Gwangju Buk-gu Provides Free Beauty and Bath Services for Underprivileged Groups

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 4th that it will start the ‘Love Sharing Green Card’ project this month, providing free beauty and bath vouchers to underprivileged groups in the district.

The ‘Love Sharing Green Card’ service is a project that supports disadvantaged neighbors such as child-headed households and grandparent-grandchild families to use designated beauty and bath establishments free of charge throughout the year. It has been operated exclusively by Gwangju City since 2008.

Last year, 65 beauty and bath establishments participated, and Green Cards were issued to 145 beneficiaries. So far, a total of 759 beauty and bath establishments have participated, providing services to 1,589 underprivileged people.

This year, Buk-gu held meetings with representatives of the Beauty and Bath Association and discovered 58 beauty salons and 9 bathhouses willing to practice sharing despite difficult circumstances, issuing Green Cards to 166 people.

Participating establishments are provided with signs indicating that they are love-sharing practice businesses, and cardholders can use beauty services twice a month and bath services four times a month free of charge at designated establishments for one year.

In particular, Buk-gu plans to continuously manage the service by regularly listening to the opinions of participating establishments and beneficiaries during the service period to ensure that services are exchanged without inconvenience.

Moon In, head of Buk-gu Office, said, “I hope the Love Sharing Green Card will provide some strength to the local underprivileged neighbors amid the ongoing difficulties caused by COVID-19,” and added, “We will continue to prepare various support measures that consider the underprivileged and welfare blind spots based on welfare administration where neighbors care for neighbors.”

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