Extra Commitment Opportunities

There is a channel through which gifts can be designated for specific items that support the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s work around the world. These are called Extra Commitment Opportunities (ECOs). You can give directly to an ECO account online or by mailing your check designating the name and account number of the particular item you have chosen to:

PC(USA) Individual Remittance Processing
P.O. Box 643700
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700

Your gift will go directly into the ECO Account designated, and you will receive a letter indicating that your gift has been received and will be used for the purpose intended.

Below are some ECOs related to North Korea. For a complete listing visit Mission Funding's Web site and type North Korea into the search box.

Agriculture and Hunger

Bongsoo Noodle Project

This project is to provide food aid for people who are suffering from hunger and malnutrition through the Bongsoo noodle factory in Pyongyang. A large number of people live on less than two meals a day. Fifteen cents produces three bowls of noodles, which feed three persons per meal.

Children and Youth

Children Nutrition Program

Contributions to this project will purchase soy milk, medicine, clothing and food for malnourished and ill children in North Korea.

Soybean Milk for Infants

This soybean milk project is to feed infant children at Taesung Orphanage in Pyongyang. It also supports infant children whose mothers are unable to produce enough milk to feed them because of severe malnutrition or sickness caused by the food shortage in North Korea. $7.50 will provide soymilk for one infant for a month.

Health

This project will help equip the hospital, enable it to develop a closer relationship with the Christian community, and strengthen its witness and service.

Human Rights, Justice and Peacemaking

Peace and Reunification Program 

This project supports meetings, visits and other attempts by Koreans and non-Koreans to reduce tension on the peninsula in the hope of creating a climate for the peaceful reunification of North and South Korea.

Mission Personnel

Jungja Hong serves in Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), where she began her service in 1993. She and her husband, the Rev. Dong Hong, were appointed together at that time. Dong died in 2001. Jungja teaches French and art. She serves at the invitation of the Korean Christian Federation. Jungja has been active in working toward the reunification of Korea.

Refugees

Ministry to Needy Koreans in China

There are many Korean refugees in Liaoning Province in China along the China-North Korea border. The Xi Ta Christian Church has been extending its service ministry to these refugees, and the PC(USA) has been asked to assist them with funds to provide food, clothing and other needs.

Other Support

Bible and Hymnbook Printing in Pyongyang, North Korea

The Korean Christian Federation has stressed the need for Christian education materials printed in Korean. Korean language resources would provide a means for Korean-Americans and others to be in solidarity with this autonomous and nondenominational church body in North Korea.