Hampyeong-gun Senior Welfare Center Delivers Side Dishes to Elderly Living Alone

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Hampyeong-gun Senior Welfare Center in Jeonnam has been attracting attention for carrying out side dish sharing volunteer activities since February to support elderly people living alone who are at risk of missing meals due to COVID-19.

The Hampyeong-gun Senior Welfare Center is deeply rooted in the community as a hub for delivering senior welfare services, with the core value of being an open welfare center that communicates with the community.

On the 12th, the Hampyeong-gun Senior Welfare Center announced that, together with local volunteers, they prepared and delivered side dish lunchboxes to about 140 elderly people in the district (80 households in Hampyeong-eup, 30 households in Eomda-myeon, and 30 households in Daedong-myeon).

Considering the nutritional status that tends to be neglected in old age, the lunchboxes were composed based on five basic food groups to ensure that the elderly could consume a balanced diet necessary for maintaining health and preventing diseases, while also checking on their well-being.

Local volunteers in Hampyeong-gun, who have been carrying out long-term volunteer activities to prepare warm meals filled with love for the elderly who regularly use the welfare center, set volunteer hours by group and prepare side dishes on the 2nd and 7th, the market days in Hampyeong-eup, to share with the community.

Various organizations such as the Korea Women Farmers Association Hampyeong-gun Federation, the Veterans Women’s Association, the Farmers’ Housewives Association, and the Baekhaphoe came together with one strength, showing passionate dedication to restoring a “village community where neighbors care for and look after each other.”

Kim Soonja, president of Baekhaphoe, said, “It was a rewarding time to be able to provide some support to elderly people living alone who are going through a more difficult time than anyone else due to COVID-19, and to help create a warm village community filled with affection through neighbors’ care and attention.”

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