Korea Food for the Hungry Holds 'Philanthropy Night' ... Shares Relief Efforts in Venezuela and Nepal

[Financial News] Hope Friends Korea Food for the Hungry shared examples of emergency relief efforts in response to a powerful earthquake in Venezuela and flooding in Nepal at an event for invited supporters, and announced plans to hold the international children's soccer tournament Hope Cup next year.
The organization said on the 13th that about 250 people attended the 2026 Philanthropy Night, held on the 12th at El Tower in Seocho District, Seoul. They included members of the Philanthropy Club, a group of major donors, and the Heritage Club, a group of legacy donors, as well as officials from Hope Friends Korea Food for the Hungry.
Park Jun-don, head of Hope Friends Korea Food for the Hungry's humanitarian assistance team, showed videos of relief efforts in the two countries and stressed the need for continued support. At the subsequent Philanthropy Talk Show, Park, the organization's ambassador Lee Seon-yeong, and Park Jae-myeon, a member of its Hope Volunteer Corps working in Nepal, discussed the role donations played at disaster sites.
After a series of powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela last June, Hope Friends Korea Food for the Hungry dispatched an emergency relief team. In La Guaira state, where damage was severe, the team assessed what supplies residents needed and, together with local partner organizations, delivered mattresses and solar lights to shelters for displaced people and other locations.
On August 26, floods and landslides struck the mountainous north-central region of Nepal. Hope Friends Korea Food for the Hungry sent locally based personnel to assess the damage and relief needs.
At the event, supporters wrote letters of encouragement to children taking part in the 2027 Hope Cup. The Hope Cup is a program in which sponsored children from several countries play soccer and experience one another's cultures.
On the 30th of last month, Hope Friends Korea Food for the Hungry held a send-off ceremony for the Hope Cup Korea team, made up of 12 people, including children and teenagers with immigrant backgrounds in Korea. Next year's tournament will run from April 29 to May 17. Children from 10 countries, including South Korea, Nepal, Ghana, and Thailand, will take part. The soccer matches are scheduled to be held at Hyochang Stadium in Seoul from May 13 to 15.
The Philanthropy Club is a group of individual supporters established in 2014. Around 420 members have donated or pledged to donate at least 100 million won to Hope Friends Korea Food for the Hungry.
Hope Friends Korea Food for the Hungry Chairman Choi Chang-nam said, "Your generosity is giving neighbors in crisis the strength to get back on their feet and giving children the opportunity to dream of a wider world."

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