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kt Volunteer Corps of Love was founded in 2001 to promote greater efficiency by integrating kt employees’ volunteer activities, which had been conducted individually, into a systematic, companywide movement. Currently, the Corps consists of more than 700 teams with around 31,000 employees donating their time to various causes such as supporting local children’s centers, helping the underprivileged, providing disaster relief assistance, and extending a helping hand to farming and fishing communities. In addition, the Corps provides programs for children such as education and scholarships for gifted students. In 2010, a volunteer activity guideline was announced company-wide to ensure effectiveness of the company’s volunteer activities.

• Over 400 teams nationwide in a total of 3,633 events
• 30,383 annual participants, 114,657 hours of volunteer time
• 1,142 volunteer programs for children by local volunteer teams depending on season and theme

Korea’s social welfare budget gets larger every year, but for some reason what goes to the children has been declining. There is very little being done to help families in need with small children.

kt understands that social contributions for children can do wonders for our company image and also benefit from the charity in the long run. We send support so they can become a strong member of society , and we play our role in the future by providing educational programs.

kt’s olleh Volunteer Corps of Love is formed by staff members divided into 700 units who are sent to over 1,000 children’s facilities around the nation. Our goal in 2011 is to help 30,000 children in need. Last year the volunteer corps tied agreements with 400 local children’s facilities and made a committment to volunteer once a month. olleh is leading regular volunteer activities in large companies. Ever since it was founded in 2001 the volunteer corps has been involved in more than 3,000 activities sending a message of hope to young children.

2010 was especially special for the corps because of their tie with the national local children’s centers. As part of the activity volunteer groups participate in visiting theatres, sports games on the weekend, visit IT offices, promote environmentally friendly activities, host summer camps, donate IT related equipment, fix children’s facilities, and more depending on the time of year.