Shinhan Card Opens 'Areumin Library' for Out-of-School Youth

'Children Safe School Sending Movement National Foundation' and
First Opening This Year for Out-of-School Youth

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki Ha-young] Shinhan Card announced on the 24th that it has opened the 'Areumin Library' to support the learning environment of out-of-school youth who are in the blind spots of education and welfare.

The opening ceremony held at the Gwangmyeong City Youth Support Center Kkumdeulim was attended by Moon Dong-kwon, Head of Shinhan Card's Management Planning Group, Lee Chung-ho, Chairman of the National Foundation for the Safe Sending of Children to School Movement, Jeong So-yeon, Director of the Protection Policy Division at the Ministry of Justice, and Kim Do-yeon, Director of the Korea Youth Counseling and Welfare Institute, among other officials.

This Areumin Library is the first of this year supported by the National Foundation for the Safe Sending of Children to School Movement, a nonprofit foundation established to create a safe school and social environment for youth, and Shinhan Card to improve the learning environment for out-of-school youth.

Going forward, Shinhan Card plans to promote various social contribution programs together with the National Foundation for the Safe Sending of Children to School Movement, such as financial education programs for out-of-school youth and fundraising campaigns to improve the welfare of out-of-school youth. In particular, as part of Shinhan Financial Group's ESG strategy implementation, it plans to strengthen various programs to support the stable operation of NGOs and social enterprises. ESG is a strategy that emphasizes corporate social responsibility, including environmental, social, and governance factors, which are non-financial elements beyond a company's financial indicators.

Since 2010, Shinhan Card has launched the Areumin Library project, opening a total of 502 libraries and providing more than 80,000 youth with a safe reading environment made of eco-friendly materials and high-quality educational opportunities.

A Shinhan Card official said, "We will make efforts to foster the Shinhan Areumin Library as an educational platform to support vulnerable groups and embody the ESG strategy pursued by Shinhan Financial Group."

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