May is Family Month, Let's Create Together...

Gangbuk-gu Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center Held 'O. Ga. Da' Our Family Happiness Campaign on the 7th

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangbuk-gu (Mayor Park Kyum-soo) held the "Gangbuk Friends No.1 Store - O. Ga. Da." event, a family happiness campaign, on the 7th at the parking lot of the Gangbuk-gu Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center (Director Han Eun-joo) located in Beon-dong, to celebrate Family Month.

The center newly created the program called "Gangbuk Friends" to comfortably approach residents like friends and plans to operate it annually as a Family Month event.

The campaign name "O, Ga, Da" is an abbreviation of "May is Family Month, Let's Make It Together" and also has a double meaning of "coming and going." It aims to provide anyone an easy opportunity to visit, reflect on the importance of family, and promote building healthy families.

The center originally planned various indoor and outdoor experiential activities for Family Month, but due to concerns about safety amid COVID-19, the event was scaled down.

The event was held outdoors to reduce the risk of infection and to allow easy participation by anyone, thereby bringing the event closer to residents and revitalizing the local community.

Programs at the event included ▲ free distribution of Americano coffee and iced tea ▲ lucky foldable cart lottery ▲ writing and reflecting on the theme of "family."

In particular, the center prepared a post-it note activity under the theme "What is family?" as an awareness improvement program to foster empathy for family diversity. This activity aligns with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family’s slogan "All Families Together in the World," encouraging people to view families living in different forms, such as multicultural and single-person families, without prejudice.

Han Eun-joo, Director of the Gangbuk-gu Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center, said, "This campaign was prepared to convey the meaning of respecting various types of families to residents and to remind them of the preciousness of family members," adding, "We will continue to do our best to prepare Gangbuk Friends every year during Family Month to create an environment where all families in the community can happily coexist."

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