Name: Korea Klubben
Type/Status: Independant, non profit, membership based
Founded: 1990
Location: Based in Copenhagen, but local groups are active in Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense, Herning, Esbjerg, Kolding and Aabenraa.
Membership
Korea Klubben currently counts 400 members (adult Korean adoptees) and supporting memberships (families and others), but reaches out to more than 600 adoptees and families per year (including subscriptions to magazine, counselling services, Korea travels).
Organization
The association is based on volunteers alone. The Board of Directors consists of 12 members elected each year on the General Meeting. The board supervise, coordinate and initiate work done in the various subcommittees: Editorial group, web committee, local committees, image & PR, fundraising, travel team, educational group, Summercamp, Post Adoption & research group etc.
Official sponsors: Hyundai Car Import A/S
Activities
- Monthly dinners
- Yearly summer camps
- Group tours to Korea in collaboration with Shilla Travel & Net Travel
- Korean language schools
- Cultural events & activities (arts, films, traditional culture, cooking etc.)
- Social activities (Christmas party, picnics, sports etc.)
- Workshops on adoption issues
- Peer counselling by phone and e-mail
- Educational programs & seminars for adoption professional & perspective parents.
- Adoption conferences
- Artists' group, UFOLAB
- Travel & culture preparation classes
Publications
- Monthly newsletter
- Quarterly magazine, Ch'ingu
- Reports from conferences
Mission
Korea Kubben is committed to facilitate contact among Korean adoptees, provide space to share adoption experiences, inform about Korea and Korean culture, and promote and provide Post-Adoption Services.
History
2005 15th Anniversary event in Copenhagen
2004 Co-organizers of The Korean Adoptee Gathering 2004 in Seoul
2003 Organizers of the international adoption conference, The Meaning of Roots: Ethnic Identity & Biological Heritage. Research, Policy and Experience, Copenhagen
First Korea Klubben group tour (with Shilla Travel)
2002 First Annual Summercamp
2001 Co-organizers of 2nd Intl. Gathering of Adult Korean Adoptees, Oslo, Norway
2000 10th Anniversary: Conference on Post Adoption Services
1996 Ch'ingu Magazine is created
1990 Foundation
Other
Korea Klubben works at improving adoption and post-adoption policy in Denmark. In 2000 the association celebrated its 10 years anniversary by hosting the first national conference on Post-Adoption Services and publishing a paper that assessed needs and outlined specific proposals for post adoption services in Denmark. Starting out from these proposals, Korea Klubben subsequently elaborated its own post adoption program.
Korea Klubben has also initiated co-operation projects with other groups with the purpose of changing adoption policy in the direction of more post adoption services and make authorities aware of the special issues at stake in intercountry adoption.
In order to examine these issues, Korea Klubben conducted in 2001 a study of the life experiences of Korean adoptees: Adult Korean Adoptees in Denmark: Exploring Ethnic Identity and Making Sense of Adoption.
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Contact information:
Website: www.koreaklubben.dk
E-mail: info@koreaklubben.dk
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