Feb

Expat Daily: Lunar New Year, Animals Abroad

admin Culture, Volunteering 2010-02-09

The Year of the Tiger

Expats in Asia know Chinese New Year is fast approaching. This year is the celebration of the year of the tiger and the New Year will land on February 14th. You yourself might be preparing to celebrate and so are people all around Asia. Check out the images here MSN News

Expats Help Animals in Korea

Expats in South Korea are trying to help the local animal population in their region. There are a lot of interesting volunteering options for expats. It might help to volunteer if you are wishing to have an animal, but know you can’t have one full time because of your expat lifestyle. “Expats from Animal Rescue Korea volunteer at the shelter every Saturday. I meet with them at 10 a.m. at Seoul Station. From here we board a KTX for the roughly half-an-hour journey to Asan. As the snow-covered Korean countryside races past, American volunteer Natalie Crowe gives some background. “Asan is a privately owned shelter,” she explains. “It gets some funding from the city, but the expat group funds a lot of its endeavors.” She explains that while there are many government-funded shelters in Seoul, most lack the necessary resources to care for the huge numbers of stray and abandoned animals they take in. If they aren’t claimed, fostered, or adopted after ten days, most are put down.” Read more from The Korean Herald