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Children's Cultural Exchange Programs

The South African Embassy and the University of South Africa are holding ``South African Children's Cultural Exchange Project'' from July 3 to 7 at the Korea Foundation Cultural Center in Sunhwa-dong, Seoul.

The project includes an exhibition of children's books and illustrations from South Africa, documentary screening on South African culture, and workshops for children.

South African teachers will help children draw paintings and write letters, which will be sent to South African children.

Workshops will take place four times a day (10 a.m. and 11:10 a.m. for pre-school children, 2 p.m. and 3:50 p.m. for primary school children) everyday during the project, and 40 children are welcomed to participate in each session.

Participants are asked to bring papers, crayons and color pencils.

If you are interested in participation, contact the embassy by calling (02) 792-4855 or (02) 791-0030, or send an e-mail to political@southafrica-embassy.or.kr with children's name, age, school and preferred time.

Parade of Nations' Proceeds Donated

An association consisting of spouses of foreign ambassadors to Seoul, who organized their annual fundraising ``Parade of Nations'' on May 15, delivered on Monday its proceedings of 90 million won to four charity organizations.

The money was distributed to the Kechene Women Potters Cooperative, the Migrant Workers Hospital, Myongdo Services for persons with disabilities, and the 100-Won-A-Day.

The donation ceremony was held at a monthly meeting of the spouses of ambassadors at the residence of Qatari Ambassador Ahmed Al-Midhadi.

The purpose of the Parade of Nations is to raise funds for charity. The two previous events raised 32 million won in 2005 and 40 million won in 2006 that were sent to four associations working for the weakest in Korean society, according to them.

The charity event became the most successful event organized by the foreign diplomatic corps in Seoul.

Mexican Embassy to Offer Spanish Courses

The Mexican Embassy in Seoul said that it is opening Spanish language courses for the public from July 2 to Aug. 3 at the embassy in Hannam-dong, Seoul.

The courses will take place three times a week _ Monday, Wednesday and Friday _ with a maximum of 15 students per class. The class will have beginner's and intermediate levels.

However, the beginner's class will not start with basics such as alphabet, according to the embassy.

The Mexican Embassy has regularly organized the Spanish classes in summertime to have better opportunity for the Korean public to learn Spanish by qualified professors.

For more information, call the embassy at (02) 798-1694 or visit its Web site at www.sre.gob.mx/corea/