The Reverend Kim Sun-Tae, Director of Siloam Eye Hospital and the Executive Board Member of Siloam Social Welfare Foundation for the Blind, has recently published a collection of personal meditations, “Life Is like Niagara Falls” (Publishing House of PCK). The book, subtitled “Hopeful Meditations on the Four Seasons of Life,” contains his insights gained from the Niagara Falls, wisdom and retrospection of life, and testimony of faith in the form of essays and poems. At the press conference on the 15th of April, Rev. Kim stated, “Although I could not properly see the famous Niagara Falls due to my visual handicap, I was overwhelmed by자세히

Siloam Center for the Blind Holds Hyo-myeong Scholarship Awards Ceremony for the Second Half of the Year. The Siloam Center for the Blind (Director/Kim Mikyoung) held a scholarship awards ceremony in its main auditorium on September 23rd to present scholarships worth 59M Korean Won to 20 students with visually impairment to nurture them as future leaders. The center delivered a total of 20 scholarships out of 39 applicants who were selected first through document screening on July 31st and then interviews on August 7th. Lee Min-ji (a senior in the Department of Social Welfare at Chung-Ang University) who received the Hyo-myeong Scholarship in the second자세히

Rev. Kim Sun-Tae Publishes His Collective Essays, The Sound of the Morning Sun. “I have lived my life with a deep Han (translated in English as resentment, sorrow, regret) of losing my eyesight from a bomb explosion during the Korean Civil War. Each morning I wake up with a longing to see the sun that I used to see as a child. Although I had difficulties that are beyond any words can explain, I thought about the depth and height of life through the Bible and have successfully achieved the purpose and happiness of life. In gratitude, I am releasing this book to share 70자세히

Siloam Center for the Blind (Director Kim Mi-kyoung) affiliated with Siloam Welfare Foundation for the Visually Impaired (Chair Kim Sun-Tae) held the Hyo-myeong Scholarship Awards Ceremony for the first half of the year in its auditorium located on Nambusunhwan-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul. In the afternoon on February 13, a total of 29 visually handicapped students including Kim Su-yeon (a junior at Seoul National University) received 72,000,000 Won in scholarship. The scholarships were sponsored by Siloam Medical Mission Association, AMO Group, Hansam DBEW Research Foundation, Siloam Eye Hospital, Dorim Church, Presbyterian Church USA among others. Rev. Kim Sun-Tae, Chair of Siloam Welfare Foundation for Visually Impaired, said자세히

“We will give a gift of sight and become the ‘Pool of Siloam’ for all the visually impaired people in the world.” “There are still millions of people with vision impairment living in developing countries who can recover their vision if treated,” said Kim Sun-Tae, Director of Siloam Eye Hospital (77 years old) who recently visited Los Angeles to meet Korean supporters in Southern California. “A sight-restoring operation costs $300 to $350 per person with visual impairment. I invite Korean-Americans to participate in our campaign and to practice having a heart of love for our neighbors.” Director Kim is also a person who is blind.자세히

Tae, Also Known as ‘Helen Keller of Korea,’Will Be Donated and Used for Educational Purposes at Chungju School for the Blind A pastor who has been visiting Cheogju School of the Blind for more than 30 years, has decided to donate his bones for educational purposes. This is the story of Rev. Kim Sun-Tae (75 years old), a recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2007 in recognition for his service to people with visual impairment and who is also known as “Helen Keller of Korea.” Rev. Kim promised to donate his bones to Cheongju School of Blind after his death. His body will be first자세히

[Kim Sun-Tae, Director of Siloam Eye Hospital, Helping People with Visual Impairment.] The Reverend Kim Sun-Tae became blind because a friend accidentally exploded a grenade… He studied in the USA with a help from a US military chaplain, and suffered a brain tumor but now is completely cured to travel abroad for medical missions. Siloam Eye Hospital, an eight-story building with four stories underground, stands next to the Gangseo-gu Council at 181 Deungchon-ro, Gangseo-gu, Seoul. Many people with visual impairments have been known to taste the miracle of recovering their eyesight in that place. “Siloam” is a pool located in Jerusalem, Israel. The hospital’s departure자세히

Rev. Kim Sun-Tae and Choi Jeong-beom, Director and Associate Director respectively at Siloam Eye Hospital, along with Raymon Valenzeula, Director of Ophthalmology at Merizon Stone Hospital in the Philippines, held an interview at the hospital located in Deungchon-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul on October 27 to introduce its work abroad. “Siloam Eye Hospital sends a medical team not only in Korea but also in developing countries to conduct free eye care and sight-restoring surgeries, which are being sponsored by many individuals. Just as a small group of ants can knock down its predators together, a donation of love from one person to another to restore vision to자세히

Siloam Center for the Blind announced on November 25 that its Chair, Rev. Kim Sun-Tae, received the “Iwahashi Takeo Award” from Japan Lighthouse on November 18. The Iwahashi Takeo Award is awarded to individuals and organizations for their commitment to promoting the rights and interests of the blind in Asia and the Western Pacific. Rev. Kim, who received the 34th award with thousands of people including Japanese officials related to visual impairment among others, was recognized for his 40 years of service contributing towards providing sight-restoring surgeries for people with visual impairment and overcoming his own handicap with an iron will. He said shortly after자세히