Woori Financial Group Completes Support of 16,000 Lunchboxes for Medical Staff in Daegu Region

The Head of Woori Bank Daegu-Gyeongbuk Western Sales Headquarters and the Secretary General of the Daegu Branch of the Korean Red Cross visited Daegu Dongsan Hospital on the 14th to present plaques of appreciation and snacks to the medical staff who worked tirelessly on the front lines to prevent the spread of COVID-19. From left: Park Sun-young, Secretary General of the Daegu Branch of the Korean Red Cross; Lee Jae-dong, Head of Daegu-Gyeongbuk Western Sales Headquarters; Seo Young-sung, Director of Daegu Dongsan Hospital; Jang Jae-seon, Manager of Woori Bank Pyeongri-dong Branch. (Photo by Woori Financial Group)

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyo-jin] Woori Financial Group announced on the 18th that it has successfully completed the "Dundunhan Dosirak" (Hearty Lunchbox) project, which was conducted from March targeting 400 medical staff at regional base hospitals in Daegu, where COVID-19 rapidly spread but has recently stabilized.

"Dundunhan Dosirak" was a project that provided healthy handmade lunchboxes and health supplements to medical staff at Daegu Dongsan Hospital and Daegu Medical Center, the regional base hospitals in Daegu. Although it was initially conducted for five weeks until April, it was extended until May at the request of the hospitals, providing a total of 16,000 lunchboxes over 10 weeks.

The head of Woori Bank's Daegu regional headquarters and the secretary-general of the Daegu branch of the Korean Red Cross visited Daegu Dongsan Hospital together on the 14th to deliver plaques of appreciation and snacks to the medical staff who worked tirelessly on the front lines to prevent the spread of COVID-19, concluding this support project.

Son Tae-seung, Chairman of Woori Financial Group, said, "The medical staff who risk infection and dedicate themselves to eradicating COVID-19 are our true heroes," adding, "Woori Financial Group will also do its best to help our society return to a healthy daily life as soon as possible."

Seo Young-sung, director of Daegu Dongsan Hospital, responded, "Woori Financial Group's lunchboxes have been a great support to the medical staff," and said, "We will not forget your help and will do our best until the moment COVID-19 is eradicated."

Since the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, Woori Financial has been carrying out various damage recovery support projects. Starting with the distribution of prevention kits to high-risk groups in January, it donated 500 million won in February and March to elderly and child welfare facilities in vulnerable areas of Daegu and Gyeongbuk.

From April, it conducted disinfection projects at 160 child welfare facilities and supported online school openings for 2,000 vulnerable children, and launched the "Save Restaurants Near Headquarters" project through advance payments with corporate cards. Recently, it has also promoted a good consumption campaign by early disbursement of 10 billion won in employee salary welfare expenses to purchase traditional market gift certificates.

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