Gwangju Seo-gu '2020 Senior Job Project' Officially Begins

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Seo-gu, Gwangju (Mayor Seo Daeseok) is officially launching the senior job project.

According to Seo-gu on the 9th, from November 21 to December 13 last year, participants were publicly recruited at the community service centers, selecting 5,064 elderly people.

For this year's job project, a budget of 17.04 billion KRW has been invested to implement a total of 51 projects.

The main projects include public interest activities such as home visits to vulnerable elderly households, safety inspections, and community volunteer work; market-type projects such as food manufacturing and sales, apartment delivery services; and employment referral types such as security guards and care workers.

The duration is 11 months, with an activity allowance of about 270,000 KRW per month.

Also, as a new market-type project this year, a fragrant well-being fruit tea project and a neighborhood recycling separation project will be implemented, placing about 200 elderly people.

Last year's new project, Story Town Making, involved residents of 18 neighborhoods in Seo-gu reconfiguring small stories of daily life, passed-down tales, and themed street formations to create interesting Seo-gu stories by neighborhood, publishing a booklet. The publication celebration was held on the 6th.

A Seo-gu official said, “We will create more senior jobs for a healthy and stable old age in an aging society,” and added, “We will continue to discover various projects for the elderly so they can spend a fulfilling old age.”

Meanwhile, last year Seo-gu was selected as an excellent institution for six consecutive years in the senior job project evaluation hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, showing special efforts to expand senior jobs.

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