​On April 27, 2018 at the New York City Library, United States, the Education Above All (EAA) Foundation and its partners brought together development and education leaders to mark a major milestone – securing the final commitments needed to enroll 10 million children out of school and marginalized in quality basic education.
Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser of Qatar, UN SDGs Advocate, and Founder and Chair of the EAA Foundation, announced that those 10 million children, living in the most dreadful environments around the world, would be enrolled and educated in accordance with EAA’s commitments in 2012, through the Educate A Child (EAC) programme.
​Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of ICF, attended this event and took this opportunity to promote the UN SDGs Ball, a awareness-raising and educational initiative led by Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg, co-Chair of the UN SDGs Advocacy Group.  

As part of its activities aimed at fostering friendly and mutually beneficial relationships between Korea and other countries, the International Charity Foundation (ICF) has been instrumental in launching the K-Beauty initiative in order to support cooperation between Korean and overseas cosmetics companies.
Within this framework, and at the initiative of Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of ICF, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in April 2018 between ICF and Korean cosmetics companies so that they provide
A K-Beauty Showcase will take place in Madrid, Spain, on June 7, 2018.

On the occasion of her mission in New-York, Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Chairty Foundation (ICF) had a meeting with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, UN SDGs Advocate and Director of the Earth Institute, on April 26, 2018.
Together, they evoked ways of accelerating progress towards the achievement of universal prosperity, and Prof. Sachs’ initiative to encourage billionaires of the world to donate a percentage of their assets as a contribution to global development. Amb. Dho expressed the willingness of ICF to cooperate on this project.

​Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of International Charity Foundation (ICF) had a meeting in New-York with H.E. Cho Tae-yul, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations on April 26, 2018.
This meeting was an opportunity to discuss how ICF could play an instrumental role in promoting development peace, and social inclusiveness at global level.
The meeting happened one day before Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, as a first step towards the end of the war between them. 

​On behalf of the co-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) Advocacy Group, H.E. Ms. Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Fund (ICF), promoted the UN SDGs Ball initiative during her mission in New-York on April 25 to 29, 2018.
This initiative is part of a communication campaign spearheaded by UN SDGs Advocate Erna Solberg, aimed at raising awareness of the SDGs using a very universal and popular educational tool: UN SDG branded footballs.
Amb. Dho took the opportunity to involve high-level UN representatives in NY, such as Ms. Michelle Gyles-McDonnough (Jamaica), Director of the Sustainable Development Unit, Executive Office of the Secretary-General at the United Nations.

​On April 1st, 2018, the International Charity Foundation supported a soccer event for multicultural kids, aimed at promoting the Sustainable Development Goals through sports, in cooperation with Hope Kids organization.
Participating children had a chance to be familiarized with the SDGs and their values of share prosperity, social inclusiveness and environmental sustainability though the special balls that have been designed for that purpose.

​Dr. Irina Bokova, former director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), delegation attended a special program at Woljeongsa Buddhist temple, hosted by Rev. Jeongnyeom, the Abbot of the temple. The program was arranged by Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation.
In March 2018, Dr. Bokova joined Kyung Hee University in Seoul as a chair-professor and head of its arts and humanities faculty.  As a chair-professor and honorary chancellor of Humanitas College, she will be giving regular lectures to students and participating in seminars and forums with a focus on a variety of global development and civic issues

​The International Charity Foundation (ICF) hosted its first SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) Walks, in order to raise awareness of the SDGs in the context of sports and outdoor leisure, and inspire action through the message “Leaving No One Behind”.
Participants of this event included ​Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of ICF, and members of Seoul-based international group Millennium Hikers, fostering positive social, environmental and economic impacts of hiking on destinations, and sharing sustainable, intercultural hiking experiences between local hosts and their guests.
This first SDGs Walks took place in Namsan Park, located in the geographic center of Seoul, on March 25, 2018. 

On March 18, 2018, Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF), attended the closing ceremony of PyeongChang 2018, or the Winter XXIII Olympics and XII Paralympics in Korea. 
During the ceremony, Amb. Dho met Mr. Andrew Parsons, 3rd President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)  who praised ICF for having invited 100 soldiers from the United States Army Garrison (USAG) in Yongsan, Korea, to attend competitions during the Olympics and Paralympics, within the framework of the USAG’s BOSS – Better Opportunity for Single Soldier program. This project was implemented in partnership with the government Gangwon Province, host of PyeongChang 2018.

​During the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeonChang, Korea, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocate, joined hands with Amb. Dho Young-shim, Chairperson of UNWTO ST-EP Foundation and UN SDGs Advocate in raising global awareness of the SDGs through sports. 
Together with Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, they promoted the UN SDGs Ball, as part of a promotion campaign led by Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg, co-Chair of the UN SDGs Advocacy Group. 
Mr. Choi Moon Soon, Governor of  Gangwon Province, the host of the XIII Olympic and XII Paralympic Winter Games, expressed his support by offering the two mascot plush dolls of the games.