Yeonggwang-gun Selected for 'New Hope Finding Project Contest'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeon Seong] Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim Jun-seong) announced on the 20th that the “Jeonnam Population, Finding New Hope Project” contest, hosted by Jeollanam-do, was selected again this year following last year, securing a project budget of 100 million KRW.

This contest, conducted for 22 cities and counties in Jeonnam, selected a total of 10 cities and counties through document screening and presentation evaluation.

The county achieved the result of being selected twice in last year’s first and second half “Jeonnam Population, Finding New Hope Project” contests, and this year, the “Outsider Youth Soft Landing Project” was also selected in the contest.

This project aims to revitalize village communities through the influx of outsider youth, centered on the nonprofit organization Yeomin Dongrak Community in Myoryang-myeon, planning to assist the influx and settlement of 20 outsider youths.

The county plans to create two youth activity spaces within Myoryang-myeon to provide to outsider youths and actively encourage participants’ settlement by supporting their participation in various community programs together with the Yeomin Dongrak Community.

A county official said, “Through this project, we will do our best to breathe new life into the declining villages and help outsider youths settle in Yeonggwang through rural life and social economy programs.”

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