Wando-gun Steps Up to Support Daegu and Gyeongbuk Facing Difficulties Due to COVID-19

12,000 Seaweed Rice Noodles Delivered Through Civil Servants' Voluntary Fundraising

Wando County sent 12,000 seaweed rice noodles to Daegu and Gyeongbuk, which are struggling due to COVID-19. (Photo by Wando County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Wando County, Jeollanam-do announced that it has launched a fundraising campaign to support residents of the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions who are struggling due to COVID-19.

As a result of the collective efforts of all employees, including Wando County Governor Shin Woo-cheol, a total of 12.91 million KRW was raised, and 12,000 seaweed rice noodles were purchased and sent to Daegu City and Gyeongsan City on the 17th.

This support of consolation goods for the Daegu and Gyeongsan areas was intended to provide instant food made from seaweed (tot), produced in Wando, so that medical staff and volunteers working on the front lines to overcome COVID-19, as well as residents in self-quarantine and vulnerable groups, could quickly have a meal.

Governor Shin Woo-cheol said, “I sincerely thank the employees who participated in the fundraising activities,” and added, “I hope that the goods sent with encouragement and support will be delivered to the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions to provide some strength, and that we all wisely overcome this crisis and quickly regain peaceful daily life.”

Meanwhile, on the 12th, Wando County and the Wando County Abalone Producers Association sent 440 kg of abalone, which is good for recovery and immune enhancement, to Suseong District in Daegu, which has a sisterhood relationship with the Daegu and Gyeongbuk Medical Association, and to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.

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