Over hundred children aged between six and ten participated in the International Children Art Festival held at Thousand Shades Butterfly Park in Gurugram, India on March 2.
Organized jointly by Korean Association in India and Missy India group – group of Korean ladies staying in Gurgaon/Delhi, the event witnessed participation of the children as well as their parents in large numbers in spite of drizzle, showers of rain as the enthusiasm of all was not affected and event went on, ending in a total fun day.
The children drew landscapes, rivers, trees, rivers, mountains and butterflies using diverse colours to mark the moment.
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Euy Don Park, the President of Korean Community Association in India, Eun Young Jung president of Missy India and Sanjay Kaushik founder of Uthaan NGO gave away prizes to the winning children.
The winners included Seoyeon YUN (KG Gold), Seohyeon JEE (ES Gold), Hajoon SOHN (KG Silver), Mina WATANABE (ES Silver), Seojoon YUN (KG Bronze), Sehyun IM (KG Bronze), Koharu MISHIMA (ES Bronze)
And Haeun SOHN (ES Bronze).
Euy Don Park who also happens to be the advisor to Governor of Gyeongnam Provice, Korea, vice president of KOCHAM in India, member of The Nationbal Unification Advisory Council and vice president Indo-Korea Friendship Society was all praise for the little participants as well as the organizers.
Euy Don Park is also MD/CEO of Seela Infratech Pvt Ltd, which is a diversified company that envisions a virtual bridge between India and Korea, connecting both nations for an ideal synergetic union in the area of Telecommunication, IT, power utilities and energy to challenge the limit of possibility.
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The company is striving to bring the India a step ahead into all core industries such as IT, Fiber Optic Network products, Mobile Network products, Semi Conductors & other components.
Seela Infratech also has a sizeable presence in various industries such as Power Utility business, T&D Infrastructure, Power Cable, Switch gear, Transformer, Circuit breaker, LED & Solar Energy (Parts & finished goods), Industrial production solution, Machine for Fiber Optic products, Machine for Electrical Products.
The prizes and gifts were made available by Missy India group that has been working for the upliftment of the society with various initiatives.
A group of enterprising, kind-hearted and active housewives of Korean expatriates have been working quietly for the upliftment of the society with various philanthropic initiatives in Delhi and NCR for the last two years under the banner of Missy India.
When husbands and children of these Korean women leave their homes for offices and schools/colleges in the morning, they put their heads together to discuss – how to add value to the quality of lives of many not-so-lucky and the poor of the community.
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Missy India has over 100 women volunteers, and who stay in Delhi and NCR towns work for various welfare projects while those who leave India on the completion of their visa term, remain as online members and keep contributing from outside.
The 18-acre park in Gurugram is frequented by many communities including Koreans and Chinese, individuals as well as corporate citizens.
According to Sanjay Kaushik – the founder of Thousands Shades Butterfly Park, an initiative by his Uthaan NGO, it was for the second time that the people from Korean community came with their children to the park. Earlier too they had come here to adopt plant saplings.
