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This is a local content planner stay project where you live with local youth in Gangjin and directly plan and run village festivals and community activities. Rather than simply traveling around the area or participating in a short experience program, participants actually stay in Gangjin, share daily life with local young people, explore the village in various places, and discover the region’s hidden resources and stories. You can also directly experience the process of brainstorming new ideas that highlight the region’s charm and potential with local creators, and bringing them to life.You can also plan village festivals and cultural programs, or create new community activities that bring people together. You’ll share ideas, meet people, and experience every stage of a project together, from planning to execution. By mingling with young people from diverse regions, creating projects, and collaborating, you can build new relationships and gain inspiration, bringing to life projects you have only kept in your heart until now.
Mission 1: Enjoy the region while creating the project you truly want.
Mission 2: Become a community planner who brings people together.
1. Discover your potential and experience your own project turning into real content.
In Gangjin, there are people who break free from the repetitive routine of moving between apartments and offices in the city and are creating their own unique lives. A diverse group of young people have gathered here to live in the countryside, taking on work they truly enjoy—such as farming, running a distillery, and operating a café—and creating new possibilities. In Gangjin, it’s not just a place to stay for a short time, but where you can personally start your own local stay that you have always held close to your heart. By working with a professional local creator who understands the area more deeply than anyone else, you can turn vague ideas into concrete projects, plan programs that make use of the area’s charm and resources, or create new gatherings and community activities that connect people. Exploring various parts of the region, listening closely to the stories of residents, and experiencing every step of the process from planning to execution firsthand, my ideas gradually become reality. Above all, this process is not just a simple experience, but a time to discover the way of life you want and the possibilities within yourself. Through the experience of building relationships with new people and growing together with the community, Gangjin gradually moves beyond a passing travel destination to become another hometown and a special place that inspires dreams of new challenges.
2. Share daily life and mingle in warmhearted Gangjin, creating new relationships and special memories.
Here, even with people you meet only once or twice, you naturally ask how they are and exchange greetings. You may walk through the neighborhood, happen to meet neighbors you know, talk with them, and invite each other over to share a meal and build affection. It is a place where a warm community lives and breathes, willingly extending a helping hand whenever someone needs it, and accepting one another as friends and neighbors regardless of background or age. The regional director working on the project with us has been active in Gangjin for many years, connecting local residents and young people. Thanks to that, even people visiting Gangjin for the first time don’t spend too much time feeling unfamiliar or awkward. You naturally meet people, build relationships, and before you know it, it seeps into the everyday life of the community. By interacting with young entrepreneurs, farmers, and a variety of local residents in areas that would have been difficult to reach alone, sharing stories, daily life, and the process of building projects together, they meet friends and strong neighbors who will stay in their memories long beyond a simple connection. Meeting in Gangjin is not a fleeting connection, but an experience of people genuinely connecting with one another.
3. Recharge your body and mind, reflect on yourself, and discover new strength to guide your life.
Spending time in Gangjin, away from our usual neighborhood, is far more special than we had imagined. In the blue sea, the vastness of nature, and the slow but warmly flowing everyday life, meeting new people and spending time together, you gradually come face to face with the self that had been hidden behind the busyness of life. In familiar surroundings, you naturally come to discover aspects of yourself you hadn’t realized before, what you truly love, moments of deep focus, and what brings you the greatest joy and meaning when doing something. By exploring the region, listening to people’s stories, and directly planning and running communities, you can discover new possibilities and meet a more mature version of yourself. Sometimes, solving unexpected problems, laughing and talking with people, and creating special memories become more than just an activity—they become my own valuable asset. Every moment spent together reflecting, challenging, and creating leads to new relationships and learning, and through that process, one gains confidence in oneself and a fresh perspective. Time in Gangjin is not just a brief respite, but a time to fill the weary body and mind with peace and to discover new directions and possibilities that will enrich your life moving forward.
Capturing the growth journeys
of our participants.
■ Project Activities
In Gangjin, you will live with a local content planner and have the opportunity to directly plan and run a local project based on your own ideas. Rather than simply visiting the area, you can actually stay in Gangjin, listen to people’s stories, explore the alleys and villages, and appreciate the region’s hidden resources and charm. Through interacting with local residents and experiencing various sites, you will have a special opportunity to develop new ideas, materialize them, and put them into practice firsthand. You will also learn how to connect people and add new value to the community by building local communities with fellow participants. By experiencing the process of a small idea growing into a project, you can directly encounter the unique changes and possibilities found only in Gangjin.
■ Key Activities
1. Regional Project Planning & Operation:
Based on your interests and ideas, you plan a project that can be realized in your local area. You will directly manage a variety of projects in different forms, such as small festivals, experiential programs, community activities, and content creation, allowing you to experience the entire process from planning to execution.
2. Local Community Management:
We plan and operate gatherings and community programs where local residents and participants can come together. You can gain community management experience by meeting and connecting with a variety of people in the area, such as young entrepreneurs, farmers, and local residents.
3. Farming & Local Life Experience:
You can participate in activities that involve planting and tending seasonal crops and herbs using garden space in your community. Living in harmony with the flow of nature, you will experience the daily life of rural areas and the changing seasons.
4. Participation in Local Festivals & Events:
We participate in or support the organization of various festivals and events held in Gangjin. By experiencing up close the process of creating and operating an actual local project, you can understand the role of a planner.
■ Additional Information
Some inclusions are available when options are added or selected.
Detailed Support Items
■ Project Activities
■ Certificate and Recommendation Letter
Exclusions
* Please book your transportation only after your participation is confirmed and you receive final schedule notification.
This is a community that connects the people, resources, and spaces of the Gangjin region, building a foundation where young people can learn and grow together. Through various projects — a youth village initiative, operating a youth-run curated shop, local festivals, community operations, startup support, and more — it creates new momentum and energy within the region. In this process, local residents, young people, and entrepreneurs naturally meet and connect, sharing ideas and everyday experiences. Within it, relationships form where people cheer each other on and grow together. For those looking to start a new life and make a change in Gangjin, this is more than just a space — it's a steady companion and guide to help you think through and find your direction in life.
To help you stay comfortably during the education period, we arrange shared accommodation or guesthouses near the brewery.
Basic facilities needed for daily living are provided, so you can stay conveniently.
*This is a local guesthouse/shared accommodation, the actual appearance may be different from the images.
■ Location: Gangjin
Gangjin is a place where beautiful nature and diverse culture come together. Away from the busy city, you can live at a relaxed pace, naturally interact with local residents, and experience the region's way of life and deep culture. It’s also a place where celadon culture and tea culture have flourished, offering everyday cultural experiences amid various arts and culture spaces and beautiful natural scenery.
1. Gangjin Bay Ecological Park
This is a well-known destination famous for its wide reed fields and beautiful wetland scenery. You can enjoy nature's changing scenery through the seasons, and take a relaxing walk along the trails. Especially at sunset, the sky turning red leaves visitors with lasting memories.
2. Goryeo Celadon Museum
The Goryeo Celadon Museum is a space where you can explore the thousand-year history and production process of Goryeo celadon. Through various exhibitions and hands-on programs, you can experience the beauty of traditional craftsmanship and naturally understand the meaning of work infused with an artisan spirit. Exhibits and artifacts also let you appreciate the excellence and artistic value of Goryeo celadon on a deeper level.
3. Baekundong Garden
This beautiful garden, representative of traditional Korean garden culture, is notable for its natural blend of valley, forest, and pond. You can take a quiet walk and feel nature up close, experiencing a calm that's hard to find in the busy city. It's a healing space where you can rest your tired body and mind.
■ This project can start on any day of the week you prefer.
■ The minimum participation period is 2 weeks.
■ Target Participant and Eligibility
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