March, 1988 |
Ha Sung Soo, president established the International Aisnos Organization(South
American Orphan Supporting Association), performing the medical service
for the natives of bolivia, South America, and taking care of orphans. |
August, 1989 |
11 Volunteers based headquarters in Bolivia and regularly started activities. |
December, 1989 |
KVO made the ASINOS Korea Supporting Association for helping natives and
then starting implemental projects. |
September, 1994 |
The name was changed to the Korea International Volunteer Organization
and based it's headquarters in Ulsan, Korea. |
October 18, 1997 |
KVO was licensed as a Coproration of Ulsan-city No.1 |
November 31, 1997 |
KVO entered as a member of the International Association
for Volunteer Effort.(IAVE) |
January 6, 1998 |
KVO was enrolled as NGO of Korea International Cooperation Agency.(KOICA) |
January 19, 1998 |
Opening Ulsan Jung-ku Volunteer Center |
September 28, 1998 |
Opening Ulsan Jung-ku Social Welfare Center |
September 18, 1998 |
Opening KVO Seoul Office (International Department) |
January 29, 1999 |
Sending medical personnel to Cambodia supported by United Nations Volunteers(UNV) |
Febuary 1, 1999 |
Joining Korea NGO Council for Overseas Cooperation |
March, 1999 |
Joining Korea Council of Volunteer Organization |
July 24, 1999 |
Foundation of KVO Interpretation Volunteering Group |
April 11, 2000 |
Joining UN DPI (Department of Public Information of Unite Nations) |
October 14, 2000 |
Opening North-Insadong Tourist Information center |
June 11, 2001 |
Registering INGO of Bolivia Government. |
July 2001 |
Opening Ulsan Self-Support Assistance Center. |
October 1, 2001 |
Establishing relations with Northwest Airlines
(Mileage donation through Air Care Program) |
April 30, 2002 |
Foundation of KVO Publication Department |
July 2002 |
Obtain Special Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC |
September 2002 |
Joined CONGO(the Conference NGOs) |
February 2003 |
Opening of Insadong Tourist Information Center |
February 2003 |
Opening of Insadong Tourist Information Center |
October 2005 |
Established KVO Ethiopia Chapter and started aid activities in Ethiopia |
November 2005 |
Launched 'Right on the Table Movement' Campaign |
November 2005 |
Launched the free feeding program [500 Loving Meals] and education-connection
program [1000 Angels] |
August 2006 |
Decision of financial support for a KVO Ethiopia free feeding center construction
by Community Chest of Korea |
November 2006 |
Established KVO Kenya Chapter and started aid activities in Kenya |
January 2007 |
Decision of financial support for a KVO Riberalta Social Welfare Center
by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) |
March 2007 |
Obtained the NGO registration certificate from the Ministry Foreign Affairs
and Trade |
May 2007 |
Dispatched NGO overseas volunteers to Ethiopia and Bolivia |
May 2007 |
Managed Korea preliminary art competition for International Children's
Art Competition hosted by UN |
July 2007 |
Dispatched the first KVO Africa Short-term Volunteers to Ethiopia (16
members) |
September 2007 |
Registering INGO of Kenya Government |
October 2007 |
Started cooperation between South Korea, China, and Japan for Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) |
November 2007 |
Constructing a free feeding center for KVO Ethiopia chapter by Community
Chest of Korea |
February 2008 |
Joined UN Global Compact |
July 2008 |
Establishing a vocational training center for Ethiopia chapter by Community
Chest of Korea |
July 2008 |
Making Q&A guide book for CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) of
Small and Medium Business Administration and promoting research & service
business |
August 2008 |
Dispatched the second KVO Africa Short-term Volunteers to Ethiopia |
March 2009 |
Dispatched KOICA NGO overseas volunteers to Kenya and Ethiopia |
June 2009 |
Established vocational training center for women in Bolivia (Supported by KOICA) |
July 2009 |
Started to establish free provisional meals center in Kenya |
August 2009 |
KVO short-term volunteer team, dispatched to Ethiopia |
September 2009 |
Started to support women capacity enhancing business in farming village, Kenya (Supported by Community chest of Korea) |
March 2010 |
Registered to government of Democratic republic of Congo as international NGO |
June 2010 |
Started to support mobile library for Ghana farming village children |
August 2010 |
Dispatched 4th short-term foreign volunteer team to Africa |
November 2010 |
Opened Ghana children¡¯s rainbow library and started to run (Business supported by STX) |
December 2010 |
Started to provide medical treatment in KVO malaria center in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo18th, |
December 2010 |
Held the 10th Love the earth, Love neighbor music concert
Invited ¡®Les petits chanteurs la croix de bois (PCCB)¡¯ for the performance |
February 2011 |
The 2nd support for establishing multipurpose center in Got Matar town, Kisumu, Kenya (Supported by KOICA) |
March 2011 |
Ethiopia agricultural development project for 2011 (Supported by KOICA) |
March 2011 |
Long-term foreign volunteer team(Composed of 8 people) of 2011 dispatched to Africa |
March 2011 |
KVO President SungSoo-Ha and board members visited southern-Sudan, did local research |
August 2011 |
Send Samsung electronics and medical team to Ethiopia |
August 2011 |
The Completion of Ethiopia TVET |
October 2011 |
Open KVO shelters for North-Korean who settled down in South-Korea. |
November 2011 |
Send three thousand trillion desks and chairs to Ethiopia (Gyeonggido Office of Education, National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Gyeongi Region Head Office support)
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February 2012 |
Support Ethiopia solar LED lantern (Support project of Samsung electronics) |
April 2012 |
KVO founder, president Ha Sung-soo (The CEO of HONO ANTON), signed a Memorandom of Understanding(MOU), 'Cooperation of lay an oil pipeline' |