Seongdong-gu Operates 'Dundun Han Kki Nuriso(所)' to Support Needy Residents During Lunar New Year Holiday

Voluntary Donation Campaign for Welfare Blind Spot Beneficiaries... 'Donation Sharing' for Residents in Financial Difficulty at 4 Regional Community Centers for Easy Access... Local Residents, District Staff, and Welfare Agencies Operate with Donated Goods Throughout February, Including Holidays During Seollal

At 'Dundun Han Kki Nuriso(所)', individuals facing financial difficulties can freely take items.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Won-oh) will operate the "Dundun One Meal Nuri-so (所)," which any resident facing financial difficulties can use, intensively from 2 PM to 4 PM every day without holidays throughout February, in celebration of the Year of the Black Ox.

Considering residents' accessibility, the district installed display shelves outside four community centers: Haengdang 1-dong, Geumho 2-3 ga-dong, Seongsu 2-ga 1-dong, and Yongdap-dong, allowing easy access from outside.

The shelves are stocked with food items such as rice, instant rice, ramen, canned goods, and gim (seaweed), enabling Seongdong-gu residents who suddenly face livelihood difficulties amid COVID-19 and cold waves to freely take food.

As a sharing campaign where voluntary donations and welfare blind spots can freely use the service, local organizations actively participate to ensure orderly donation sharing while complying with COVID-19 prevention guidelines.

To practice social distancing and support donation events such as stocking donated goods, members of the Dong Community Security Council and the Love Fruit Sharing Volunteer Group have stepped in to assist.

District employees also actively participated in donations to operate the "Dundun One Meal Nuri-so."

A donation box was installed in the Welfare Policy Office at the district office, allowing employees to voluntarily leave food items. The district office sanitation workers also contributed a large amount of donated goods.

Donation sharing boxes were installed at each community center to enable residents to easily and voluntarily donate, and three comprehensive social welfare centers?Seongdong, Oksu, and Seongsu?as well as the Seongdong Volunteer Center and the Dong Community Security Council are also participating in donations.

Items donated through companies and institutions are collected and managed at the Seongdong Hope Food Sharing Center. Despite the early recruitment stage, various food items are steadily accumulating amid warm goodwill.

Jeong Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, "Through the 'Dundun One Meal Nuri-so,' made possible by the voluntary donations of local merchants and residents, I hope it becomes a precious source of strength and emotional comfort to neighbors who fear immediate hunger outside the system, and that the culture of sharing in daily life matures to the next level."

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