The Korea Exchange announced on the 23rd that it held the 14th KRX University Student Financial Personality Education Volunteer Group Happy Nuri completion ceremony at its Seoul office on the 20th.

Hwang Wookyung (sixth from the left on the second row), the Secretary General of the KRX National Happiness Foundation, and the Happy Nuri volunteer members are posing for a commemorative photo while shouting 'Fighting!' at the completion ceremony of the 2024 KRX University Student Financial Literacy Education Volunteer Group, Happy Nuri. /Courtesy of Korea Exchange

The event included reports on educational activities, the presentation of completion certificates and scholarships, and awards for outstanding volunteers. Hwang Woo-kyung, the head of the KRX Happiness Foundation, and 49 volunteer group members attended the completion ceremony.

The Happy Nuri volunteer group, which launched in August this year, provided 10 sessions of financial and personality education to over 600 students at 51 local children's centers in the Seoul metropolitan area and Busan and Gyeongnam regions over a period of about three months. The goal is to instill financial knowledge and proper economic habits in children while contributing to their character development.

In particular, children also engaged in production activities by growing and harvesting mushrooms, then creating advertisements to sell them. The children donated a total of 807,340 won, which included the revenue from mushroom sales and their saved allowance, to organizations such as Green Umbrella, World Vision, and the Korean Association of Leukemia Patients.

Lee Ha-min, a volunteer member (4th year at Pukyong National University), said, “I studied hard to explain difficult financial terms to the children, and I realized once again the precious values like self-esteem, challenge, and cooperation that I had forgotten.

Choi Hye-yoon, a volunteer member (2nd year at Yonsei University), expressed, “The time spent with the children was a great opportunity for learning and growth for me,” and said, “It became a valuable time to learn about social responsibility.”

The Korea Exchange plans to recruit the 15th KRX University Student Financial Personality Education Volunteer Group Happy Nuri from June to July next year. Jeong Eun-bo, chairman of the Korea Exchange, noted, “We plan to continue various community service activities with university students and support educational activities so that local children can grow up healthy.”