Campus News

Making Kimchi with KFHI


At Adams Chapel on November 17, Keimyung University and Korea Food for the Hungry International (KFHI) held an event “Making Kimchi for Poor People”.

Synn Il-hi, the president of KMU, Jung Jeong-seob, the president of KFHI, KMU students, professors, multicultural family members, and single mother family members attended this event. Korean TV actress Kim Jung-hwa and vocalist Choi Hwa-jin also attended.

KMU professors and staff donate 1% of their salary every month. This donated money was used to make kimchi for poor people. In this event, people made 3,000 heads of kimchi. People made kimchi for 5 hours.

6 kilograms of kimchi was packed into a box with 4 kilograms of rice and delivered to people including senior citizens who live alone and low-income people in Daegu.

President Synn Il-hi said, “I really thank the KMU students and professors who took part in this volunteer event to help poor people. I will make more chances to help poor people and to do volunteer work.”