Seongbuk-gu COVID-19 Customized Non-Face-to-Face Program Receives Positive Reviews

Fun Ball Play for the Whole Family at Home 'Play Jang at Our House - Stay-at-Home Play'... Happy Cooking with Family While Taking Online Classes 'Working Mom & Daddy, Please Help - Family Cooking Class'

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) and Seongbuk-gu Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center (Director Lee Yoon-jung) have joined hands to run various customized non-face-to-face programs for COVID-19, such as ‘Play at Our Home - Stay-at-Home Play’ and ‘Working Mom & Daddy, Please Take Care - Whole Family Cooking Class,’ which are receiving favorable reviews.

These two programs were created by gathering parents’ opinions hoping to introduce ways to make the time spent with children at home more enjoyable, as outdoor activities have become highly restricted due to COVID-19.

‘Play at Our Home - Stay-at-Home Play’ is a program where the whole family can enjoy ball games at home.

It is conducted by teaching game rules through online lectures and playing with play kits provided through prior registration. The game rules are simple, allowing people of all ages and genders to participate joyfully.

‘Working Mom & Daddy, Please Take Care - Whole Family Cooking Class’ is a program combining cooking and play. Upon prior registration, cooking kits are provided, which participants use while following online lectures to cook. The program uses ingredients that are healthy and have unique textures, and each family shares their results with one another.

Residents, who had felt fatigued by prolonged social distancing, showed great satisfaction by posting numerous reviews on the Seongbuk-gu Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center website.

Hong**, a 45-year-old resident of Gireum-dong with two children in 2nd and 5th grade of elementary school, said, “It was almost the first time spending long hours at home with my children, so I was at a loss about what to do together and there were many conflicts. I had many concerns about how to wisely resolve this, and just then the district office prepared a non-face-to-face play program, so I applied. The children really liked it, and it created good memories for the whole family, so I am actively recommending it to neighbors.”

Seongbuk-gu reopened the Seongbuk-gu Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center, which had been closed due to the domestic spread of COVID-19, on the 20th, and plans to operate various customized family support programs in response to the new normal of COVID-19. Program details and schedules can be checked on the Seongbuk-gu Whole Family Happiness Network website.

Mayor Lee Seung-ro of Seongbuk-gu said, “Various fields of daily life are being newly established due to COVID-19. The administration is not stopping at its existing role but is making new and diverse attempts for the residents of Seongbuk-gu who are sincerely participating in social distancing for the health and safety of themselves and their neighbors.”

The Seongbuk-gu Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center is a specialized institution supporting healthy family life through life-cycle family education, parent classes that help communication and relationship improvement with children, family classes, family counseling that solves family problems, family-friendly cultural projects that help revitalize local communities and cultivate cultural citizenship, and integrated family services supporting multicultural families.

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