Woori Financial Group Supports Education for Underprivileged Children Amid Online School Opening

A volunteer from Woori Financial Group is attending an online class with children from the group home in the group home's study room.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyo-jin] Woori Financial Group announced on the 23rd that it has donated a total of 500 million KRW, including employee contributions, to the Korea Child and Youth Group Home Association, a corporation, to support online learning for children and adolescents left in the educational blind spots due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

Group homes are small-scale childcare facilities with residential environments similar to ordinary households, operated in units of 4 to 7 children. Children growing up in group homes, which have a family-like atmosphere, are known to have higher emotional stability and social adaptability compared to children in general facilities. Introduced in Korea in the mid-1990s, group homes still face difficulties due to a lack of external support and professional personnel.

Woori Financial's donation will be used to support children and adolescents who are struggling with classes due to a lack of computers despite the online school opening. It will be used to purchase computers (340 units) and peripheral devices for about 2,000 group home children, provide assistant teacher support for about 200 disabled children, and purchase online education content usage rights.

Son Tae-seung, Chairman of Woori Financial, said, “We decided to provide support for children and adolescents who are having difficulties in classes amid the rapidly changing educational environment due to COVID-19,” and added, “Woori Financial Group, which values nurturing future generations as a great mission, will continue to spare no support so that our young dreams can grow up strong and healthy.”

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