this modest hill, 66 meters high, is seon fwrks mgmisan. nearby residents formed the community. the community is known across south korea. one popular tv documentary focused on three days in seongmisan maeul reporting on its charms. >> the mapo area is in the west of central seoul. seongmisan maeul is in mapo. residents formed this community inform rating mao, the korean word for village, into the name. the seongmisa smrks maeul community began with a child center. it lies just off a name street. named our children's home, the center is operated using member contributions. today, 35 children aged between 1 and 5 are cared for by 7 staff. that's a better than average ratio of childminders to children. and it means that each child gets more care and attention. >> translator: this facility can be traced to a group of participaparents who were concerned about their children. as the group developed, they saw a need for a safe, supportive space where dual-income parents could place their kids. that led to this cooperative childcare center. >> in 1994, the center was set up with fundin