Kamco Supports 100 Laptops for Low-Income Families Ahead of Online School Opening

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO) announced on the 10th that it donated 100 laptops to the Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education for vulnerable youth, as the opening of elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide was replaced by online classes due to concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

KAMCO delivered laptops through the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation for low-income grandparent-headed families and students with disabilities who have difficulty accessing IT environments and are in learning blind spots.

Additionally, KAMCO is supporting disinfection of all facilities including classrooms, restrooms, and playgrounds to prevent COVID-19 infection at 50 locations such as daycare centers, elementary schools, and child protection residential facilities mainly in areas where confirmed cases have occurred in the Busan region. Since child facilities are places where socially vulnerable mother-child households live together, urgent disinfection is deemed necessary, and measures are being taken to enable faster support.

Moon Sung-yoo, President of KAMCO, said, "We hope that this laptop donation and disinfection support will help bridge the information gap for vulnerable youth and prevent the spread of COVID-19." He added, "KAMCO will continue to actively cooperate with the government, local governments, and others as an inclusive financial support institution that helps the economic recovery of vulnerable groups, taking the lead in stabilizing local communities and early overcoming of the COVID-19 crisis."

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