVID-19

LIST OF DONORS

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Kim, Dojong, Ph.D.

Kim, Jinsook, Ph.D.

Kim, Daeyeon

Seong, Cholong / Hong, Suhyun

Park, Yoonkyung / Katey Foran / Jacob Van Dyne

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Greeting

We hear of depressing news at times that sad-

dens us: news on child abuse including abusing or

abandoning them, and even threatening the lives of

their own children. In the past, there were people

who unwillingly gave up on their own children due

to unfortunate circumstances in Korea. Further-

more, there were physical punishment for disci-

plining children but most of the time with love and

care, which was understandable at that time, as

being uncommon for them to threaten children’s

lives or causing permanent injuries.

As a president of a welfare agency, I get to

have mixed feelings whenever facing various social

issues especially on children. For the past few years,

Korea has undergone dramatic changes in family

culture, as getting birth rates low, divorce and un-

married rates higher, and the widespread of cohab-

itation, living together before marriage, and staying

single by choice. In addition, such events reflect

how the ties of relationship between each member

of the family is not as secure as before and how

family does not have an absolute value anymore.

Then, would families continue to drift, having lost

its strong bonds and sincerity? It would not, nor

should it.

The potential strength that lies in each family

is still alive but has incredible power beyond our

imagination, and various functions in a family exert

its true power during the time of social crisis and

difficult times. There are countless times in disaster

or in war when people sensibly overcome imminent

difficulties by placing their families at the center of

their lives. Moreover, people find peace and sanctu-

ary within their families: even with missing mem-

bers of the family, each member is able to fill in the

vacancy through mutual trust and solace.

Families of Eastern Social Welfare Society are in-

deed exemplary of the potential within families. As

saying they gave a birth to their children through

their hearts, adoptive parents solidify trust and

develop attachment with their children adopted.

Like any other family, through their exchanges of

complaints and hurts, children grow to be beautiful

and firm and parents continue to mature. It is very

fulfilling and heartwarming to see the happy faces

that only children who are raised in the blessing

and love of their parents can make.

ESWS is striving to fulfill our mission of re-

specting value of life just as we pledged 48 years

ago to keep it to all ends no matter how the world

changes around us. ESWS will make continuous

efforts for helping more families form valuable

bonds through love and care for children. We pray

that God’s blessing will bestow upon every adopted

child, parent, and on all of the families related,

sponsors and supporters who enable us to do what

we do.

Kim Jinsook, Ph.D.

President & CEO

Eastern Social Welfare Society. Inc.

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Family,

Its Incredibly Powerful Strength!

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Interview Adoptive Family

Interviewer : Adoptive & foster mother, Kang, Eunjung

Adoption is the Same as Having a Child of Your Own

How did you feel at first when you met

Eun-Hae and Dong-Hae?

Until we adopted Eun-Hae in 2010, we had not

known anything about the baby who we were going to

meet, but we trusted that the social worker will work

as our “Samshin” (the goddess of childbearing who

oversees the birth and growth of children).

Upon seeing 35-day-old Eun-Hae for the first time,

what we felt was a feeling of awkwardness and

strangeness rather than intense attraction toward

her. However, as we daily bathe and feed her, looking

into her eyes, we felt a growing love within us and

began to think, ‘this little creature is our real baby!’

Before adopting Dong-Hae, we got to see a photo of

him. Although people around me didn’t find him

handsome, to me, a boy with doe-eyes and big nose

was extremely adorable and thought he will grow

into a handsome boy. That is how we met Dong-Hae

in the morning at the end-of-the-year celebration in

2011.♥

Could you tell us how your children,

Eun-Hae and Dong-Hae, are doing now?

Our family is now an ordinary family – a family full

of love and laughter, ordinarily bustling through

everyday life. However, we only pray for having this

normal life continued because we know that being

normal is happiness itself. Eun-Hae and Dong-Hae

are well aware that they were adopted.

Eun-Hae is a sensitive child, so she has had many

questions about her birth mother ever since she was

six to seven years old. Although we were bewildered

when she cried saying that she wants to see her birth

mother, we told her that we would share her curiosi-

ty and help her in her search as we already had de-

termined earlier. In addition, we try to get her to

have an opportunity to talk to other adoptees. We

also discuss how we can protect her birth-mother.

On the other hand, Dong-Hae is not too concerned

about his adoption, being a boy who loves running

around and playing the most. ♥

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Is there a specific reason

why you became foster

parents after adoption?

While raising my own adopted

children, we thought that there

has to be no discrimination toward

my children only because of the

fact that they were adopted. Also,

as getting interested in many

social problems, we realized that

there are so many children out

there who could have been my

children and all of us in this socie-

ty have to take care of them and be

responsible for them altogether.

In addition, there was the Special

Adoption Act that one politician

brought up. Many adoptive par-

ents strove to stop the passing of

this act at that time, and my con-

cern for children awaiting adop-

tion grew. ♥

Do Eun-Hae and Dong-Hae

get along with the children

you are fostering?

Now, Whenever I ask my children,

“Should we stop fostering?” their

answer is a solid no. Eun-Hae and

Dong-Hae adore the foster babies

a lot. The foster children also come

and go to their sister’s and broth-

er’s rooms, having fun together.

My foster children are also very

popular not only among my family

including Eun-Hae and Dong-Hae

but also among other children

playing in the playground -- they

all try to get close to them and

even hug them wanting to play

together with them. Dong-Hae

even tells other children not to

touch their babies sometimes. ♥

Is there any advice you

would like to give to people

preparing adopting or fos-

tering children?

Whenever I meet foster mothers

who have been fostering babies for

20-30 years, I cannot help but

admire them so much and be im-

pressed by their hard work. As a

person who has been a foster par-

ent only for two years, I cannot

even imagine how big their love

toward the babies is nor how much

it hurts to say good-bye to them.

My body hurts all over having

raised young children at the age of

50. Yesterday, and even the day

before, I put the baby to sleep and

went to bed with pain relief

patches all over my body. However,

I realized that physical suffering

is nothing compared to the emo-

tional grief that comes with send-

ing the foster child that I had

raised all these times away for

adoption. Occasionally, I have

hesitant people around me who

want to become foster parents and

what they are scared of the most is

the parting and separation. I tell

them even at this moment while

they being hesitant there are so

many babies in need of love and

care but have no choice to live in

other facilities ; however, I cannot

easily force them to be foster par-

ents because I know how much

sacrifice and responsibility they

need to become one. ♥

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Sponsored Program Story of Sponsored child

Park, Sarang, an Adoptee to be Sponsored

Who Dreams of Becoming the National Gymnast

What was it like when you first met Sa-

rang?

My husband and I decided to receive adoption con-

sultation in lieu of our anniversary. I had been

going through chemotherapy to treat my leukemia,

so it was difficult for me to conceive a child. There-

fore, we only wanted a healthy female baby without

caring about anything else like birth parents’

background.

It was recommended that a DNA test of the child I

was going to adopt is done just in case of certain

health issues, but we refused the test because we

were determined to raise her no matter her health

conditions.

When we first met her, all we could feel was grate-

fulness. Sarang had long arms and legs and a gen-

der-neutral face – she also had thick eyebrows like

we hoped for because all of our family agreed that

she looked just like her father when he was

young.♥

Since when did Sarang begin to have

interest in gymnastics?

After hearing that children with the same physique

as Sarang normally show talent in athletics, we got

Sarang to participate in a sports class during run

by Seoul Seobu District Office of Education during

her winter break when she was a first grader.

The coach she met at this program cherished her,

and Sarang herself was interested in the class.

Subsequently, Sarang transferred to an elemen-

tary school which has artistic gymnastics in the

curriculum at the beginning of her second grade

because not only did the sports class coach recom-

mended it, but ultimately because Sarang wanted

to do so herself. ♥

Interviewer : Sarang’s Mother

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▲ Sarang training at the gym

How have been the performances and

prospects of Sarang’s gymnastics?

After only three to four months of starting gym-

nastics, Sarang was selected as a gifted gymnast by

Ewha Womans University. In her 6th grade, Sa-

rang won a gold medal overall and a silver medal in

vault at the 2018 National Junior Sports Festival.

In addition, she competes in the yearly Korean

National Team Selection. She also has to balance

athletics and academics because a certain level of

academic grades is required for her to participate

in those competitions.♥

What kind of support does Sarang need

in the future?

Sarang only has underclothes used for competi-

tions that we bought her when she first started

gymnastics. Currently, she has to wear athletic

outfits that are handed down by other athletes.

Artistic gymnastics uniforms mostly imported tend

to be expensive. Furthermore, as those clothes need

washing everyday due to the daily training, she

needs extra uniforms for practices and competi-

tions. From buying the music for competitions,

choreography, and to having her get massages

after training to prevent cramps, there are so many

more expenses than we expected that we find it

difficult to keep up with. To make situations even

worse, the recent COVID-19 pandemic and my

health issues have caused my husband to close the

shop he used to run, temporarily making a living

from working for a quarantine-related job. Luckily,

burdens have been somewhat lifted thanks to

ESWS as Sarang was selected as one of the Schol-

arship recipients of ESWS Scholarship Program.

However, Sarang still needs more financial support

to achieve her dreams.♥

▲ The medals she won in the National Sports Festival

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Story of Adoptive Family Adoptee, Park, Ga-on

Adopted Child Overcoming Childhood Cancer with Love

Ga-on! Get Healthier and Happier

Ga-on, Born from the Heart

Mrs. Jin Ha, Jin (alias) and her husband, who have

always loved children, first met Ga-on (alias) while

they were serving as a foster family for Eastern

Social Welfare Society.

The foster family dearly wished for Ga-on to be

adopted within the country, but because many

prospective adoptive parents in Korea hope for a

female child, Ga-on was to be adopted to a family

overseas.

Upon hearing this news, Mr. and Mrs. Jin were

heartbroken. ♥

Started a family

They believed that it was better for them to adopt

Ga-on after having taken care of him wholeheart-

edly for all that time, rather than getting in adopt-

ed abroad.

Consequently, they received permission from the

Family Court to adopt him and completed all four

steps of ESWS’s post-adoption follow-up service.

Having fulfilled all the legal requirements, Mr. and

Mrs. Jin were happily enjoying their normal lives

with Ga-on.

However, in August of 2019, Mr. and Mrs. Jin no-

ticed that Ga-on was having trouble lifting his

arms, so they took him to the hospital immediately.

After the MRI test, Ga-on was diagnosed with

Langerhans cell histiocytosis – a type of cancer – by

his scapula, and Mr. and Mrs. Jin were immensely

shocked.♥

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Support from people in the same boat

Ga-on’s family has been very close with the support

group, which consists of about 50 adoptive families

if ESWS in Daejeon region. Upon hearing the news,

the support group grieved over and prayed for Ga-

on’s circumstance.

Families in numerous communities also raised

5,000,000 KRW ($5000) as a donation for Ga-on’s

medical expenses. Furthermore, Eastern Daejeon

Office donated around 500,000 KRW ($500) after

learning about Ga-on’s diagnosis.

Even though Ga-on’s foster parents wished for

nothing more than prayers for Ga-on, the adoptive

parents’ support group expressed that “Ga-on could

have been my child” and continued to work towards

Ga-on’s recovery along with Mr. and Mrs. Jin. With

everyone’s thoughts and prayers, Ga-on has suc-

cessfully undergone surgery, and his health has

recovered for the most part.

Now, Ga-on, a mischievous boy, has been enjoying

an active life he used to be and only needs to return

to the hospital for a post-operation check-up every

three to five months.♥

Ga-on! Get Healthier and Happier!

Ga-on’s parents are glad that Ga-on was able to be

adopted by them and that they could overcome this

struggle together.

They also wanted to give the greatest thanks to the

numerous adoptive families that have supported

them both materially and spiritually through fi-

nancial donations and prayers.

Ga-on’s parents are hoping that Ga-on will contin-

ue to grow as a healthy, happy child with their love

and the encouragements of many adoptive fami-

lies.♥

SUPPORT CHILDREN IN NEED OF MEDICAL EXPENSES LIKE GA-ON

① Visit the website; http://eng.eastern.or.kr

② Click on the [Donation now] → [PAYPAL Donation]

③ Make a note that this donation is for medical expenses PAYPAL ACCOUNT: donation@eastern.or.kr

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Sponsored Program Story of Sponsored Kopino, Lee, Changdo

Kopino, Changdo Lee’s Dream of

Overcoming Poverty and Becoming a Doctor

Changdo Lee, the eldest son of a poor family, want-

ed to study hard to achieve his dream of becoming a

doctor. He thought that this was the only way to

overcome poverty. However, despite his hard work,

he also encountered unexpected difficulties. His

mother collapsed due to low blood pressure, which

made him think about quitting his studies and

giving up on graduate school for the sake of his

family’s livelihood. However, Chang Do was able to

overcome these difficulties and take a closer step to

his dream of becoming a doctor thanks to the

scholarship he received from ESWS. With the col-

lege tuition supported by ESWS and Korean com-

munity in the Philippines, he is currently busy as

an intern at the hospital, and he is ready to enter

the third grade in July this year. Once he becomes a

doctor, Changdo wants to do medical services for

the poor, in return for the help that he has received.

Chang Do visits the Angeles Eastern Children

Center twice a month, where he serves as an ex-

ample for the children while conducting programs

and doing volunteer activities. At the Angeles

Eastern Children Center, there are 106 students

are in need of tuition fees to carry on with their

school life just like Chang Do Lee. That is why we

would like to ask for your continued support to help

Kopino and poor students in the Philippines, so

that they can receive their education in a better

environment.♥

Changdo, a Kopino(a child between a Korean father and a Filipino mother), lived with his

Korean father until he was four years old, but now he has no contact with him, who returned

to Korea. As he currently living with his mother, they are having some financial difficulties.

Chang Do, who is his family’s greatest pride, is currently a sophomore at the Angeles Univer-

sity Foundation.

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International Development Cooperation Sri Lanka

Raise a Dream! Embrace Hope!

Support for the Educational Environment of Sri Lanka

Now, children here can be safely educated and

taken care of during the daytime on behalf of par-

ents who have to work in the tea fields from very

early in the morning. ESWS hopes that these chil-

dren can grow up in a better educational environ-

ment, enabling them to dream of a better future.

We have implemented different programs to im-

prove the lack of cultural awareness of local resi-

dents, such as renovating libraries, renovating

playgrounds to guarantee the children's physical

development and play rights, supporting multime-

dia systems to improve their academic performance,

educating teachers to strengthen their abilities,

and improving the awareness toward education

among local residents.♥

Since 2018, Eastern Social Welfare Society, in cooperation with KOICA, has supported for as

many children as possible to have an opportunity to receive high-quality education through

efforts like opening kindergartens and supporting their operation, renovating schools and kin-

dergartens to improve the environment, offering education programs for teachers. Eastern So-

cial Welfare Society offers impoverished children an educational environment where they can

study and play freely will continue in 2020.

Thank you for joining the “6th Donghaeng(Journey Together) Concert 2019”

All of the proceeds from the concert were used for the poor children in Sri Lanka

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Covid-19 News Actions taken by ESWS

We are very grateful for the warm-hearted donation you made to help us cope with this difficult time and

enable us to continue giving hands to those in need. Please keep supporting us in preventing the corona-

virus and taking care of children in our care. ♥

How is your donation for preventing COVID-19 used?

Packing of the COVID-19

Prevention Kit by staff at Eastern

The COVID-19 Kit

consists of as below

Distribution of Meal Kits

for the elderly

Actions taken by ESWS in response to the COVID-19

※ Staff delivered in person in compliance with proper safety rules. ※ supplies vary according to circumstances.

As the number of people infected with COVID-19 increased, this unexpected financial impact of corona-

virus has made lives of marginalized people much more difficult than ever before. ESWS is delivering

Coronavirus Prevention Kit to people in need including foster families taking care of children in our care,

low-income families, single moms. ♥

COVID-19

Relief Assistance

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Campaign TWO+GATHER PROGRAM

Making masks for children in need of love and care

You can support these children by participating in this campaign!

Your hand-made masks are delivered to children in our care and the proceeds of this campaign is donated

for ESWS to take care of and offer better services for children. ♥

Children awaiting adoption Abused or abandoned children Physically challenged children

TWO+GATHER Campaign

- Making a Mask -

Per Kit 22,000KRW or 25USD (Including shipping fee)

Inquiry : info@eastern.or.kr

TWO+GATHER is a participatory campaign of ESWS,

literally doing TWO things (volunteering and donating)

at the same time.

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NEWS

Eastern Choir visited AAC(Adoption for All

children) in Denver, Colorado and performed

on stage singing 5 songs including Arirang to

celebrate the 25th Anniversary of AAC’s

foundation day. AAC is one of our counterpart

adoption agencies in USA and invited Eastern

Choir which consists of adoptees in Korea and

their families so that they can have an oppor-

tunity to travel around US and sing at the

huge event.

Australian Chamber of Commerce, one of

Eastern’s sponsors making donation on a

regular basis since 2018, donated 4 million

KRW from a social networking event, The Mid-

Year-Sundowner, to support vulnerable chil-

dren, single parents, disabled people and the

elderly within the community.

U.A.Mo, a reading group that consists of 11

single mothers, had a publication ceremony of

their book, ‘This is Only a Journey, Seen from

Faraway’, their own routine but intense life

stories.

ESWS NEWS

Eastern Choir Performed at 25th Anniver-

sary of AAC (Jul.2019)

Australian Chamber of Commerce in Korea

made a donation (Sep.2019)

Eastern Single Mom Group Published a Book

(Dec. 2019)

An adoptee who goes to New Castle Korean

Language School in Australia and his family

visited ESWS. He had an opportunity to look

around our Babies’ Home and met his foster

mother he had been missing so much. New

Castle Korean Language School is helping

many Korean adoptees by organizing family

camps and visiting Korea so that they can

cope with puberty and feel proud of Korean

heritage.

The members of Seoul Accueil (Association

Des Francophones), president, Ms. Virginie

GRY, Sam son Laurence, one of our volunteers,

Coitou Rachel, and Attia Jessy, visited Eastern

Social Welfare Society to present a donation

to help Korean children in need who are being

taken care of by ESWS.

Cafe Eastern, a café supporting single moth-

ers’ independence, has provided catering

service at Annual General Meeting of BASS

(British Association of Seoul) held on Thurs-

day, 23rd January 2020 at the British Embas-

sy. BASS gave Cafe Eastern an opportunity to

serve at their meeting in support of our single

moms who work for the cafe as well as donat-

ed money through buying our goods including

the baby towel kits, which also enabled raising

awareness of ESWS.

An Adoptee of New Castle Korean Language

School visits ESWS (Dec.2019)

Seoul Accueil Makes a Donation for Korean

Children (Jan.2020)

Cafe Eastern Provides Catering Service for

BASS (Jan.2020)

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Jan. 2019 to Jun. 2020

Mrs. Eunsuk Bang, General Secretary, was

honored for about 30 years of commitment at

ESWS. A week earlier, Jinhwa Shin, who has

been a dedicated staff in Adoption Depart-

ment, also retired from work. Every staff at

ESWS was sad for having to say good-bye to

those wonderful people who had been work-

ing together with us but we wish them much

success and happiness in this new chapter of

their life.

ESWS has decided to provide urgent support

for children and families residing in the island

who have hard time purchasing groceries and

items. With proper social distancing and mask

-wearing, all of our beneficiaries received

packages of food, alcohol, stationery, and

diapers.

ESWS awarded Eastern scholarship to a total

of 47 students at Eastern Children’s Centers

in the Philippines (Angeles 32 and Bagio 15,

respectively). This scholarship aims to help

impoverished children with financial difficul-

ties continue to have an opportunity to learn

and ultimately grow into an educated person

Retirement of Staff at ESWS (Jan. 2020) COVID-19 Relief Assistance(Mar.2020) Eastern Scholarship Awarded in the Philip-

pines (Mar.2020)

A group of mothers at Seoul Foreign School

participated in 7th “Two+gather Campaign” of

Eastern and sent us masks for children in

need. The amount of proceeds made is used

for children awaiting adoption and completed

masks are going to be used by children in

need including children cared by foster fami-

lies, physically challenged children, and chil-

dren staying at our facilities after being aban-

doned or abused.

Signing a contract of an agency dedicated to

perform consignment operation of creating

jobs for the old of the Pyeongtaek City, ESWS

opened Pyeongtaek Senior Club in addition to

the Seodaemun Senior Club in Seoul on 30th

of March this year. 357 senior citizens will be

able to get job opportunities through pro-

grams run by this facility.

Eastern Social Welfare Society sent a kit with

necessary items like hygiene items like masks

and hand-wash and food including rice,

canned food, ramyun(Korean instant noodles),

and soy bean sauce to 102 families out of our

domestic adoption families having hard time

due to COVID19 for them to stay healthy and

safe.

Mothers from SFS Participated in

Two+gather Campaign (Jun.2019)

Pyeongtaek Senior Club Opened (Mar.2020) Corona Support Kits Sent to 102 Domestic

Adoptive Families (Jul.2020)

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Notice: Cancellation

We are very sorry to announce that following programs for adoptees are inevitably all cancelled

due to COVID-19 this year.

ESWS will make our best efforts to run better programs for adoptees after everything gets

back to normal.

We look forward to seeing all of very soon!

2019 Home to Home Program

2019 Korean Language & Culture Program

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Fundraise for Prevention of COVID-19

Adoption Process

It takes much more time and efforts for these little

babies to meet their adoptive families as process

has delayed and stopped.

Unemployment Issue

Physically challenged people, senior citizens and

single mothers have financial difficulties with

losing their livelihood.

Overseas Projects

Our staff abroad had to return to Korea making

many of our projects delayed and stopped.

Suspension of Volunteering and Sponsoring

All the volunteering work has been stopped. Also,

economic crisis caused by COVID 19 has made

sponsors stop donating.

How You Can Make a Donation

1) PAYPAL ACCOUNT : donation@eastern.or.kr

2) Overseas Wire Transfers (Foreign Currency Only)

Bank Name: SHINHAN BANK / Bank Address: 99, Sinchon-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea 03779

Bank Code Number: SHBKKRSE / Bank Phone Number: +82-2-312-2603 / Bank Account Number: 180-004-661651

Depositor: Eastern Social Welfare Society, INC / Address: 26 Yeonhui-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea 03784

Name on the Account: Kim Dojong, Eastern Social Welfare Society, Inc.

COVID19 has changed lives of Eastern Families

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LIST OF DONORS We appreciates all the donors of ESWS!

Pamela Schofield

ASFC

Kala Sharp

Rutkowski, Joseph & Jullie

British Association of Seoul(BASS)

Sitoula Arjun

Katherine Brandis

Judge, Brooke

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

Billy Struble & Park, Hyunjoo

Seoul Foreign School

Seoul Foreign School Staffs

Glory Church of Jesus Christ

Hwang, Young-Gyu & Hye-Kyong

Wistrand, Stephen & Marilyn

Bedford, William & Jeremey

Beil, Gary & Pamela

Boyd, Rita Hagan & Andrew

Conley, Kip & Shannon

Davis, Jonathan & Michaela

Deschenes, Louis & Mary

Deshon, Daniel & Cheryl

Dunphy, Barry & Mary

Gartland, Richard & Nina

Gilmartin, Hugh & Bonnie

Hohle, Jonathan & Kortney

Laird, Andrew & Cyr, Maureen

Maguire, Douglas & Christine

Malshuk, Stephen & Catherine

McMahan, Kevin & Lynne

Mercer, John & June

Mrs. Soriano, Soon-Ja Kathleen

Ms. Bracho, Laura

Murphy, Jerry & Marlene

Ondriezek, John & Susan

Osborne, Jeffrey & Pamela

Pedersen, Jeffrey & Sandra

Rasmussen, Robert & Teresa

Robson, Donald & Kathleen

Smithson, Paul & Melinda

김혜숙(New York Life Insurance)

American Women's Club of Korea

James & Barbara Kauphusman

Timothy Cremin

Mercurio, Joseph & Lisa

Myer

Rita Taylor

Matthew Craven

Anne Frazier

Wyn Wright

Catholic women of the chapel

Michael & Carol Kirkman

Waller, Myles & Shelley

Katrina Crosby

David & Gloria Young

Jeff Mohr

Jewell, Robert & Alice

Seoul International Women's Association

Paola Almiron

Aaron Song

Anna Song

Heather Lim

Jacob Lim

John Song

Joseph Song

Stephany Song

Carole Froud

Jasmine Eberhardt

Brenda Cabrera

Chenfai Chung

FEDERICO SAELZER

Hyeyoung Kim

Kim Viktor

Mario Gutierrez

Joan Suwalsky & Deborah Kent

Sang Yen Chung

Glorilaura Gutierrez

Laura Rodríguez

Mariani Gutierrez

Veronica Koon

Dongkeun Lee

Pedro Diaz Herrero

Seul Ki Kim

Flory Schrader

Joost van Hamond

MarissaVillaraza

Stephanie Pagliughi

Uyanga Jaeckels

Yeisson Figueroa

Ace Yip

Christy Lim

Jung-hyun Ellie Lee

Robin Carney

Anastasia Gorgouli

Anna Kim

Bruno Cosentino

Calum Stuart

Celine Jin

Cesar Watanabe de Toledo

Charlie Stuart

Cho Hee Woon

Chrystal Cho

Chun Yeong Yang

Claire Kim

Colm Flanagan

Dana Huang

Dylan Huang

Eduarda Cosentino

Emily Daniels

Eun Ju Kang

Fabiana Cosentino

Felipe Lucon

Finn Stuart

Gabriela Lucon

Gerassimos Moshonas

Grace Song

Grace Swaine

Insang Kim

Ioannis Moshonas

Jane Forster

Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Woo

Jihoo Yang

Jiwon Kany

Jonathan Myong

Juliana Lucon

Julie T Won

Katie Myong

Kevin Kim

Kim Stuart

Lauren Kim

Marcio Lucon

Mariana Delalibera de Toledo

Mark Swaine

Matthew Alemania

Max Nam

Micah Kuhl

Michael Forster

Milena Escosa Delalibera

Mylanie Alemania

Nathan Swaine

Nicolas Cosentino

Noah Swaine

Rafael Delalibera de Toledo

Rose Susanto

Ryan Kuhl

Schaeffer Won

Sienna Won

Sinead Flanagan

Skylar Won

Stephanie Black

Sun Yang

Sydney Nam

Valentina Doukeris

Veronica Lee

Walter Won

Xander Myong

Xuehui Lu

Xuguang Huang

Alaina Smith

Alexander Derzic

Alyvia Smith

Daniel Carruthers

Daniel Derzic

David Foster

David H. Kim

David Hwang

Elizabeth Hwang

Giovanna Paparelli

Grace Foster

Helen Mah

Jean Kim

Judy Hwang

Justin Smith

Kieran Derzic

M.K. Song

Madeline Hwang

Megan Walker

OOK KIM

Ryan Derzic

Samantha Swaine

Samuel Kim

Shannon McNamara-Smith

Susan Guderyon

Warren Oh

William Oh

Aidan Addyson

Damien Delaney

Daniel Addyson

Evan Addyson

Heejoo Song

Hyuntak Suh

Kiha Shin

May Cheung

Minjung Kim

Sanjay Unni

Sofia Delaney

Sunmi Lee

YoungSang Song

Le Duy Hieu

Mr. Kim, Jay

Sunny Song

Bickel, Josina & Trenton

Brissey, Forrest & Katherine

Duncan, Ewan & Crews, Carol

Erickson, Robert & Lynne

Field, William & Esther Gebhardt

James, Robert & Linda

McLain, Patrick & Karen

Ms. Lamphere, Denise

Peterson, Arthur & Joyce

Rawlings, William & Mary

Smith, Edward & Amie

Asia Pacific International School

ANZA Korea

Korean Adoptive Families-Han Ho Inc

Caunt, John & Virginia

Moroney Maria

Aouida, Ilaf

Deborah A. Spreckels

Emma spence

Gary Ostroff & Ellen Ray

Aust Society for inter Countray AID

Golder Associates PTY LTD

Ian Hoffman

Julia K. Cantieri

Lindberg, Brady & Sara

Korean Ties

Melissa Carvigant

Ms. Mia Chisholm

Australian Chamber of Commerce in Korea

Timothy Newton

Cercle Franco Coreen

De Luca, Domenico & De Luca, Seychelle

Christine

Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea

Reynolds & Mrs. Sanfilippo

Caldwell

Pieces to Treasure

Edmond Keating

Andrea Carroll

Justin Johnson

Nannette Reyes

Michelle Ratliff

Alieda Stone & Thomas Helm

Deda, David & Nancy

Harim Kim

Sarah E Chatelain

Rhonda Eather

Dulwich College Seoul

Namsan International Kindergarten

Embassy of France in Korea

Carr, Tim & Margaret

Maria Camille Ganados

Elena philippe sewer

Camarata music company

Paula Bell

Jeffrey Sullivan

William F Maher Jr

Laura Stellwagen

Lemmon, Kevin & Marjorie

Carlson, Peter & Wendy

Jason Weltmer & Kyla Schueitzer

Stella, Michele Celso & Curti, Serena

McCourt, Shawn Alfred & Kristine Elizabeth

Jensen, Nicholas Aaron& Alycia Anne

Yi, Greg & Grace Sue

Provence, Dustin & Tara

Yang, Daniel Hyungwoo & Laura Ellen

Wendland, Christopher & Rebecca

Arakawa, Craig Hiroshi & Millicent Athena

Gazan, Mark E & Susan

Myer, Rory Alexander & Anne Begin

Simons, Robert L. & Margaret D.

James & Ruth Guyker

Bokusky, Frank C. or Catherine A.

Bosch, Michael & Teresa

Chute, George & Kathy

Kozick, John & Donna R

Limper, Andrew H. and Denise L.

Gamage, John & Cynthia

Duane & Carol Srot

Kneip, Kent & Rise

Johnston, Michael Allen & Kaylene Marie

Herte-Mullins, Peter & Debra

Zilka, Scott & Karne (post)

Ms. Glover, MaryJo

Ms. Barron, Deborah Durfee

Leslie & Patti Niblock

Kim, Nicholas & Eunice

Forck Family

McFarren Family

Obrizok, Jeff & Jeniffer

Hickey, Conor & Leah Jane

Garber, Mark Thomas & Babara Grant

Klingelhutz, Matthew Kyung & Penelope

Faye

Petersen Family

Michell Family

Daves, Brian & Christine

Glauber Family

Regehr, Darren & Joyce

Slominski, Richard & Suzanne

Farag, Anthony & Susan

Graves, Chad & Shawna

Peterka, Thomas William & Leah Marie

Valdez, Jeronimo Jesus & Michele Marie

Silverman, Mike & Kathy

Stecher Family

Thiele Family

Erickson, Kirk & Kristen

Engelby, Damon & Sheli

Thompson Family

Myers, James & Vicki

Marek Family

Larson Family

Stevens Family

Kromash Family

Kniseley Family

Hoffman Family

Appion Family

Binko Family

Chute Family

Holden Family

Kozlowski Family

Krizman Family

Lisansky Family

Osborne Family

Reynolds Family

Tong Family

Turner Family

Vanhecke Family

Macdonald, Cole D. & Cara J.

Vincent & Maureen La Piana

Moon, Won Kyun & Seo, Joo Youn

Ernst, Samuel Richard & Kathryn Anna

Lindberg, Brady & Sara

Ho, Raymond & Su, Yin-Jen

Larmee, Joseph & Kathryn

Cutler, Robert & Katherine

Patricia, Alicia & Daniel, Moraw

Hoffman, Bill (Hoffman Family)

Gibson, Phillip & Amanda Peter

Armfield, Ben & Eva Fung

Long, Ivan & Deanna Soo

Sorensen, Richard & Alison McGarvey

Judd, Joshua & Katie Marie

Dykstra, Andrew John & Hyejin Lee

Rostowfske, Luke & Melissa

Kent, R. William & Deborah d.

Glover, MaryJo P. & Roger L.

Boulka, Justin & Jynell

Jung, Gage & Soo Hyun

Merrick, Christopher & Jill

Graham, Thomas Patrick & Elizabeth

Wallace

Greenhoe, Benjamin Joseph & Amanda Lee

Parker, Matthew Seth & Ann Hester

Seymour, David Bruce & Connie

David Bruce & Connie Seymour

Deboer, Marcus W. & Jodie S

Choi, Jeong Kyu & Kalenna Lee

Shouse, Jordan Lee & Holly Diane

Elo, Danuel Michael & Kristen Kim

Jones Family

Stonestreet, Paul & Marilee

Jin, Paul Seong-Kug & Bora

Balding, Troy Andrew & Christina Alaine

Kesti, Darrell David & Juntunen-Kesti,

Ahnna Marie

Greene-Milstein Family(Mr. Mark Milstein)

Kirkman, Michael & Carol

Michael & Laura Fon

Jan.2019~Dec.2019