Kang Ho-dong to Help Children in Sudan

[dipropylene]

A village named after TV show host Kang Ho-dong will be built in Sudan.

"Kang is planning to start a project to open a school and build other facilities for children in Sudan," the Green Umbrella Childfund Korea said on Wednesday.

According to the foundation, Kang, who is taking a break from show business that could prove permanent, has been engaging in various efforts to support children as a sponsor of the foundation since 2005.

Kang recently told the charity group that he wanted to help young children in southern Sudan, so it suggested the project.

"We expect it will cost tens of millions of won (US$1=W1,128), but the specific sum and other details have yet to be worked out," a foundation staffer said.


source: The Chosun Ilbo

Comments

[modernabsurdity.livejournal.com]

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Despite whatever legal troubles he ran into, between this and the Asan Hospital the dude's got a good heart.

[black-silver.livejournal.com]

a village??! what?

[sers-sers.livejournal.com]

im not in any way against ho dong or anything like that, but this is a bit much, dont you think? i mean, i know it was not him who announced this to the media or whatever, but all of this just seemed to be pointing out that he's doing all this good deed so that his past scandal is covered

meh, just my 2 cents

[valieleen.livejournal.com]

mte

[msdaccxx.livejournal.com]

So, the charity wants to get some publicity for the project, presumably in order to attract more funding, and uses the name of a prominent donor to do so - what's the problem with that? The charity benefits more this way than if he remained anonymous and surely the point is to maximise the funding to the project, not whether Ho Dong is demonstrating a specific degree of humility.

[uglypricetag.livejournal.com]

A+ formatting

[dipropylene]

Thanks :D

[a-perfect-shade.livejournal.com]

it's gonna take more villages than that to rebuild your rep, sweetie