- Donated 368 books in business administration, urban environment, design, law, and social innovation to 7 partner universities in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Mongolia, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, and Cambodia
- An additional 550 major-course books will be donated to partner universities in Nepal, Rwanda, Myanmar, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Cambodia, Tanzania, and Papua New Guinea by October.
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(Photo 1) Donation of 368 books to 7 partner universities in developing countries by Handong Global University
The UNESCO UNITWIN Team of Handong Global University (President Soon-Heung Chang) has donated books in business administration, urban environment, design, and so forth to 7 partner universities in developing countries since June to help partner universities that are at risk of discontinuing education due to COVID-19.
In June, 60 volumes were donated to Jakarta International University (JIU) in Indonesia, 32 volumes to Papua New Guinea Institute of Technology (UNITECH), and 63 volumes to Centro Escolar University (CEU).
Subsequently, in July, 40 volumes were given to the National University of Management (NUM) in Cambodia, 46 volumes to the Republic Graduate School of Business & Management (RGSBM) in Uzbekistan, 44 volumes to the Mongolia International University (MIU), 34 volumes to the University of Finance and Economics in Mongolia, and 49 volumes to the University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) in Vietnam.
Mr. Agus Hartadi, Dean of Language and Literature at Jakarta International University (JIU) in Jakarta, Indonesia, said, “There are books that our professors have been looking for among the 60 major-course books sent by Handong Global University, so I think they will put to very good use… I am deeply grateful for your support and hope to strengthen cooperation and collaboration between Handong Global University and Jakarta International University in the future.”
In the future, Handong Global University plans to donate additional major-course books necessary for partner institutions and universities in nine countries: Nepal, Rwanda, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Uganda, and Tanzania.
*UNESCO UNITWIN (University Twinning and Networking) is a program where university from a developed nation form a network with universities of the developing nation to support education and research institutes of these universities. Also, to narrow the gap of knowledge and support self-sustainability of the developing nations, founded by UNESCO in 1992. Handong Global University was selected as the First UNITWIN Sponsor University in 2007.
* Besides this, Handong Global University was selected as the First Intern Exchange Agreement University in South Korea with OECD (2008), Sponsoring University of UN ACADEMIC IMPACT (2011), Operating University of the UN Depository Library (2014), and host institution of the UN NGO Conference (2016). Handong opened the UNAI Ban Ki-moon Institute for Global Education (IGE) in 2019, thereby speeding up the drive for internationalization.
