Yeosu-si Mipyeong-dong 'Haengbok Deoham Village Community', Sharing Harvest from Vegetable Garden

"Creating a World Without Discrimination Together for People with Disabilities and Non-Disabled"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] The Mipyeong-dong community “Happiness Plus” (representative Kang Hyung-guk) held a sharing event on the 10th, delivering altari radishes that they had carefully cultivated in their garden to the Yeosu Disabled Comprehensive Welfare Center and the Mipyeong Comprehensive Social Welfare Center.

The Mipyeong-dong Happiness Plus community is running a project called “Creating a Happy Village Where Disabled and Non-Disabled People Live Together,” where disabled and non-disabled individuals cultivate gardens together and share the harvested crops. The goal is to break down barriers between disabled and non-disabled people and foster a non-discriminatory atmosphere.

This event was the second sharing event of the year, and all the crops harvested here are planned to be distributed through welfare centers and senior citizen centers.

The Happiness Plus community, composed of 13 members including the Mipyeong-dong Residents’ Autonomy Committee and staff from the Yeosu Disabled Comprehensive Welfare Center, rents about 500 pyeong of farmland free of charge from village residents and cultivates over 20 kinds of vegetables such as altari radish, cucumber, perilla leaves, chili peppers, eggplant, corn, watermelon, oriental melon, bellflower root, deodeok, and pumpkin.

Jang Byung-yeon, head of Mipyeong-dong, who participated in the harvest, said, “I am proud that our neighborhood has an organization that works together with neighbors,” and added, “Although this is a small sharing during these difficult times of COVID-19, I hope it becomes a precious hope for everyone.”

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