[Let's Run Again, Construction Korea] Ongoing Medical Volunteer Work Abroad

[Asia Economy Reporter Inho Yoo] POSCO Engineering & Construction is carrying out Misojium activities to provide basic medical services to underprivileged groups overseas as well. In June last year, it conducted Korean traditional medicine volunteer medical services for about 1,300 local residents in the Baria Vung Tau area near the Vietnam LSP petrochemical complex construction site together with the Korean Oriental Medicine Overseas Medical Volunteer Group.

POSCO Engineering & Construction, together with Inha University Hospital, has been providing medical support to about 1,000 people annually in areas near overseas sites such as India, Vietnam, Laos, and the Philippines since 2011, and this year, the ninth year, it surpassed 10,000 people receiving medical support.

In fact, in October last year, POSCO Engineering & Construction delivered rehabilitation equipment to a school for disabled children in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The school educates 100 disabled children under the age of 12. Last year, POSCO Engineering & Construction provided rehabilitation therapy tools for hearing-impaired children. This time, it provided rehabilitation therapy tools for children with polio disabilities and a multimedia audiovisual room. POSCO Engineering & Construction is carrying out plant facility railway construction and mechanical work in Jubail, about 380 km northeast of Riyadh.

In the same month, POSCO Engineering & Construction conducted medical volunteer activities for about 1,500 local residents at Matabari Puran Bazar Elementary School in Bangladesh together with medical staff from Inha University Hospital. The volunteer group provided medical treatment and medicines in family medicine, internal medicine, rehabilitation medicine, and otolaryngology to residents with difficult family circumstances. Hygiene education was also conducted for elementary school students. POSCO Engineering & Construction is currently working on civil engineering for a thermal power plant and auxiliary facilities for raw material processing equipment on Matabari Island.

Additionally, POSCO Engineering & Construction is conducting various cultural connection activities such as Korean traditional culture education and cultural exchange festivals in overseas countries with the university student volunteer group 'Happy Builder.'

In August last year, together with the Korea Foundation for International Cultural Exchange under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, POSCO Engineering & Construction conducted 'Global Harmony' social contribution activities including Korean culture education, donation of a creative room, and a cultural exchange festival between the two countries in the Batangas area where POSCO Engineering & Construction's Philippine 'JG Summit PKG1 Petrochemical Plant' site is located. Acting as a propagator of the Korean Wave including Korean culture and IT education, it provided education on Sogo dance, Taekwondo, K-pop dance and singing, drones, 3D cameras, and spread various Korean cultures to local youth overseas.

A POSCO Engineering & Construction official said, "We will continue to carry out socially responsible activities that can be practiced overseas to contribute to creating a 'global village that develops together.' Based on the philosophy that local communities and companies based there can grow together and form a virtuous cycle, we will continue to contribute to building better local communities."

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