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It’s easy to forget about the people of North Korea. You don’t see North Koreans on the street or hear about your friend’s great holiday there. It’s hard to imagine what life is like for the average person living there.

It’s easy to forget about the people of North Korea. You don’t see North Koreans on the street or hear about your friend’s great holiday there. It’s hard to imagine what life is like for the average person living there.

In North Korea right now people are hungry. They get up at dawn and work with diligence and pride throughout the day. But they can’t feed their children at the end of it. There are many people who are sick.

They cough and cough until they see blood. If they are strong enough they walk to find help. But there’s not enough medication to go around or money to buy it. Some are so sick they will die today.

There are children who are alone and have nobody to care for them. Their stomach’s grumble and they shiver in the cold as they try and shoulder a load too big for their small shoulders.

Our Projects

The Orphanage: At any given time, between 60 – 80 orphans live at the Rason City orphanage in North Korea, supported by UnitingWorld. They range in age between toddlers and teenagers. The local primary school is a long walk away, so they spend several hours of the day walking up and down the hill.

Computer School: The computer school offers computer skills training for both children and adults, an essential skill for North Koreans to remain competative in the job market.

TB Clinics and Nurses School: Adequate medical staff are not readily available, and North Korea suffers from a strain of TB that is particularly virulent. UnitingWorld has been able to set up a clinic with one x-ray to test potential cases, but this is the only machine in the entire Rason region and is under great demand.

TB Hospital and Nurses School:To meet these critial needs, UnitingWorld is funding the construction of a larger TB hospital with a larger capacity. Hospital beds, medication, and basic equipment can make a lasting difference.

TB Hospice: The TB hospice is located outside of Rason, and is where the most serious patients are sent. It urgently requires new beds as the existing beds are very old and dilapidated from constrant and vigerous cleaning.

Click here to download a full project sheet about the Rason city project in North Korea