The Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Family Center Project Group (Director Professor Yun Myeong-suk), which operates the Jeonju City Family Center (Center Director Lee Hae-gyeong), successfully held the summer vacation 'Dada Camp' to support career exploration for middle school students from multicultural families.

Held from the 4th to the 7th at the JB Aroom Campus, the camp was organized with sponsorship from Jeonbuk Bank. A total of 80 middle school students from multicultural families participated, including 40 students from the Jeonbuk region and 40 from the Gwangju region.

'Dada Camp' is a career exploration program whose name means 'a diverse, varied camp'. It was designed to enable adolescents from multicultural families to broadly explore career paths based on their aptitudes and interests. The center operates the camp twice a year, during summer and winter vacations.

This year's camp was held under the theme 'A Journey to Build Dreams, Dream Maker'. The program was structured so participating students could understand themselves and develop career-planning competencies through diverse experiences and exchange activities.

Key programs included financial education to improve understanding of finance, a self-discovery lecture for personal exploration, and slow jogging for healthy physical activity. Students also had time to visualize their dreams and express concrete career plans through activities such as 'Making My Dream Goods' and 'My Dream Branding'.

Experience-based programs such as facilitation activities to enhance communication and collaboration skills, an AI robotics lecture examining the latest technology trends, and survival games designed to build teamwork and problem-solving skills were held and received positive responses from participants.

Students who participated said the camp provided an opportunity to consider their dreams and career paths in detail, and to gain new experiences and confidence through interaction with peers from beyond their region.

Lee Hae-gyeong, Center Director of the Jeonju City Family Center, said, “I hope this camp helps adolescents from multicultural families discover their possibilities and potential and serves as an opportunity for them to proactively plan their futures.” She added, “We will continue to operate diverse and substantive programs that reflect adolescents' developmental stages and needs.”