Many people know the value of sharing, but putting it into practice is not as easy as you might think. Stars that are well known to the public are no different. However, since stars are generally well-known and influential, their sharing and love in the past has a big impact on many people and inspires them to take the right direction in their lives. In this sense, we introduce the stories of stars who are active as public relations ambassadors, goodwill ambassadors, and donors for various donation and sharing organizations at home and abroad.

Korea Compassion

Compassion is an international child-rearing organization that fosters children suffering from poverty holistically until they become independent adults. Compassion, which is currently active in 25 countries, was founded in 1952 by Pastor Everett Swanson of the United States to help war orphans in Korea, and has since expanded worldwide. Compassion Korea was established in 2003 to repay the love it received from all over the world when Korea was poor. About 130,000 children around the world are being raised by Korean donors. Actress Shin Ae-ra, singer Sean, and actress Jeong Hye-young have been working as ambassadors for Korea Compassion for a long time and have maintained a good relationship. Since she was appointed as a public relations ambassador in 2005, Shin Ae-ra has been willing to take part in every meeting introducing Compassion, conveying the need and value of raising a child with love to many people, encouraging them to participate in the Compassion children's partnership and sponsorship. . Sean and Hye-Young Jeong started sponsoring six children in a marriage relationship in 2005, and in 2008, Hye-Young Jeong met the children in person through the Philippines Vision Trip. Since 2010, the couple have been appointed as ambassadors for Korea Compassion, and since then, they have been actively participating in various performances and campaigns, including 'Made in Heaven' Bazaar and 'Compassion Virtual Run'. Gag woman Lee Seong-mi got to know Compassion through Sean in 2009 and started sponsoring children's marriages. Gagwoman Song Eun-i has also been an ambassador for Compassion Korea since 2019, and former national soccer player Lee Young-pyo has been sponsoring children since 2014 and has been supporting Compassion children with her family since 2019. He has been appointed as an ambassador for Compassion.

Save the Children

Save the Children is an international relief and development NGO that transcends race, religion, and political ideology and operates in more than 120 countries around the world to realize children's rights to survival, protection, development and participation. Former national soccer player Ahn Jung-hwan and Lee Hye-won and their children are serving as the first family ambassadors for Save the Children Drun. He also participated in the promotion of 'Favorite Anniversary', which is donated on special days such as birthdays and wedding anniversaries, to support low-income grandparents' families, to save newborn babies. In the International Children's Marathon, held this year to restore the education rights of children who have been infringed by COVID-19, the whole family participated together, adding to the meaning. Singer Yuna Kim and dentist and broadcaster Kim Hyung-gyu have also been participating as ambassadors for Save the Children since 2009.

They not only took the lead in promoting various campaigns, such as the campaign to eradicate corporal punishment and T'way Air's 'Give Together' campaign, but also participated in a video dubbing of Save the Children's relief activities to convey the situation of children in crisis through their voices. Park Kyung-rim, a broadcaster who started her activities as a public relations ambassador in 2006 after Save the Children’s campaign to support children with intractable diseases, 'Smile Again', became interested in various activities such as education and health nutrition for children in Asia and Africa, as well as in Korea. Singer Ha Chun-hwa, who visited and volunteered, is also a Save the Children ambassador.

Good Neighbors

Good Neighbors is a representative global children's rights NGO in Korea that was established in 1991 in Korea and is actively carrying out professional social welfare projects and international development cooperation projects to create a world without hunger and a better world. It runs and operates domestic welfare projects, social development education projects, international relief and development projects, humanitarian aid projects, support projects for North Korea, and the Children’s Rights Research Center to protect and support children from abuse and other crises. Actor Kim Hyeon-joo, appointed as Good Neighbors' ambassador in 2010, donates to Good Neighbors' good consumption campaign 'Goodbye', informs the world of poverty, introduces sharing practices, and meets children victims of abuse as well as domestic activities such as meeting children. Volunteer activities in the Philippines, Nepal, and Nepal have been continuously carried out. In 2012, he participated in the Africa Hope School project, which provides integrated support through the establishment of schools in Africa, where educational facilities are absolutely scarce, and volunteered in Tanzania, Africa for two weeks. He donated his narration talent to ‘Campaign, ‘Listen from the side of the children’, a campaign for advocating children’s rights in 2020. He made a talent donation. It is about talking and reflecting on the true meaning of sharing by interviewing Good Neighbors supporters and volunteers who have visited a 30-year-old flower shop. Recently, Good Neighbors appointed broadcaster Kwang-hee as an ambassador for school violence prevention. Kwang-hee started by actively promoting the 'Good Neighbors School Violence Prevention Contest', and held a monthly global charity pictorial making project 'Kwang Teacher in the photo studio' YouTube live. Kwang-hee, who took on the role of MC, is continuing activities to inform Good Neighbors YouTube channel subscribers of international issues and encourage them to participate in real-time donations while shooting charity pictorials.

Green Umbrella Children's Foundation

The Green Umbrella Children's Foundation was founded in 1948 and has been a representative organization for child advocacy, focusing on the relief work for orphans during the Korean War in 1950. We provide assistance and support to children at home and abroad. Actor Choi Bul-am is a living witness of the foundation's history, having been associated with the Green Umbrella Children's Foundation since 1981. Geum, the youngest son in the drama <The Country Diary>

He was interested in helping children in need by acting the episode in which Dong-i was adopted, and he has been working as a supporter of the Green Umbrella Children's Foundation and the president of the national sponsorship. In addition, actor Doo-shim Koh, ambassador for sharing, comedian Hong-ryeol Lee, ambassador for actor Song Il-guk, ambassador for actress Yeo-jin Choi, and goodwill ambassador for fencer Sang-young Park are active as representatives of the Green Woosan Children’s Foundation. In particular, Park Sang-young was selected as an 'i-leader' through the Green Umbrella Children's Foundation talent nurturing project for three years from 2013, received a scholarship, and after nurturing his dream, he developed a special relationship with the foundation as he grew into an Olympic gold medalist.

world vision

World Vision started in 1950 with Pastor Bob Pearce, a missionary and reporter for the Korean War. He opened an International World Vision office in Portland, USA to help war orphans and wives who lost their husbands, and started relief work in Korea with Pastor Kyung-Jik Han. For the next 70 years, World Vision International took the lead in providing relief from war, hunger, and disasters around the world, visiting the places where disasters occurred and protecting children and residents. Actress Kim Hye-ja is a co-worker of World Vision and an ambassador for sharing among the first generation of celebrities in Korea. Since he was appointed as a goodwill ambassador in 1991, he has delivered a message of sharing and suffering to the poor around the world. World Vision's new hourly advertisement, released this summer, includes Kim Hye-ja, Jung Young-sook, Han In-soo, Park Sang-won, Jung Ae-ri, Lee Hoon, Han Hye-jin, Kim Hyo-jin, Lee Kwang-ki, Park Jung-ah, Lee Kwang-ki, Park Jung-ah, and Yoo Ji-tae, to promote the 'World is One' campaign. 15 World Vision goodwill and public relations ambassadors including 2PM Junho, Kim Boseong, Choi Kanghee, and Lee Sangyeop appeared together and drew attention.

Seoul Social Welfare Community Chest

The Seoul Community Chest of Korea, well known as the red fruit of love, started in 1998, and since the early 1970s, before its establishment, three red fruits were raised at the Helping Neighbors Promotion Headquarters to raise funds for the beneficiary's pension and help the underprivileged. It is spreading the meaning of sharing to spread love to neighbors through the fruit of love. The Seoul Community Chest of Korea, which runs a campaign to help neighbors throughout the year as well as during the year-end and New Year holidays, is carrying out projects such as support for the underprivileged, support for the prevention of overeating, and support for medical expenses and medical services. In the meantime, actors Chae Shi-ra, Park Hyo-joo, Chae Su-bin, popera singer Lim Hyeong-joo, and many others have been working as ambassadors for the Seoul Community Chest of Korea. collected After joining the Honor Society of the Fruit of Love in Seoul in 2018, Daniel Henney has donated donations to various fields such as projects for victims of the Goseong forest fire, support for self-reliance of youth with developmental disabilities, projects for ALS patients and their families, and support for schools in Vietnam. have been forwarded

Greenpeace

Greenpeace is an independent international environmental organization that started in 1971 and has been conducting campaigns in a peaceful way of nonviolent direct action for the protection of the global environment and peace. Actor Ryu Jun-yeol became interested in environmental issues after traveling to Africa in 2016 and became a member of Greenpeace.

I made a relationship with Wool Office as a regular sponsor. He introduced the 'Plastic Zero' campaign, which uses alternatives to disposable plastic containers, on his personal SNS, and wrote a column pointing out the importance of environmental protection and the problem of marine plastic waste. In particular, the 'Save the Arctic' campaign video, in which Jun-Yeol Ryu participated as a voice, was a good opportunity to draw more people's interest in Greenpeace and environmental issues.

Star donors set an example

There are star donors who secretly share a good heart. Many people applaud and praise them because they know that it is never easy to keep practicing good deeds that are difficult to do once. Singer IU is a representative star donor. She has donated hundreds of millions of won every year, starting with the proceeds of her first fan meeting. In May 2020, they donated 500 million won to the underprivileged on their last birthday in their 20s, and on the 13th anniversary of their debut, they donated 850 million won worth of goods, continuing meaningful good deeds. IU has a close relationship with the Green Umbrella Children's Foundation. The donations she consistently donates on Children's Day and at the end of the year are being used as educational expenses for children from low-income families and grandparents. As of 2020, she has donated a total of 11 times to the Green Umbrella Children's Foundation, with a total of 820 million won. It is known that IU has donated more than 3.5 billion won so far, and in 2019, she was included in the list of '30 Asian Baby Heroes of the Year' selected by Forbes, an American business magazine. E'Dawn was named on the list of Honors Club, a group of supporters who donated more than 100 million won to UNICEF in 2019. Jin of BTS is also a member of UNICEF Honors Club. He is quietly practicing good deeds without notifying the people around him of the donation. As a BTS, he and UNICEF run the 'Love Myself' campaign with the message 'Let's love me', while personally helping children and teenagers around the world. We spare no effort to protect against violence. Figure skating queen Yuna Kim is also a member of the Honors Club. After becoming an international goodwill ambassador for UNICEF in 2010, she donated the entire prize money for winning the World Championships in 2013, and also donated the entire proceeds from an ice show held in Spain in 2018 to UNICEF. Her donations were used to improve drinking water and sanitation conditions for displaced children in southern Africa.

Actress Suzy, Girls' Generation Yoona, and AOA member and actress Seolhyun are members of the Honor Society, a large donor group of the Seoul Social Welfare Community Chest of Korea. The Green Umbrella Children's Foundation has the Green Noble Club, a group of donors with more than 100 million won, and many stars and influencers have joined. Starting with actor Song Il-guk in 2017, Max Changmin in 2018, BTS J-Hope in 2019, actor Kim Yoo-jung in 2020, BTS Jimin in 2021, singer Chungha, actors Kim So-yeon and Lee Sang-woo couple, BJ Enfang, YouTuber Heopop Green Noble joined the club. Kim Yoo-jung is also the youngest member of the Green Noble Club. In addition, broadcaster Ho-dong Kang is a star who has been providing regular support through the Green Umbrella Children's Foundation since 2005. He has a difficult family situation.

For the treatment of his son, the Ho-dong Kang fund was created and supported to be used for treatment and rehabilitation expenses.

Even after the Corona 19 situation that started in 2020, many stars have continued to donate. Actress Lee Young-ae at Asan Medical Center in Seoul for pediatric patients and COVID-19 medical staff, actress Im Si-wan for the fruit of love for the vulnerable at the Community Chest of Korea, and actress Han Hye-jin and soccer player Ki Seong-yong are World Vision's room for coping with COVID-19. To purchase station items, actor Song Joong-ki, comedian Lee Kyung-gyu, and film director Bong Joon-ho went to Hope Bridge National Disaster Relief Association to overcome the COVID-19 damage, and comedian Kim Sook went to the Milal Welfare Foundation to help children with disabilities and senior citizens living alone For everyone, actress Kim Hee-sun delivered a donation to Good Neighbors and Seoul National University Hospital, respectively. In addition, many stars donated in various ways, such as supporting masks, sponsoring single-parent families suffering from COVID-19, providing meals and daily necessities for undernourished children, and sponsoring medical staff due to the corona virus.

A fan club that takes the lead in donating in the name of a star

Recently, star fan clubs and fan cafes are increasingly donating to donation groups on the birthdays and anniversaries of stars. It was donated to Good Neighbors to commemorate the Actor Ong Seong-wu's fan cafe donated money to the Milal Welfare Foundation on his birthday, and the fan cafes of trot singers Young-woong Lim, Young-tak, and Ho-jung Kim are also donating steadily. BTS Jimin's fan cafe commemorates the second anniversary of his self-composed song release It was donated to the G-Foundation, which provides support for undernourished children and abused children and women's products, and the donation was delivered to the Korea Leukemia Children's Foundation. Yuna Kim fan cafe held a donation fundraising event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of winning the Olympic champion. Overseas fan clubs are increasingly donating in the name of stars to donation groups in each country or international non-profit organizations. It is heartwarming to see fans who have imitated the steps of a star who practices donations to participate in donations again. Good actions always lead to better results. The meaningful actions of the stars will be of great help in creating a happy society.