Busan

• Status : 14 places ▹ Multicultural Family Support Center(6), Healthy Family·Multicultural Family Support Center(8)
• Major business : Educational counseling for multicultural families and children, Interpretation·translation and information, providing comprehensive services including support for capacity building, etc.
• Base center : Namgu Multicultural Family Support Center(Women’s Hall)

(1) Immigrant Women’s Shelter : 1 place(to provide accommodation, counseling, medical treatment, departure support, etc. for up to 2 years)

(2) emergency Support Center(Danuri Call Center, Busan) : 1 place(☎1577-1366)

• Support areas : 3 areas including Busan, Ulsan, Gyeongnam
• Available languages : 13 languages including Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Cambodian, Russian, etc.
• Contents : 24-hour Hot-Line, preventing domestic violence, connection of shelters, interpretation service, etc.

• Object : Multicultural family members
• Contents : Gender equality education, human rights sensitivity improving education, etc.
• Inquiry : 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Integration Centers

(1) International Express Fee(EMS) Discount : Post offices affiliated to Busan Regional Communications Office

• Contents : 10% discount for marriage immigrants’ post delivery to their home country
  ▹Alien Registration Card or Family Relationship Certificate required

(2) Discount for remittance charge to overseas banks, etc.: Busan Bank

• Contents : Exemption of remittance charge for money transfer to overseas banks and 80% advantage for current exchange(USD, JPY), etc.
  ▹Alien Registration Card or Family Relationship Certificate required

(3) Multi-language service for disaster safety information alarm

• Disaster safety information alarm by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety App(Emergency Ready App) : Emergency disaster alarm in English and Chinese
• Busan Foundation for international Cooperation Global Center Website : Disease prevention rules, etc. in 6 languages(Korean, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Russian)
• Busan Life Guide App(Life in Busan) : Disaster safety alarm test messages in 6 languages(Korean, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Russian)

• Object : Multicultural family members
• Contents : Counseling to improve relationships between couples, parents, children and about family conflict from multicultural families
• Inquiry : 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Integration Centers

• Object : Individuals or institutions including multicultural family members and foreign residents
• Contents : Communication support for family·life
• Operating institution : 11 Multicultural Family Support Centers(Vietnamese)

(1) Expanding medical interpretation service

• Object : Foreign residents and multicultural families not fluent in Korean
• Contents : Interpretation at medical institutions
• Languages : 16 languages(English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Mongolian, Thai, etc.)

(2) Providing medical expenses in emergency

• Object : Marriage immigrant women before acquiring nationality and their children, foreign workers and their children, refugees, etc.
• Contents : Admission, operation, pre- and post-process(Operated by: 6 hospitals)
• Inquiry : Busan Public Health and Sanitation Division(☎ 888-3416)

• Object : Fathers and their elementary school children from multicultural families
• Contents : Various experiential programs and communication programs
• Inquiry : Busan Women’s and Family Division(☎ 888-1542)

• Period : July~August
• Participants : 100 people from low-income multicultural families
• Institution : Korea Medical Institute, Busan
• Inquiry : Busan Women’s and Family Division(☎ 888-1542)

• Object : Marriage immigrants who have lived in Korea for 3-5 years or more, etc.
• Contents : Future planning program(Find the Future), etc.
• Inquiry : 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Integration Centers

• Object : Marriage immigrants
• Contents : Connecting non-multicultural families and multicultural families
• Inquiry : Multicultural Family Support Center

• Object : Low-income and single-parent multicultural families
• Contents : Child-rearing expenses, financial support for school supplies for middle and high school students
• Inquiry : Consultation and application at Community Center in your Gu or Gun(province)

• Object : Children of low-income and single-parent multicultural families
• Contents : Supporting transportation fee for middle and high school students and school supplies for elementary school students
• Inquiry : Consultation and application at Community Center in your Gu or Gun(province)

• Object : Marriage immigrants, immigrated children, etc.
• Educational Institution : 16 places including Multicultural Family Support Center, etc.
• Courses : 7 courses(child education, local culture, immigration, job-seeking, TOPIK reading, TOPIK listening, TOPIK writing)
  ※ Partially providing Korean materials to Korean Education Institutions every year

• Object : Marriage immigrant women
• Contents : Qualification exam classes for elementary, middle, high school graduation
• Operation by : Seo-gu, Dong-gu, Busanjin-gu, Buk-gu Multicultural Family Support Center

• Object : Marriage immigrants, children of 20 years or above from multicultural families
• Contents : Education for written and technical tests for Drivers’ License
• Inquiry : Multicultural Family Support Center

• Object : Marriage immigrants
• Contents : Basic classes of Korean history, politics, culture, etc.
• Inquiry : Multicultural Family Support Center

• Object : Marriage immigrant women
• Contents : Vocational training for industry with a high demand which is open for marriage immigrants
  ※ Hotel room manager, Organizing and storing expert, Korean cuisine cook, group catering cook, etc.
• Operation by : 4 Women’s New Work Centers(☎ 1544-1199)

• Object : Marriage immigrant women registered on job-seeking
• Contents : Internship at companies, financial aid, etc.
• Inquiry : 11 Women’s New Work Centers (☎ 1544-1199)

• Object : Marriage immigrant women
• Contents : Basic vocational education and job-seeking connection, registration to Worknet connected with eSaeil System and active connection to Saeil Center
• Inquiry : 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Integration Centers

• Object : Marriage immigrant women
• Contents : Legal interpreter license class, drivers’ license, confectionery and bakery, barista, computer license, nail artist course, children’s cuisine cook, etc.
• Inquiry : Gu·Gun offices and 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Integration Centers

• Object : 16 representatives of marriage immigrants(recommendation by each Gu․Gun)
• Contents : Receiving complaints and opinions about multicultural family’s life in Korea(Twice a year)
• Inquiry : Busan Women and Family Division(☎ 888-1544)

• Object : Children of school age(Age 7 – 18)
• Contents : Professional psychological counseling about domestic/academic/friends issues of children of school age, employment consulting including job-seeking and employment support, post-care(more than 4 times a year)
• Inquiry : Multicultural Family Support Center and Integration Center(2 places: Buk-gu and Seo-gu)

• Object : Pre-school children, low graders at elementary school from multicultural families
• Contents : Academic supports including basic Korean for pre-school children, basic math, reading and writing, etc. for pre-school children
• Inquiry: 8 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Integration Centers(Dong-gu, Busanjin-gu, Haeundae-gu, Buk-gu, Seo-gu, Dongnae-gu, Geumjeong-gu, Suyeong-gu)

• Contents : Providing and lending bilingual storybooks for children at Multicultural Family Support Centers
• Inquiry : Busan Women and Family Division(☎ 888-1544)

• Object : Children of multicultural families, university students in Busan(Korean and international students)
• Contents : One-to-one match for multicultural children and university students and provide cultural experience and career counseling
• Inquiry : Busan Foundation for International Cooperation (☎ 711-6845)

• Object : Public officers, citizens, employees of relevant institutions, marriage immigrants
• Contents : Special lectures to improve multicultural sensitivity about multicultural society
• Inquiry : Busan Women and Family Division(☎ 888-1544)

• Contents : Multicultural friendly activities to train marriage immigrant women to become local society activists working at schools and kindergartens
• Qualification : Marriage immigrants, residence in Korea for more than 2 years, TOPIK level 4 or higher, university or college graduates
• Inquiry : 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers

• Contents : Community among multicultural families, open space to connect with local society
  • Supporting self-help gathering, children growth support programs, etc.
• Operation by : 3 Multicultural Family Support Centers(Buk-gu, Haeundae-gu, Saha-gu)

• Object : Foreign residents in Busan and Busan citizens
• Contents : Gathering for interaction and communication between foreign residents and Busan citizens, pre-ceremonial performance, opening ceremony, sister city invitation performance, cultural experience booth, etc.

• Object : Elementary school ~ university students and anyone living in Busan interested in global culture
• Contents : Basic language introduction, cultural introduction and learning
• Inquiry : Busan Foundation for International Cooperation (☎ 711-6878)