Lately, Korean farming village has been promoting ‘closing small schools plan’

Children from the villages have no other way but to ride bus to school as schools are located far away.

They have to ride bus over 1 hour to get to school that is 40~50 kms away, which is as far as 180 times compared to Seoul and other metropolitan area. Not only the distance, but also the locations of bus stop are problems.

Children had to wait buses on bus stops that lack safety fences or seats, while being anxious for missing the bus that operate 5~6 times a day.

From an idea ‘How can we help the growing children to save their precious times and be safe’, this project was initiated.

We wanted to present a pleasant bus stop that makes children dream about future on their way to school that was once filled with tedious waiting.

Club members who learned about closing and unification of small schools visited Gangwon-do, chose the most dangerous bus stop for children.

As bus stops are covered with trees and grass, bus drivers are unable to see the stop and pass by it. Thus, base construction around the stop was conducted for a week.

We searched for scrapped car that could be recycled as a dream mover of children for 2 weeks and purchased one at a junkyard.

Interior materials were removed, and it took a week to make deck for children to rest and playground by reinforcing and making frames.

On the last day of installation, we painted mural on car and bus stop with children who use the bus stop.

Build station was finished in 50 days as about 50 Hyundai Motor Club members took part in excavator work for bus stop base construction, car remodeling and mural painting.