Gwangju Buk-gu Receives Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Low Birthrate Response Cases

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Moon In) announced on the 2nd that it won the Prime Minister's Award at the '2020 Local Government Low Birthrate Response Best Practice Competition' hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on the 30th of last month and secured a special grant of 100 million won.

This competition was organized to discover and spread excellent cases related to low birthrate by local governments and to actively respond to population changes.

Buk-gu was evaluated to have made a significant contribution to overcoming low birthrate through the 'Momo Gajeong (募募家情) Project' aimed at resolving blind spots in childcare.

The Momo Gajeong Project is a public-private cooperation project to create village-level childcare communities to reduce the burden of child-rearing for families with both working parents or childcare gaps.

It started in 2017 at Jeil Punggyeongchae River Park in Sinyong-dong, Buk-gu, and has spread a healthy family culture by operating programs such as 'generation-integrated care with senior citizens at senior centers,' 'after-school group care,' and 'family relationship improvement' programs.

In particular, through residents' talent donations, educational activities such as informatization, calligraphy, and baduk (Go) have been conducted, and it has contributed to job creation by employing middle-aged and senior retirees as child caregivers and hiring career-interrupted women as village instructors.

In the future, Buk-gu plans to establish and operate a resident-participatory childcare cooperative to expand childcare infrastructure and provide various childcare services.

Mayor Moon In of Buk-gu said, "We will continue to create a Buk-gu that is good for having and raising children through a public-private cooperation network responding to low birthrate."

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