Suncheon-si Jogok-dong, Creating a Happy Village Together

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] In Jogok-dong, Suncheon City, various local organizations and Suncheon Saenghyeop Nursing Hospital are carrying out love-sharing projects for local residents despite the difficulties caused by COVID-19.

The Jogok-dong Welfare Mobile Unit (led by Captain Shin Seong-sik), formed last year, visited two households on the 10th?elderly living alone and an elderly couple with severe disabilities?and carried out housing environment improvement activities such as installing insect screens, repairing floors, and replacing lights.

Also, since February last year, Suncheon Saenghyeop Nursing Hospital has been visiting three senior centers monthly to provide health-keeping services including traditional Korean medicine treatments (acupuncture and moxibustion), health consultations, and infectious disease prevention education. Activities that had been postponed due to COVID-19 resumed on the 10th.

Director Kim Byung-soo of the visiting medical team stated that Suncheon Saenghyeop Nursing Hospital will happily volunteer for the residents’ “healthy 100-year life era.”

The Jogok-dong Majungmul Welfare Council made hand sanitizers and indoor disinfectants in March to prevent COVID-19 and delivered them to 100 households. Since April, through the monthly “Fragrant and Fresh Laundry Service” project, they have been washing and delivering blankets to vulnerable households. In May, they held the “Parents’ Day Commemorative Filial Dream Event,” where they made and gave fresh carnations directly.

On June 11, this council conducted a side dish sharing service (selected as a 2020 Good Citizen Campaign donation distribution project) by preparing and delivering side dishes (jangjorim, radish kimchi, stir-fried anchovies, etc.) to 40 households who have difficulty feeding themselves due to disabilities or illnesses and checked on their well-being.

Son Han-gi, head of Jogok-dong, expressed gratitude to the various institutions and organizations contributing their precious time and effort, and stated, “We will continue to work with local organizations to discover welfare blind spots and strive to solve the difficult problems of those individuals together.”

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