Kumho Petrochemical Donates Customized Wheelchairs for 'Contactless Companionship'

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] Kumho Petrochemical announced on the 27th that it has completed the donation of 26 assistive devices worth approximately 52 million KRW, including customized wheelchairs for people with severe disabilities, to 14 residential facilities for the disabled located in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Gangwon last week.

Unlike previous years, no face-to-face events were held this year. This was intended to preemptively block all possible contact, as residents with physical disabilities are more vulnerable to virus infections than the general public. In fact, the assistive devices produced were delivered directly to the regions where each user resides.

Park Chan-gu, Chairman of Kumho Petrochemical Group, expressed his thoughts, saying, "As untact and social distancing have become important values, it is regrettable that the event was held non-face-to-face, but I believe our sentiments were fully conveyed."

Since 2008, Kumho Petrochemical has annually donated assistive devices such as customized wheelchairs to facilities selected by the Seoul Disabled Welfare Association. The customized wheelchair is a special wheelchair that adds a urethane inner (customized posture support device) to a general electric wheelchair. Since the user's body changes require replacing the inner with a new one each time, and the cost burden is high for facilities to prepare on their own, Kumho Petrochemical has continuously supported its production.

Meanwhile, Kumho Petrochemical is engaged in activities such as welfare facility window replacement projects, employee donation deliveries, and distribution of white canes for the visually impaired to help marginalized groups through chemical products. In April, to support the local economy depressed by COVID-19, the group provided encouragement money of 1 million KRW to all employees within the group, and also participated in overcoming the national crisis by donating 100 million KRW to a regional hospital in Nepal, which was under lockdown due to COVID-19, through Yonsei Medical Center.

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