Hana Financial Group Opens 'Saewoo Gae Hana Daycare Center' in Jungnang-gu

At the opening ceremony of 'Saewoo Gae Hana Daycare Center' in Sinnae-dong, Jungnang-gu, Seoul on the 21st, Ham Young-joo, Vice Chairman of Hana Financial Group (third from left), is cutting the tape with attendees including Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu (fourth from left). Photo by Hana Financial Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] Hana Financial Group has opened its fifteenth public daycare center.

Hana Financial announced on the 22nd that it held an opening ceremony for the 'Saeugae Hana Daycare Center' in Saeugae Village, Sinnae-dong, Jungnang-gu, Seoul.

This newly opened daycare center was established through cooperation between Hana Financial and Jungnang-gu. It was built in a densely populated residential area where the number of infants and toddlers has steadily increased while childcare facilities have been relatively insufficient, allowing young children to use the daycare center within the neighborhood where they can safely walk with their guardians.

The facility has a total floor area of 591.28㎡ and consists of three above-ground floors. It includes five childcare rooms, a playroom, a reading space, and a rooftop playground, providing various spaces for 74 children. The construction carefully considered children's safety by using eco-friendly materials, rounding corners, and preventing finger pinching.

This daycare center opening is part of Hana Financial's ‘100 Daycare Centers Construction Project.’ It is being carried out with the purpose of overcoming the low birthrate issue and supporting women's economic activities. Since starting in March last year in Geoje-si, Gyeongnam Province, Hana Financial has opened a total of 15 public daycare centers in childcare-vulnerable areas nationwide, including Jungnang-gu this time, and has opened five workplace daycare centers in Myeong-dong, Yeouido, Seongsu-dong in Seoul, Busan, and Gwangju, totaling 20 daycare centers. In addition, procedures for constructing daycare centers are underway in more than 50 other locations.

The opening ceremony held the previous afternoon was attended by Ham Young-joo, Vice Chairman of Hana Financial, Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, and others, who celebrated the opening and encouraged childcare staff.

Vice Chairman Ham said, “I feel very rewarding and pleased to build and donate high-quality public daycare centers where childcare facilities are needed,” and added, “I hope children here grow up healthy and strong while nurturing their dreams and hopes.”

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