FSI Forever (Eben)

This is a story about TNKR (Teach North Korean Refugees). This amazing and highly thought of NGO of volunteers are in a country that many of them never knew, defending a,people they never met, by teaching them English in order for them to to succed in a society they have just come to know, South Korea.

The Co-founders, Casey Lartigue, Jr. and Eunkoo Lee came together in 2013 to give the freedom of CHOICE that the NK refugees had never known. Don't let it be the end of the story.

Help sustain those volunteers who have given of themselves, by giving them the opportunity to succed in their Human Rights efforts. Donate today to TNKR. Make a difference. They need your support. Your donations are all that they have.

The Korean War monument in Washington D.C. states:
"Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met".
1950-Korea-1953

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My favorite fundraisers:
* Casey Lartigue: https://give.lovetnkr.com/en/Casey
* Bring My Father Home https://give.lovetnkr.com/en/fundraisers/BringMyFatherHome-songhwan-eul-wihan-ingwongw

September 27th is the birthday of North Korean refugee Songmi Han!

If you have read her book then you know about some of her previous birthday celebrations, both happy and sad.

This year she will have a special birthday celebration: she will be giving a speech in Nashville, Tennessee, about her memoir Greenlight to Freedom!

Songmi says that FSI changed her life. She has a new world of opportunities and possibilities. She escaped from North Korea because she couldn’t see a future for herself. For several years the future was also dark for her in South Korea.
That change could not have been possible with everyone who has bought her book and supported her activities in FSI!

You can buy the book for yourself or a friend. http://smile.amazon.com/Greenlight-Freedom-Korean-Daughters-Herself/dp/B09TR8HFTM

 

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Some related articles from the Korea Times:

A North Korean refugee learns about Harvard

[INTERVIEW] North Korean girl's story of searching for mother, freedom and herself (The Korea Times)

Unthinkable in North Korea (The Korea Times)

My 'Greenlight to Freedom' (The Korea Times)

Healing 'han' (The Korea Times)

Songmi's story (The Korea Times)

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Greenlight to Freedom (animation by Teri Shim)