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Dedicated Support for Multicultural Families in Education, Jobs, and Childcare

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Go Dallyoung] Muju-gun, Jeonbuk is making every effort to provide comprehensive support in various fields to ensure smooth social adaptation and stable family life for multicultural families in the area.

According to the county, efforts are focused on supporting education, counseling, employment, childcare, and harmony for multicultural families, with the Health Family and Multicultural Family Support Center (hereinafter referred to as the Multicultural Family Support Center), which is commissioned, serving as the main contact point.

Muju-gun commissions the Multicultural Family Support Center to operate basic programs related to △family relationships △family care △family life △community activities with families.

Family relationship projects include parent education such as family love mentoring, father-child meetings, couple education, creating a bilingual environment, youth career support, cultural education support, and individual and group counseling.

To strengthen family capabilities, family care projects also build local networks for vulnerable families through sponsorships, connections, and support of human and material resources.

For family life support, programs are promoted such as Korean language education and academic support for marriage immigrants to aid initial settlement, job-related basic education, vocational training, and job linkage projects.

In the community activities with families sector, support is provided for family volunteer group activities and self-help groups (including others, table tennis, traditional dance and food, band), and programs for harmony, awareness improvement, and family friendliness are operated.

Specialized programs include the operation of shared childcare centers, tuition support for marriage immigrant university students, Korean language education support, language development support for children of multicultural families, home education, and interpretation and translation services.

Kang Changsoo, head of the Social Welfare Division of Muju-gun Office, stated, “This year, about 690 million won will be invested in projects through the Multicultural Family Support Center. Our county has 227 multicultural family households totaling about 800 people, and we are dedicated to ensuring that they live their family and social lives without difficulties, raise their children, and settle as residents of Muju-gun.”

The Multicultural Family Support Center, which had been closed since February to prevent COVID-19, reopened on the 8th with social distancing measures in place. Muju-gun is making every effort to ensure users’ safety through regular ventilation and facility disinfection, visitor log maintenance, temperature checks, mask-wearing, and adherence to distancing guidelines.

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