SH Corporation Supports Vulnerable Rural Groups Through '1 Company 1 Village' Housing Environment Improvement Project

On the 12th, at the Dogok-ri village hall, a scene of delivering sponsorship funds for the SH Corporation's residential environment improvement project and volunteer-made items by executives and employees.

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] Seoul Housing and Communities Corporation (SH Corporation) announced on the 16th that it has carried out a housing environment improvement project targeting vulnerable households in Dogok 1-ri, Baegun-myeon, Jecheon-si, Chungbuk, a sister village.

Since June, SH Corporation has been promoting the "One Company One Village Housing Environment Improvement Project" worth approximately 45 million KRW over six months. The One Company One Village sisterhood project is a social contribution activity by SH Corporation that began in 2005 to revitalize exchanges between rural and urban areas. The corporation has conducted volunteer work twice a year in spring and autumn to help with necessary tasks in rural areas, but this year, as part of COVID-19 prevention and discovering social contribution activities utilizing the corporation’s expertise, it newly promoted the housing environment improvement project.

In this regard, SH Corporation signed a business agreement with Habitat for Humanity Korea in May and selected three vulnerable households through an on-site inspection in June to carry out housing environment improvement construction. The scope of work included painting, electrical work, window replacement, and roof leak repairs to help the beneficiaries spend the cold winter warmly and comfortably.

SH Corporation employees directly made DIY (Do It Yourself) furniture to be used by the beneficiary households and packed 100-mask kits to deliver to 83 households in the One Company One Village sister village. The volunteer activities by employees were originally scheduled to take place at the housing environment improvement project households in Jecheon, but considering the difficulty of face-to-face volunteer work due to COVID-19, they were conducted at SH Corporation headquarters while complying with quarantine rules.

Kim Seyong, President of SH Corporation, said, “Although our employees could not visit the village in person due to COVID-19, I hope the warm feelings are conveyed through the DIY furniture, mask kits, and heartfelt letters prepared by the employees themselves. We will continue to strive to promote social contribution activities faithful to the corporation’s core business.”

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