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[Asia Economy Reporter Park So-yeon] SK Materials, a semiconductor and display materials specialist company, is rolling up its sleeves to support elderly living alone in Yeongju City who are at high risk of food insecurity due to COVID-19.

On the 13th, SK Materials announced that it will launch the ‘One Meal Sharing On(溫)Tact Project,’ delivering free lunchboxes to about 300 elderly living alone in the Yeongju area of Gyeongsangbuk-do.

The ‘One Meal Sharing On(溫)Tact Project’ is being carried out to help solve the problem of food insecurity among elderly living alone caused by COVID-19, which has led to partial suspension of free meal services.

Various stakeholders who sympathize with the purpose are participating, including Yeongju City Hall, Yeongju City Council, Yeongju Community Security Council, Gyeongbuk Social Welfare Community Chest, Yeongju Taxi Drivers Volunteer Group ‘Sarang Sireun Gyotong Bongsaedae,’ and the social enterprise ‘Sobaek Local Food.’

SK Materials secures necessary funds by utilizing the ‘Happiness Sharing Fund’ raised through employee donations and company funds, and the project is carried out with additional funding from the Community Security Council and the Gyeongbuk Social Welfare Community Chest.

Yeongju City Hall selected beneficiaries to minimize blind spots, considering that free meal support was usually difficult in the eup and local areas.

The social enterprise ‘Sobaek Local Food,’ which hires low-income and elderly workers and uses local ingredients, is responsible for producing and delivering the lunchboxes to the beneficiaries.

Also, considering the need to quickly deliver about 300 lunchboxes daily, the Yeongju Taxi Drivers Volunteer Group ‘Sarang Sireun Gyotong Bongsaedae’ participates in delivering lunchboxes in some areas. Through this, a total of about 18,000 meals will be delivered to elderly living alone in the Yeongju area.

Lee Yong-wook, CEO of SK Materials, said, “Disasters like COVID-19 first break down the most vulnerable parts of society, including elderly living alone, and companies cannot be free from social problems triggered by this. I am grateful to Yeongju City Hall, the City Council, and various organizations that sympathized with the purpose and decided to participate, and SK Materials, a local company in Yeongju, will do its best to help expand the ‘safety net’ for vulnerable groups in the Yeongju area even a little.”

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