Kim Mikyung, Eunpyeong District Mayor, Donates Salary to Support 'Packages for Elderly Living Alone'

Eunpyeong District Mayor Returns 30% of 4 Months' Salary for Donation, Followed by Voluntary Staff Fundraising... Collected Donations to Be Used for Preparing and Delivering Semi-Cooked Meal Packages to Low-Income Elderly Living Alone

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong District

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Eunpyeong-gu announced that the salary returned by District Mayor Kim Mi-kyung and donations collected by about 1,500 Eunpyeong-gu public officials were donated to the Eunpyeong-gu Social Welfare Council to help overcome COVID-19.

District Mayor Kim Mi-kyung voluntarily returned about 10 million KRW, equivalent to 30% of four months' salary from March to July this year, to share the pain and overcome COVID-19. Public officials working in Eunpyeong-gu also joined the cause and raised 19.28 million KRW in donations.

The collected donations are planned to be used for low-income elderly living alone who are having a difficult time due to COVID-19.

Due to social distancing measures forcing people to refrain from going out, the plan is to provide packages mainly consisting of semi-prepared foods that are easy to cook, to help with their diet and support elderly people who might otherwise fall into blind spots of care, while also checking on their well-being.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, said, "At this difficult time due to COVID-19, about 1,500 public officials in Eunpyeong-gu have united to share the pain and difficulties of residents," adding, "I hope this package support will help elderly people living alone with poor nutrition to live healthily and safely, even if just a little."

Eunpyeong-gu stated that it is continuously supporting vulnerable groups struggling due to COVID-19 with about 400 million KRW worth of donations and goods received from approximately 110 places including daycare centers, companies, hospitals, religious organizations, and individuals.

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