UNICEF's Voices of Youth

Dr. Jasung Kim is currently incorporating spirituality into his psychiatry practice through bibliotherapy, guided meditation, and visualization techniques. Outside of his work at Lincoln Regional Center in Nebraska, Dr. Jasung Kim supports UNICEF.

The international charitable organization UNICEF seeks to defend the rights of children around the world. The nonprofit was founded in 1946 to provide nondiscriminatory aid to children after the devastation of World War II.

Today, UNICEF encourages young people to stay involved in world issues through its blog, Voices of Youth. This website provides a platform for young adults around the world to blog about issues that are important to them, provoke discussion, and encourage participation in initiatives and aid efforts.

Voices of Youth covers heavy political topics such as the current refugee crisis and environmental efforts. The blog also features more personal subjects like how to overcome underachievement.

Everyone is welcome to blog. Additionally, internships are available for young people who wish to pursue blogging as more than just a hobby. Read the thoughts of people from around the world at voicesofyouth.org.                            

Ways to Support Doctors Without Borders

Dr. Jasung Kim serves as a psychiatrist at the Lincoln Regional Center in Nebraska. Outside of his work as an inpatient specialist, Dr. Jasung Kim supports several international charities, including Doctors Without Borders.

Doctors Without Borders (also known as Médicins Sans Frontières, or MSF) is a nongovernmental relief organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to those affected by natural disasters, wars, disease outbreaks, neglect, and other crises around the world. A group of French doctors who were determined to assist those affected by war, regardless of the political climate, founded the organization in 1971. Since then, MSF has expanded to assist over 80 countries. In 1999, it received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its work.

The humanitarian organization welcomes assistance in many forms. Volunteers who cannot assist patients and doctors on-site or in the office with administrative or logistical support are encouraged to donate stock, royalties, money, and other supplies. A new initiative calls on volunteers who are unable to donate funds to engage their communities directly through conversations on the street at people’s homes.

The funds raised allow Doctors Without Borders to operate internationally wherever it chooses. That way, the organization does not have to accept government funding that could compromise its ethics.