Governor Lee Jae-myung to Meet 400 Village and Neighborhood Leaders in the Province to Support At-Risk Children Detection

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, will meet with local community leaders and village chiefs in the province ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday to identify and support children in crisis.

On the 20th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it will hold the 'Talk Concert with Community Leaders for Protecting Children in Crisis Alongside a Movie' on the 22nd for community leaders and village chiefs who are actively working to discover and protect children in crisis within the province.

The event, held at the Gyeonggi Hall of the Gyeonggi Institute of Economy and Science Promotion, will be attended by Governor Lee Jae-myung and about 400 people, including last year's outstanding community leaders and village chiefs who contributed to protecting children in crisis.

This event, organized to accelerate the establishment of a child crisis discovery system through the nation's first public-private cooperation project, will begin with the screening of the movie related to children in crisis, "Find Me" (directed by Kim Seung-woo, starring Lee Young-ae, 2019), followed by an awards ceremony for 27 outstanding community leaders and village chiefs from 17 cities and counties, and conclude with a talk concert featuring the film director, cast members, and child care experts.

During the talk concert, under the theme "What We Hope for in a Beautiful Village," attendees will hear directly from the director about the background of the film's production and share information on the current status and seriousness of children in crisis, as well as cases from community leaders and village chiefs.

This talk concert is part of the project titled "Inquiring About Children's Well-being in Cooperation with Community Leaders and Village Chiefs."

Gyeonggi Province piloted a project last year to connect welfare services to children in need by collaborating with community leaders and village chiefs who are well acquainted with the village situation, aiming to protect and early identify preschool children in crisis who are in welfare blind spots.

As a result of a full survey conducted by community leaders and village chiefs from June to August last year on preschool children eligible for child-rearing allowances in the province, 73 children in crisis were identified among approximately 2,100 children requiring follow-up visits. These children were linked to emergency welfare services such as admission to child care facilities and meal support.

Starting with this year's talk concert, the province plans to establish a system for discovering children in crisis by inviting professional instructors for year-round training of community leaders and village chiefs and will actively promote the project.

An official from the province emphasized, "Growing up healthy and happy is a right of children and a duty of society as a whole," adding, "Warm interest and care from the entire community are necessary to protect children in crisis who are in welfare blind spots."

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