Talking with Christal Phillips was a great experience. She works within an organization that helps to alleviate global poverty; while we did talk about her work in Korea, we mainly talked about planning for the future and finding what we want to do in life.
Specifically about her work, Christal came to Korea a couple years ago to work at Yonsei University. She joined a new program, IPAID (Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development) and has since been working with them to help "alleviate poverty and promote sustainable international development" in developing countries through research and the like. A question was asked whether I believe government's helping to alleviate poverty in a country when their own country suffers from poverty is hypocritical. I believe that as long as the government puts a substantial effort in helping to reduce poverty within their own nation, it is perfectly acceptable to also help support other nations simultaneously. In a similar vein, earlier in the trip our group volunteered to help pass food out to the homeless around Seoul. This was a great experience, and it can also be related to the government's goal; while we do have poverty in America, and we should be helping out with that, we can also help Korean citizens who are suffering similarly. In the end, we are all a part of a single global community that should look out for one another.
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