Songpa-gu Hosts Kimchi-Making Sharing Event with Local Residents

Delivery of 100 Boxes of Kimchi to Vulnerable Groups Including Elderly Living Alone with Local Residents

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Songpa-gu (Mayor Park Seongsu) held the ‘Kimchi Sharing Event with Local Residents’ through the Songpa Silbeot Tteulak, a district-run senior welfare center, from the 3rd to the 4th.

Kimchi made for kimjang helps endure the harsh winter. However, it is impossible for elderly people living alone to make kimjang by themselves, so they are in urgent need of help from neighbors.

Accordingly, Songpa-gu, the welfare center, and local residents joined forces to support vulnerable elderly people in having a healthy winter.

First, local volunteer groups Silver Love Happiness Sharing Association and Happiness Sharing Volunteer Group sponsored kimjang ingredients including 300 heads of napa cabbage, 100 radishes, and 30kg of red pepper powder.

Due to the unprecedented long rainy season, the prices of kimjang seasoning vegetables soared sharply, but everyone contributed their sincere efforts.

Thirty volunteers armed with aprons and rubber gloves stuffed the salted napa cabbages with seasoning. They finished the kimjang for their neighbors faster than preparing for their own winter.

Five hundred kilograms of kimchi were delivered to 100 households (5kg per household) with the help of senior customized care life support workers.

In particular, kimchi was delivered to households of basic livelihood security recipients, elderly living alone, near-poverty class, and low-income elderly households, providing psychological stability by also checking on their well-being.

Mayor Park Seongsu said, “I express my gratitude to the local residents who gathered their sincerity during these difficult times,” and added, “We will carefully implement various welfare policies and strive to ensure that vulnerable elderly people can safely get through the winter.”

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