통일부와 통일교육협의회가 후원하고  본 연합 통일문화분과(공동위원장: 신기화, 송혜건) 주관으로 「2012 통일캠프 -우리가 만드는 강한 대한민국!」이 7월 25일~26일까지 강원 용평리조트에서 강원, 충북지역 다문화가정 초등학교 4~6학년 학생 88여명이 참석한 가운데 개최되었다.

강릉 통일공원 통일안보전시관과 야외 함정전시관, 북한 잠수함, 대통령 전용기 등 현장 견학이 있었으며 북에서 온 새터민 강사의 강의를 통해 ‘연사군 인민학교 이야기’라는 주제로 북한의 어린이들의 학교생활과 일상생활을 알아보고 궁금한 점을 질문해보는 시간을 가졌다.

또한 ‘한라에서 백두까지’ 라는 주제로 진행된 통일기원 윷놀이로 남한과 북한의 지역명을 공부하며 모둠별 단합을 다지기도 했다. 

모둠별 작업을 통해 통일된 우리나라의 국가와 국기, 남북통일 사행시를 만들어 보면서 “북한은 남이 아닌 우리와 같은 민족이며 이웃이라는 생각이 든다” 그리고 “함께 미래 통일국가를 위해 국가, 국기 등 새롭게 많은 것을 준비해야 할 것 같다” 는 의견들을 발표하기도 했다.

이후 1박2일 열심을 다한 VIP 모둠에게 평화상과 통일상을 시상하면서 폐회식과 함께 통일캠프 1박2일의 모든 일정을 마감 했다.

The 2012 Unification Camp- Strong Korea made by Us! held

The 2012 Unification Camp - Strong Korea made by Us!, sponsored by the Ministry of Unification and the Unification Education Council and hosted by the Unification and Culture Department (Co-chairpersons: Gi Hwa Shin and Hye Geon Song)  of WFWP, was held from July 25 to 26 at Yongpyeong Resort in Gangwon Province. It was attended by 88 fourth to sixth graders from multi-cultural families living in Gangwon and Northern Choongcheong Provinces.

Students toured the National Security Exhibition Center of the Unification Park in Gangneung, and saw a South Korean warship and a North Korean submarine, a presidential airplane, and so on. They also heard about the school life and everyday life of North Korean children through a lecture given by a New Settler lecturer from North Korea entitled ‘Yeonsa-gun Elementary School Story,’ and took the opportunity to satisfy their curiosity by asking questions about it.

In addition, through a Yute game held with hopes for unification under the title, ‘From Hanra to Baekdu,’ the participants had a chance to strengthen their teamwork while at the same time studying the names of regions in South and North Korea.

Through their team activities, the participants also created a national anthem and national flag for the unified Korea and made up four-line poems using the words ‘Unification of South and North Korea.’ They expressed that “North Koreans are not strangers to us, but they are our brethren and our neighbors” and that “we should prepare many new things for the unified Korea of the future such as a new national anthem and national flag.”

Afterwards, the VIP Teams that had worked the hardest during the one night and two days of the Unification Camp program were presented with the Peace Award and the Unification Award during the Closing Ceremony.