바다를 넘어 나눈 첫 인사 | A First Live Hello Across Oceans

사이에부는바람(BBU)이 2026 글로벌 도넛 데이 온라인 세션의 후기를 직접 썼습니다. 한국의 BBU와 우간다의 AVIAS 아이들은 2년 동안 그림과 영상, 공유 폴더를 통해 서로를 알아 왔습니다. 이번에는 느티나무도서관과 우간다의 교실을 온라인으로 연결해 처음 실시간으로 얼굴을 마주했습니다.

인터넷이 끊기고 소리가 울리는 순간도 있었습니다. 그래도 아이들은 그림을 칭찬하고 손을 흔들며 손하트로 인사를 건넸습니다. 사이에부는바람이 올린 후기는 그 만남을 가능하게 한 긴 시간과 시행착오까지 기록합니다.

이 교류를 지속해 온 아이들, 예술가와 활동가, 통역사, AVIAS 팀에 감사드립니다. 서로를 알아 가는 방식은 한 가지가 아닙니다. 우리는 이 글을 함께 읽으며 아이들이 각자의 그림과 목소리로 만든 관계를 다시 생각하고 싶습니다. 도넛 경제학을 실천하는 도서관이라면 아이들이 자기 방식으로 참여할 조건을 만드는 일도 함께 해야 합니다.

Breeze Between Us has published its own reflection on the Global Donut Days 2026 online session with AVIAS in Uganda. For two years, children in the two communities got to know one another through drawings, videos and a shared online folder. They finally met live on screen, with the Korean group gathered at Neutinamu Library.

The connection was far from smooth. The internet faltered and the sound fed back. Yet the children exchanged greetings, admired one another’s drawings, waved and made heart shapes across the screen. Breeze Between Us has written a generous, candid account of the work and uncertainty behind that moment.

We are grateful to the children, artists, facilitators, interpreter and AVIAS team who sustained this exchange. Their story reminds us that a meaningful connection is built over time, in many different ways of speaking and listening. For us, putting Doughnut Economics into practice also means making room for children to participate in their own ways across disability, language and distance.

사이에부는바람의 원문 / Original Korean reflection by Breeze Between Us

https://blog.naver.com/breezebetweenus/224455625159

Below is an abridged English translation of the linked reflection.

Two years ago, Breeze Between Us first met artists from AVIAS in Uganda through Neutinamu Library and Global Donut Day. Their early online conversations were awkward, with language barriers and unreliable connections. The children began getting to know one another by sharing drawings and short videos through a common folder.

The drawings gave the exchange a life of its own. One child painted a portal to Uganda when a visit felt impossibly far away. Other children put their families, imagined places and everyday interests on paper. Their work was later shown at Neutinamu Library and the Nam June Paik Art Center. Yet the children had never met live on screen.

At Global Donut Days 2026, they finally did. The internet faltered and the sound fed back, but the children greeted one another, praised the drawings, waved and made hearts with their arms. The writer remembers the session’s rough edges as true to the patient, imperfect relationship built over two years. When the reflection was written, works by the children were displayed around Neutinamu Library.

관련 행사 / Related DEAL event
https://doughnuteconomics.org/events/breeze-across-oceans-opening-a-portal-between-korea-and-uganda