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Actor Zo In-sung donates 500 million won to build school in Tanzania
배우 조인성, 5억원 기부…탄자니아에 학교 세워
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Actor Zo In-sung / Courtesy of IOKCompany
Actor Zo In-sung / Courtesy of IOKCompany

South Korean actor Zo In-sung has donated 500 million won ($433,000) to build a school in Tanzania, a local welfare foundation said Wednesday.

대한민국 배우 조인성이 탄자니아에 학교를 설립하는 데 5억원(미화 약 43만3천 달러)을 기부했다고 한 지역 복지 재단이 지난 수요일 밝혔다.

The money was used to build the Singida New Vision School in central Tanzania in 2018, the Miral Welfare Foundation belatedly revealed in celebration of the actor's birthday, which falls on the day.


기부금은 2018년 탄자니아 중부에 있는 싱기다 뉴비전스쿨을 짓는 데 사용됐으며, 밀알복지재단은 그의 생일을 맞아 이를 뒤늦게 밝혔다.


Singida is reportedly one of the most underprivileged regions in the African country, where most of the children are pushed into labor due to a lack of social infrastructure and educational facilities.

싱기다는 탄자니아 내에서도 사회·경제적으로 혜택을 받지 못하는 지역 중 하나로, 사회 기반 시설과 교육시설이 부족해 아이들 대부분이 노동에 투입된다.



But thanks to the 40-year-old actor's contribution, 351 students are now learning at three kindergarten classes and five elementary school classes, according to the Seoul-based foundation.

그러나 밀알복지재단에 따르면, 배우 조인성(40)의 기부로 현재 351명의 학생들이 유치부 3개 학급과 초등부 5개 학급에서 교육받고 있다.



In 2019, the popular South Korean actor visited the school in person and planted a Terminalia tree in the playground with the students.

배우 조인성은 2019년 학교에 직접 방문해 학생들과 함께 테르미날리아 묘목을 운동장에 심기도 했다.



"Terminalia is a tree that grows sideways and provides a lot of shade. I hope (this tree) will become a cool and comfortable place of rest to kids," he was cited as saying.

그는 "테르미날리아는 옆으로 자라 많은 그늘을 만드는 나무이다. (이 나무가) 아이들에게 시원하고 편안한 쉼의 공간이 되길 바란다"고 말한 것으로 전해진다.



"Children who had been going to work instead of school have returned to where they are supposed to be and are dreaming of their own shiny futures," the foundation said, delivering its gratitude to Zo. (Yonhap)


재단 측은 "학교 대신 일터로 가던 아이들이 제자리를 찾고 저마다의 반짝이는 미래를 꿈꾸고 있다"고 말하며 배우 조인성에게 감사의 뜻을 전했다.



KEY WORDS
■ welfare foundation 복지 재단
■ belatedly 뒤늦게
■ reveal 밝히다
■ in celebration of ~을 기념하여
■ underprivileged (사회·경제적으로) 혜택을 못 받는
■ gratitude 감사, 고마움





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