Woori Financial Group Opens Crowdfunding to Overcome COVID-19

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyo-jin] Woori Financial Group announced on the 6th that it will conduct the 'Click! Woori Together' crowdfunding campaign to support vulnerable groups struggling due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) until the 29th of next month. This funding will be carried out through 'WeBeCrowd,' a crowdfunding platform operated by Woori Comprehensive Financial.

'Click! Woori Together' is a project conducted by six nonprofit (NGO) organizations. It consists of projects supporting those vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, such as providing masks and nutritional supplements to bus and subway drivers, emergency living kits, and immune system enhancement support for people with disabilities.

Participation in the funding is possible after signing up on the Woori Comprehensive Financial WeBeCrowd internet homepage. Clicking to support a project donates 1,000 KRW, and writing comments and sharing on SNS each donate 2,000 KRW. Woori Financial supports the donations of funders up to 5,000 KRW per project. Additional donations can be made starting from 1,000 KRW via card payment, and only for the additional amount, year-end tax deductions and donation receipt issuance are available.

Son Tae-seung, Chairman of Woori Financial, said, "I am pleased that we can help vulnerable groups struggling due to COVID-19 through the only self-operated online funding platform among financial holding companies," adding, "We will mobilize the group's capabilities to support COVID-19 damage recovery."

Woori Financial provided prevention kits to high-risk infection groups in January to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and in February, delivered food worth 500 million KRW and employee donations to elderly vulnerable groups and child care facilities in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions.

Since March, it has supported daily lunch boxes and health supplements for 400 medical staff at base hospitals in the Daegu area. This month, it has been continuously making efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and support damage recovery, including supporting disinfection projects at 160 child welfare facilities in Seoul.

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