Universal Peace Charity Foundation
The Universal Peace Charity Foundation has a mission to be a creative force for peace in our local community, nationally and on the international scene.
In August 1995, Hap Ki Do and Sun-Do Grand Master, Kimm Yong Sup, decided to establish a more formal vehicle for the charitable work that he and his students had undertaken over many years in Australia and Korea.
The Universal Peace Charity Foundation is the result. It is a registered Trust that has tax-deductible status with the Australian Taxation Office.
The ancient Korean Sun-Do philosophy of "Hong Ik In Gan, Ee Hwa Se Gye" is the principle on which the ancient nation of Korea is built. "Hong Ik In Gan, Ee Hwa Se Gye" means enacting true compassion by spreading peace for the benefit of human kind; creating a harmonious world and is the basis for the work of the Universal Peace Charity Foundation.
The work of the members of the Universal Peace Charity Foundation has centred around supporting people and organizations who are making a positive contribution in spreading peace and helping those in need.
Over the past 10 years the Universal Peace Charity Foundation has raised much needed funds for and supported an array of local and international causes:
- The Lily Leprosy Foundation (for 30 years)
- The Gawler Foundation (cancer treatment and research)
- The Alfred Hospital Heart Unit
- The exiled Government of Tibet (donation seminars for body guards, monks and students)
- An orphanage in North Korea
- The Collingwood Children's Farm
- The Salvation Army ("Going Places, creating memories" - for young people who have been institutionalized)
- Science Works Museum (environmental education programs for children)
- The Melbourne University School of Earth Sciences (research to support the effective use of ground water)
