Social Enterprise Promotion Agency Supports 10,000 Masks for COVID-19 Sites in Daegu and Gyeongbuk

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] The Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency announced on the 15th that it will collaborate with social economy organizations to support sites struggling due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

The Promotion Agency, together with the Korea Social Enterprise Central Council, plans to provide about 10,000 masks to social economy organizations in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions, which are having difficulty obtaining masks due to the COVID-19 situation.

The masks will be supplied by 'Blue Indus,' a social enterprise specializing in quarantine supplies. By prioritizing distribution through the Daegu Social Enterprise Council and the Gyeongbuk Social Enterprise Council to vulnerable groups employed by social economy enterprises, they aim to practice sharing and coexistence.

Additionally, the Promotion Agency is cooperating with the Gyeongbuk Economic Promotion Agency and the social enterprise Oh My Company to deliver essential goods, masks, hygiene products, and other necessary items to field workers and vulnerable groups through crowdfunding that started on the 10th, and is donating the proceeds.

Donations to COVID-19 sites through crowdfunding can be made via Oh My Company's website (www.ohmycompany.com) under the section 'Cheer Up Daegu Gyeongbuk! Loyal Funding.'

Meanwhile, the Promotion Agency is continuously providing information on support policies from various ministries on its online promotional channels and website to assist social economy enterprises facing management difficulties due to COVID-19. They have also opened a communication channel for social economy to receive damage reports from social economy organizations and gather field opinions.

Social economy organizations experiencing difficulties due to the COVID-19 situation can receive assistance through ▲damage-related phone consultation (1566-5365) ▲field difficulty email submissions (policy@ikosea.or.kr) ▲online consultation via the Promotion Agency’s website bulletin board.

Kim In-seon, President of the Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency, stated, "We plan to spare no support so that social economy organizations, which perform the social safety net function, can demonstrate the spirit of social economy?'solidarity and cooperation'?to unite their strength, embrace each other's difficulties, and further fulfill their fundamental role of helping society."

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