The youth café "Youth Plus" under the Asan City Youth Culture House (아산시청소년문화의집) and the youth operating committee "Cheongharang" (청하랑) independently planned and carried out a second-hand sports clothing collection drive, gathering a total of 223 sports garments, which are planned to be sent to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda in Africa.

Key Points

  • The campaign was independently planned and operated by the youth café "Youth Plus" under the Asan City Youth Culture House and the youth operating committee "Cheongharang," collecting sports clothes no longer worn by households.
  • During the collection period, local schools, institutions, and residents participated together, ultimately gathering 223 sports garments.
  • The supplies will be handed over to "Club Rafiki," a local youth support organization in Kigali, through members of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) project volunteer team dispatched by the International Development Cooperation Center of the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation at Soonchunhyang University.

From planning and promotion to the receipt and sorting of donated supplies, the youth were directly involved throughout, thereby putting the meaning of sharing into practice. The sports clothing collected this time is not a commercial second-hand export, but a targeted donation to Rwandan youth groups in the form of international aid.

Yoo Da-hyun (유다현), an instructor at the Asan City Youth Culture House, said the significance of this activity lies in the youth themselves thinking about the necessity of sharing and actively participating from planning to implementation; in the future, diverse social participation activities will also be used to provide opportunities for youth to grow into global citizens.

From an industry perspective, this activity belongs to cross-border circulation of second-hand clothing for the purpose of charitable donation, which differs from the commercial mitumba trade chain in East Africa, but the community old-clothing collection—cross-border handover pathway it reflects is still one of the common channels through which second-hand clothing flows from the consumer end to the African market.

Source: 아산시청소년문화의집, 지역사회와 함께한 중고 스포츠의류 나눔으로 르완다에 따뜻한 마음 전달 · Originally published on 2026-10-07