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US-based NGO names first Korean director
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Hubert Huh
By Jhoo Dong-chan
By Jhoo Dong-chan
Hubert Huh has been named inaugural head of the Korean chapter of a U.S.-based nonprofit charity organization, United Families International (UFI).
Huh, 55, is the first Korean director of the organization, founded in 1978 to promote traditional family values internationally and locally. The Korean branch is the group’s first chapter in Asia.
“I feel responsible,” Huh told The Korea Times. “The family is the most important unit of society. But we have seen its traditional role and structure dissolving in recent years.”
He vowed to maintain and strengthen traditional family values.
“Obviously UFI is not a well-known organization in Korea. My job is to let more people know what we are doing for families in Korea.”
UFI is looking for a way to participate in and contribute to governmental activities promoting the value of family and marriage.
“The organization will help solve social problems like the low birthrate and isolation issues,” said Huh.
He plans to visit the United Nations headquarters this year in a bid to educate U.N. ambassadors and delegates on policies affecting families, saying he wants to meet U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Huh started his community service when he worked with the U.S. Defense Department Human Resources Office in Seoul. He opened an English class for children at Deoksoo Elementary School with peer military personnel from 2001, and also founded the Seoul English Study Association (SESA) the same year.
His latest appointment honors his dedication to community services including founding SESA and the first “Good Neighbor Program” in Korea, according to UFI.
Although the organization has many chapters throughout the U.S., and members in other parts of the world, this is its first international chapter in Asia.
UFI promotes Christian values, so it does not recognize gay marriage.
“We do not support homosexuality,” Huh said. “We believe in the sanctity of marriage, and that marriage should be between a man and a woman.”