vote for MANNAM BUSAN SPORTS Team's name or submit your own idea!

Hello, everyone
Good new~! MANNAM is put a basketball team and a soccer team together.
It's been a year since we wanted our own basketball team and and a soccer team, we are delighted to finally have one.
Now we need your help naming our team.

List : Soccer - MANAM Palaidn, Legend, Thunder, Storm, Emperor, Kings
Basket ball - MANNAM Wings, Extreme, Legend ..

Please visit our face book page at www.facebook.com/mannam.busan.north and vote for our team's name or submit your own idea.

by Dec. 12th 


                                  Thank you

THE PEACE, monthly talk concert by MANNAM Busan

Monthly Talk Concert, THE PEACE was held by MANNAM Busan branch on July 27.

The topic of this month was HUMAN RIGHTS.

MANNAM International friends who comes from all over the world, we shared our experiences and knowledge related to the topic, HUMAN RIGHTS.

Tanka (Nepal)

I choose no 2, 12, 17.

No Discrimination. There is a discrimination in Sex in my country, Nepal. Especially, Muslim women, they should put up their scarf always. I think this is a religious discrimination for woman. Another one is race. We have cast system. They cannot get marry to other cast. Another one is education. If only someone has money, they can get the education. I think it is also a discrimination. And classes. People divides rich people and poor people. Rich people has the power and they can do more than the poor people. And culture and religion. I think this one is the most important thing. People who has certain religion they should not ignore nor fight with others who has different religions.

Sahiir (Pakistan)

We are all equal before the law and we have rights for our privacy. No one can take away our rights. That is it!

Jun (Canada)

I choose 18, 19, and 22.

We have rights to have security, expression, and thought.

I lived in Canada which human right is highly remained. I didn't really experienced any discrimination related security, expressions, and thoughts. However I would like to add one thing which is a right to eat as much as possible. I don't wanna get any discrimination by eating a lot. South Korean discriminates by eating a lot and fat people.

Hugo (Mexico / America)

No slavery. That is obvious. so I am gonna scratch that one out. There is a discrimination in purpose. I don't want to say discrimination is good but we discriminate man model to female under wear. Man can wear female under wear but people discriminates that female under wear is only for female. There is not man model in Victoria Secret catalogue. Why should not be. There is one thing I would ask. Why GQ magazine does not hire you as a model, Jun? That is a discrimination. You can think whatever you want but if you don't expression what you think, there is no point. So I think expressing in fashion is the same thing.

Food, shelter and water, everybody should have that.

A big problem in Mexico right now is.. There are a lot of discrimination in my country. To be honest with you, I was in a winning side of the discrimination. In Mexico, I am fairly tall, and have white skin, green eyes, so they think I have got kind of good blood. But Mexican who has very very short and dark skin, they are discriminated to get a job and treated poorly everyday. They discriminate by the face skin color. More than 90% of Mexicans are Roman Catholic, so not the religious thing, and they are all poor, so not the money thing either. It comes down on the skin color which is silly.

Fernaz (Iran)

The first one is we are born to be equal. This is not true actually. The people born in rich country and poor country, they are so different. Even before the birth, the food and facilities their mother had are very different and it affects their child. Our humanity is equal but not in practise. Being rich is necessarily to be the success but anyway it is very different.

The other one is that we have the right to security. In Korea I really feel secure but this security is what your society and government give you and you cannot do anything with this. Wherever I live, I obey the rules of the country, so I wear scarf when I am in Iran, but it does not mean secure. It depends on the society.

[MANNAM Volunteer] the radio #2

[MANNAM Busan, the radio campaign]

더 라디오, 친구를 선물합니다
the radio. meet the friend!

8월 3일 토요일 오전 10시
@ 범내골 2번 출구
(Aug 3, Sat 10am @ #118 Beomnaegol station exit 2)

사랑의 더 라디오 2호 할머님을 찾아가
혼자 사시는 할머니께 라디오 친구를 선물합니다
The 2nd radio friend will be given to a grandma who lives alone near Beomnaegol station.

함께 하실 분은 연락주세요!
MANNAM International members, please come and join us!!

Contact to Elly: 010 5599 4744
www.facebook.com/mannam.busan.north

[Sports video] Park Ji Sung charity match, Asia dream cup

The most famous footballer in South Korea, Park Ji Sung participated in a charity match, called Asia dream cup.
Park Ji Sung is a chairman of JS foundation and he holds a charity match every year. 2013' Asia dream cup was held in China and he donated for the children who suffers from the earthquake of Sichuan province.
The 3rd MANNAM Victory Cup sports league is also coming soon. Everyone can take part in a charity activity through participating MANNAM Victory Cup!! 

2013 Semi-Annual Award by MANNAM BUSAN NORTH

On July 14, 2013

MANNAM Busan North semi-annual award was held in Lotte department store, Kwangbok branch.

The largest international volunteer association in South Korea, MANNAM runs Korean language class, monthly peace talk concert THE PEACE, Victory Cup sports league, and various volunteer activities.
The best performers of each divisions won the prises.

MANNAM Busan North also had a starting ceremony for a community program called THE RADIO.
MANNAM international members will donate radios for elderly people who lives alone. We welcome everyone to join the radio donation campaign. You can simply contact to Elly (mannam.busan.north@gmail.com) to take part in a donation or program!!

 

[MANNAM Quotes] A pure volunteer spirit

[MANNAM volunteer Quotes]
The start of a pure volunteer spirit is when we are compassionate, kind and trust one another.

by MAN HEE LEE

There are many volunteers around us.
And you might be one of them.
I am wonder what made you to work for others without any payment?
Why do you work for world peace?

MANNAM peace quotes - Helen Keller

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding,

I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

by Helen Keller

MANNAM Busan North volunteer, [the radio]

 

2013, July 14

MANNAM Busan North is launching a campaign called 'the radio'.

 International MANNAM friends will contributed radios to the elders who lives alone.

 

Joseph Addison, a publisher of the spectator, said,

The greatest sweetener of human life is the Friendship.

 

Campaign 'the radio' gives the gift of sweetener to the elders in need.

Deliver your love with  the radio!!

 

Every weekend, MANNAM delivers a friend.

Everyone can join us!! 

MANNAM Song!!

MANNAM song at Ultimate Challenge 2012!!
I don't know who made this song, but I like it so much.

It was a year back, we had a sports day at Seoul.
We played soccer, basket ball, marathon, and so on.
MANNAM international friends, who comes from all over the world, we made fun and enjoyable  MANNAM sports day together.
MANNAM sports day was held for raising fund for charity.
MANNAM international friends donated and sent rice for African children.

Peace is easy with MANNAM

hahaha.
It is so fun!!
Yeah!! Peace is really easy with MANNAM volunteer association!!! =)

news, terror, and MANNAM peace

[Australia, Canada in 'terror' warnings in Philippines]

MANILA: Australia and Canada warned Wednesday about fresh threats of terrorism and kidnapping in the southern Philippines, and Canberra barred its diplomats from travelling to three cities in the area.
Both urged their citizens not to travel to large parts of the Mindanao region, with the Australian government specifically barring its diplomats from the cities of Davao, Cotabato and Zamboanga.
An Australian embassy spokeswoman told AFP the travel ban went into effect from Monday and until further notice.
"We have a duty of care to ensure the safety of staff overseas," she said. The embassy declined to discuss any specific threats.
The Canadian embassy advised its citizens to avoid all travel to most parts of Mindanao "due to the serious threat of terrorist attacks and kidnapping".
It said the advisory was issued Tuesday and was still valid Wednesday. Embassy spokesmen could not be reached for comment.
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website said the new advisory for the Philippines concerned terrorism and serious crime.
The United States embassy in Manila had already warned its citizens on May 29 of a "credible kidnap threat against foreigners in Zamboanga", it added.
In late 2002 Australia and Canada closed their Manila embassies for more than a month due to an unspecified terrorist threat. Both missions later moved to a new building.
Mindanao is the hotbed of a decades-old Muslim insurgency. President Benigno Aquino is aiming to sign a peace treaty with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the largest guerrilla force there, before 2016.
The island is also the stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf, Islamic militants with links to Al Qaeda who have staged deadly bombings and kidnappings of foreigners for ransom.
In March Abu Sayyaf militants released Australian Warren Rodwell after holding him for 15 months. An undisclosed ransom was paid.
Other Abu Sayyaf factions are believed to be holding other hostages, including two European bird watchers.
US troops have been based in the southern Philippines for more than a decade to help train local troops in hunting down members of the group.

- AFP/gn

 

(Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/australia-canada-in/732742.html)

 

Many people in this world kill each other, and fight each other without proper reasons. The chairman of MANNAM, Man Hee Lee insists that why lots of young men should be killed by war. Politicians, you must go to the war and fight!!

When I heard his speech first time, I admired his great idea of world peace, the heavenly culture.

I do really hope to see this world without war, without terror. Can we just be a friend each other? No matter who we are, you and I are someone's beloved son and daughter, brother and sister. Every lives are so much valuable.          

 

 

MANNAM?? MANNAM!!

MANNAM is a volunteer organization whose goal is succinctly defined in our motto, our rallying cry, our call to arms: When Light Meets Light there is Victory. Our mission is to bring all people of different nationalities, creeds and cultures together through volunteering and to learn and understand about each other: when good things come together, the result will be even greater – world peace.

We volunteer silently and without fanfare. We do our work behind the scenes. We do not work for accolades or self aggrandisement; our lights are hidden. Likewise, all this is made possible through the anonymous yet wonderfully generous contributions of those many individuals who support our organization, some 100,000 across the world as of start of 2013.

Korea has long been known as the country of courteous people in the East and the 'land that does not forget kindness'. Our aim is to spread our vision and the goodness in this culture across borders. We want to bring the light of love across the globe and from this will come cries of "Victory!"

Wherever there is a place that requires love and sacrifice, our desire is to be there, wherever it may be. These are the principles instilled into our organization by our Honorary Chairman, Mr. Lee.  We hope you will be our steadfast companions on the journey yet to be traveled.

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Whoever wants to know more about MANNAM, you can visit the official website: www.mannamintl.org/
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MANNAM Baby in Busan North branch!!

In MANNAM Busan North branch, there is a baby, called Vinie!! Yes, MANNAM baby!!
Today was Vinie's 1st birthday!! =)
This is a special video clip for our MANNAM baby. Peace be with you~♥

MIYC!! Let us walk for peace!!

MANNAM International Youth Coalition,
WALK TOGETHER FOR PEACE!!

You can do many things in your young days.
You can study for your success.
You can travel around the world.
You can sing a serenade for your lover.

But what if war breaks out?

Do you want to spend your days fighting in war?
or
Why don't you stand up for peace?
YOUTH FOR PEACE
10km in their shoes, pledge of peace!!

[MANNAM Quotes] The truest teaching of heaven

MANNAM VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION,
PEACE QUOTES:

The life that grows on the earth is sustained from above - by light, by the rain, and by the air they provide unconditionally to all living beings. We have received the precious gift of life from above, let us give glory to heaven, and live in peace on earth. This is the truest teaching of heaven.

by MAN HEE LEE

[MANNAN PEACE] K-pop, 하나되어(As One)

In 1998, South Korea had a hart time with an economic crisis.

K-pop singers made a song to encourage all of Korean and it hepled to overcome the adversity.

Now, I am sending this song to the people who suffers from any kind of war.

We won as one!! 

   



 

I got through a grief that I never expected

I ran forward without caring other things

 

now, don't blame anyone

think about your difficiency

 

we still have hope

credability gets stronger in hardship

yes, let's start all over again

with spirit of new person

 

we can do it, we can stand up against it

all those hard times passes

we won as one

 

world is looking at us

world will be suspicious of our start

we must show them

the power we didn't realize

 

we can do it, we can stand up against it

 

all those hard times

 

we won as one

 

that sun highup is spotlighting us

lets move to our hopeful future hand by hand. Waoo Wao~

 

we can do it (we can accomplish it) we can stand up again (we can stand up again)

all those hardships we had (all the hardships)

 

We became one, we as one, we won

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MANNAM is with you!! 

[Volunteer] MANNAM, visits elderly home

On June 15, Saturday

MANNAM International friends visited elderly home together.
Mrs Seo (in her 103 years old) has bad eyesight, so MANNAM friends prepared a present, Radio, for her.
Actually, few weeks ago, on the day of The Peace Talk Concert, I asked MANNAM friends to donate for Mrs Seo. More than 8 people participated and up to 30,000won collected.
Thanks for those people who donated for the radio. Mrs Seo might be really happy with it!!

MANNAM Busan North volunteer group visits elderly home twice a month.
You can simply apply the volunteer by press "Going" on the volunteering event of our fb: www.facebook.com/mannam.busan.north.
The next volunteer activity of MANNAM Busan North is SOUP KITCHEN on June 22, Saturday.
We welcome you, everyone!!!

MANNAM and pure volunteerism

Hello, MANNAM International friends!!
I would love to share a warm video clip today.

Did you feel the warm heart? ;)
MANNAM does many volunteer activities and campaigns for world peace every year.
Beyond the race, nationality, age, religion, we become one by the pure volunteerism.
The honorary chairman of MANNAM volunteer association, Man Hee Lee always give us the inspiration of true meaning of volunteer.

"MANNAM is an association that has the mindset of true volunteerism. We serve our communities in love and through love because we extend the same love to others as we feel for ourselves."

MANNAM THE PEACE

Charles Kettering, an American inventor said,  

"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there."

 

How about you?

Where is your interests?

Are they in the future? or in the past?

 

I believe that everyone who has interests in the future, they might concern about PEACE as well.

Peace. Is it possible?

Many people in this world is talking about peace, but we did not know the actual and practical way of peace. Therefore, MANNAM volunteer association, the international youth group has started to discuss and find out how we can contribute the world peace from our home, school, in our society.

 

MANNAM THE PEACE, a talk concert is held on every 4th Saturday at Seomyun.

Every time we are having different topic, related to world peace or human rights. We all have different nationality, religion, occupation, ethnic, but we have same goal to run. 

 

Whoever has interests in our future, which is very peaceful, why don't you come and join here!!

Light your candle, and then bright the world together!!     

 

http://mannamthepeace.blogspot.kr/

 

   

 

 

[MANNAM International] Nelson Mandela, please get well soon!!

Yesterday, I heard a sad news about Nelson Mandela.

"South Africa's beloved former president, Nelson Mandela 94, is in a hospital in serious condition with a lung infection, according to South African government officials."

Mandela, revered as South Africa's first post-apartheid black president, served one term as president and stepped down in 1999 to concentrate on charity work helping children, particularly those orphaned through AIDS. He has not been active in public life for almost a decade. But he remains an enormously important symbol of hope and unity in South Africa, a country with lingering racial tensions, widespread poverty and massive social problems.

I, as a member of MANNAM volunteer association, do really respect Mandela and his life. I always try to follow his footsteps for the world peace. Here, I share some of his quotes.

[Nelson Mandela Quotes]  

* Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

* I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

* If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

* It always seems impossible until its done.

* If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these   roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

 

Mandela, please get well soon!!!

(source: Los Angeles Times)

[MANNAM SPORT] Metta World Peace does the weather report

Do you know this guy, Metta World Peace??
One of the funnest sports man in this world!!

I found one of his hilarious video clip today. He does the weather report!!
Let us watch! ;)

Do you want to know who he is?
=>
Name: Metta World Peace!!! (He was Ronard William Artest Jr before, but he legally changed his name in 2011)
Born in 1979, Nov, 13
He is a professional basketball player who currently plays for the LA Lakers of the NBA.
He had led a wild lifestyle. He is always bringing many issues.
-He drank cognac at the locker room in halftime,
-He was at the center of an altercation among players and fans during a game between Pacers and Pistons,
-He was arrested for domestic violence in 2007,
-His name was officially changed to Metta World Peace, and said "Changing my name was meant to inspire and bring youth together all around the world", Metta means 'loving kindness and friendliness toward all'.

Metta World Peace is such a funny guy but well,, I like him!! He always make me smile and laugh.
Whenever I search "world peace" on google, I can find his name, somehow he does many things for World Peace like his name?

Hey, World Peace!! Why don't you join MANNAM and try to challenge something very new?? We are waiting for you!! :)

MANNAM walks and works for world peace

Last month, we participated the peace walking campaign in Seoul as a member of MANNAM volunteer association. While I walked through the peace gate of the Olympic park and heared a speech of the chairman Man Hee Lee, there was a person came up to my mind. His name is Mahatma Gandhi, the peace leader. I like him very much since childhood and I still remember his quotes.
I would like to share some of them today!!

[Gandhi Quotes]

* It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

* An ounce of practise is worth than tons of preaching.

* Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

* Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

* I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

* Where there is love, there is life.

* First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

* Live as if you were to die tomorrow.  Learn as if you were to live forever.

(photo from: Gandhi tumblr)

[MANNAM] The walk for peace and restoration with International peace youth group

May 25, 2013 at the peace gate of Seoul Olympic Park,
Youth groups from 130 countries walked for world peace and unification of Korea.
Peace advocate Mr. Man Hee Lee announced the answer of how to achieve world peace, the Declaration of World Peace. It will be a valuable milestone in our journey towards peace. Here is the full text of the Declaration of World Peace.

[The Declaration of World Peace]
The Heavens and the Earth formed by the hands of the Creator have been given to humanity as an inheritance. In all the universe, life in its vast splendor exists only on our world.
The life that grows on the earth is sustained from above - by light, by the rain, and by the air they provide unconditionally to all living beings. We have received the precious gift of life from above, let us give glory to heaven, and live in peace on earth. This is the truest teaching of heaven.
With this eternal gift - the grace and life we have received - are we entitled to fight, kill and destroy one another? We cannot claim to desire peace and continue to provoke one another, causing conflict for the sake of valuing our own national interests above those of others. This will only take the lives of the youth, wasting them in the futility of war. This is not a legacy we can leave to future generations. Of what use is a young life, born in our day and age, if it is thrown away in this manner - thrown away without having had a chance to bloom? What price can compensate for the loss of a life? Do these young souls have another chance at life?
As emissaries of humanity through a new and heavenly culture, we declare the following:
We call on the heads of state of every country to sign an international agreement - a commitment to bringing all wars to an end. We ask them to do this from a spirit of deep-seated love for the people of their country.
We call  on all youth to unite in an effort to stop wars and pursue the restoration of peace by agreeing not to fight one another. For World Pace to become a reality, this is the duty of all youth, everywhere. The only way to stop the fighting and pointless, tragic deaths, is to stop fighting. Nobody can ask for anything greater than this, and know that your efforts - the efforts of the young people of the world today in pursuit of peace - will remain as a never fading light of life for all future generations.
Furthermore, we call on every person, every man, woman, and child in the world, to pick up the mantle of peace. In whatever way you can, we ask that you work to further the cause of world peace and restoration, making it a reality in your direct environments.
Lastly, we call on the media to port responsibly and promote a message of peace to the world.
Thank you.

MANNAM Victory Cup, Busan North on May 26

The final match of Busan preliminary, Victory Cup 2013!!

SLNA Korea fc scored 3 : 0 against Everest fc, and
Sasang Thailand fc won the final. Sasang fc shouted for joy while Young won fc felt frustrated.
However, you are all winners!! We are the victory!! =)

http://soccer.mannamvcup.org/

MANNAM Victory Cup, Busan North on 2013 May 5

We love MANNAM, we love peace!!!

Victory Cup by MANNAM volunteer association!!

http://soccer.mannamvcup.org/