"Click Click, Capturing Love" ... Talent Donation by Social Service Workers

A Special Graduation Album for Children with Disabilities at Ulsan Happy School

Kim Min-gyu, a social service worker, is taking graduation album photos at Ulsan Happiness School.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jeonghwan] ‘Click click.’ A social service worker repeatedly presses the camera shutter. He was busy using his hands to create a graduation album for a school for disabled students, which had become difficult to produce due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). These are the hands of Kim Mingyu, who is serving as a social service worker.

Ulsan Happiness School took photos for the 2020 academic year graduates' graduation album on the 30th, with Kim’s talent donation. Why did he step forward even though it was not his own work?

Ulsan Happiness School, which had been taking graduation album photos as part of volunteer activities through the UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) student photography club ‘Ingam,’ was at a loss due to the delay in school attendance and the operation of online classes caused by COVID-19, making it impossible to schedule the photo shoot.

Kim Mingyu, who has always been interested in photography, heard about the school’s situation and willingly extended a helping hand to ensure the graduation album photoshoot could proceed normally.

Thanks to his help, 91 students from 14 classes at Ulsan Happiness School, who are about to graduate, were able to capture their wonderful appearances in the graduation album.

Kim said, “Taking photos for disabled students was not easy, but I did my best in the shoot with the affection and love built up while spending time with the students. I want to show the photos to the students quickly.”

Principal Jang Hyekyung said, “We are grateful for the talent donation of social service worker Kim Mingyu, who made it possible to see the bright smiles of the graduates in the album, and we will thoroughly produce the graduation album filled with the students’ precious memories.”

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