Building a Safety Net for High-Risk Single-Person Households... Incheon Yeonsu-gu Accelerates the 'Loneliness Zero' Project

Centered on 14 Dong Community Security Councils
Establishing Social Networks through 1:1 Partnerships

Incheon Yeonsu-gu Office

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, is promoting the 'Loneliness Zero (zero) Yeonsu-gu' project to identify high-risk single-person households in the area and alleviate their social isolation.

This project is carried out to minimize blind spots in protecting high-risk individuals by discovering loneliness prevention projects suited to local conditions, centered on the Community Security Council.

The district recognizes the need for continuous preventive intervention in response to the increase in single-person households due to social changes such as rising marriage age, increasing divorce rates, and aging population, which lead to the occurrence of socially isolated households.

Accordingly, through public-private cooperation, the district has called for specialized projects for 'Loneliness Zero Yeonsu-gu' targeting the 14-dong Community Security Councils to establish a community safety net for high-risk single-person households and strengthen the care system.

The project is funded with about 44 million KRW from the Yeonsu-gu joint fundraising created by residents and the individual dong joint fundraising amounts.

Each dong council plans to carry out programs such as delivering health drinks, forming social networks through one-on-one matching, providing side dishes, companion plants, and nutritional supplements, horticultural therapy experiences, as well as conducting welfare checks and home visits for counseling.

Last year, the district promulgated the 'Ordinance on the Prevention and Support of Solitary Deaths' and is strengthening measures by establishing a public and community network cooperation system to prevent solitary deaths, which have emerged as a new social risk.

Additionally, various projects are underway, including solitary death prevention programs at comprehensive welfare centers, specialized solitary death prevention projects by dong councils, and the installation of safety LED sensors by Yeonsu-gu and dong administrative welfare centers.

A Yeonsu-gu official stated, "We will take the lead in creating a village that communicates with neighbors through the solitary death prevention project."

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