Gwangju Nam-gu to Establish and Operate 'Toy Repair Hospital' in May Next Year

Installation in Bangjetgol and Aisarang Toy Libraries

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Kim Byeong-nae) announced on the 17th that it will launch a Toy Repair Hospital starting in the first half of next year to promote the reuse of broken toys and reduce the burden of toy purchases for households.

The Toy Repair Hospital, a new project for next year, is planned to be installed respectively at the Bangjetgol Toy Library in Bangnim-dong and the Aisarang Toy Library in Yangnim-dong, both of which are very popular among parents raising infants and toddlers.

Residents with manual skills will repair broken toys through talent donation, and those who donate their talents will receive reimbursement within the budget for actual expenses.

To this end, Nam-gu plans to publicly select four talent donors to work at the Toy Repair Hospital in the first half of next year.

The Toy Repair Hospital is expected to open around May next year, with two people working at the Bangjetgol Toy Repair Hospital and two at the Aisarang Toy Repair Hospital in Yangnim-dong.

In particular, from the first to the fourth week of each month, each person will work four hours once a week in shifts, providing a service to repair broken toys for residents. To make it convenient for residents to use, the days for toy repairs will be designated differently to allow for alternating repairs.

The Toy Repair Hospital is available to anyone who is a registered member of the district-run toy libraries or a parent of a preschool child living in the district.

Repair services will be provided free of charge in principle, but if parts costs occur, the user will bear the expense.

Also, if the COVID-19 situation continues, repair requests via courier will be accepted, with the courier cost borne by the user.

A Nam-gu official said, “We hope to reduce the childcare-related cost burden by providing free repair services for broken toys to residents, and to further activate resource recycling and knowledge sharing through talent donation by operating the Toy Repair Hospital.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.