Integrating the Saemaul Undong Spirit: Stimulating Capacity for Rural Development

  • Rebecca Samson-Gaddi SOLAIR UP Diliman
  • Seung Woo Park Park Chung Hee School of Policy Studies (PSPS) and Yeungnam University, South Korea
  • Kwang Dong Lee Yeungman University, South Korea

Abstract

This article is a narrative of DALUYONG, a national women organization where the leadership, while nearly in a demising fieriness, exhibited behavioral and attitudinal change after some exposure to South Korea’s rural development approach and experiences. After which, we were able to validate the feasibility of integrating two rural development frameworks and experiences (Philippines and South Korea), through the ‘four-fold approach plus one’ of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) and ‘spirits of Saemaul Undong’- the key to South Korea’s successful and fast industrial growth.

Author Biographies

Rebecca Samson-Gaddi, SOLAIR UP Diliman
Faculty of the UP School of Labor and Industrial Relations (UP-SOLAIR) and Enderun Colleges. She used to be the Development Education and Gender Specialist of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) and is still a volunteer worker engaged in enhancing its women’s organization.
Seung Woo Park, Park Chung Hee School of Policy Studies (PSPS) and Yeungnam University, South Korea
Dean of the Park Chung Hee School of Policy Studies (PSPS) and a faculty at Yeungnam University.
Kwang Dong Lee, Yeungman University, South Korea
Faculty of Yeungman University and formerly the Assistant Project Manager of the Department of Saemaul Studies and Economic Development (DSSED)
Published
2021-02-25