Most teenagers from North Korea come to the South with a 3rd grade level education. Due to years of torment and living in fear of being sent back to a North Korean concentration camp, they are unable to relate to their South Korean peers. They enter the classroom confused, discouraged, and feeling like outcasts. Heavenly Dream School is a school that was created by South Koreans to meet the needs of North Korean Refugee teenagers, both socially and academically. This year Heavenly Dream School will be hosting an English Revival camp, and they have asked us to create a workshop that will help empower over 450 teenage students.

Our program will not only give these young refugees the chance to build bonds with other teens, it will also help them develop a creative outlet, which they have never had the opportunity to have. Hip Hop was first introduced in South Korea in the early 1990’s and continues to grow in popularity. Because of this fact, Hip Hop is an ideal tool to help these students establish a creative vision while also helping to bridge the gap between North and South Korean youth culture.