Timeline

2016

 

September
Creation of a committee to establish 4.16 Foundation
(a committee within “4/16 Sewol Families for Truth and A Safer Society”)

2017

 

July
Installation of a planning advisory committee
 
September
Installation of a planning department
 
October
Briefing session with civil society organizations
Installation of a steering committee and a planning committee
 
November
Conference to establish 4.16 Foundation
Invitation for “keepers of memory”

2018

 

January
Launch of the website

March
Initiators’ meeting
 
April
Confirmation of the title, vision, and mission
 
May
Inaugural meeting
 
June
Approval to establish a body corporate

2019

 

February
Designated as an official foundation supported by the government

June
The plan for the delegation of tasks for the Social Welfare Community Chest distribution project

November
International Forum on Supporting Disaster Victims and Strengthening Their Rights

2020

 

February
Designation of the entrusted organization for the operation of the Sewol Ferry Victims’ Memorial Hall (Incheon)

November
UNICEF Support Agreement

2021

 

June
Relocation of the current office (3 Danwon-ro, Danwon-gu, Ansan)

2023

 

May
Opening of the 4.16 Dream Forest School

December
Establishment of the Disaster Victims Alliance