KEPCO Shares Love for Lunar New Year with Vulnerable Groups Including Orphanages

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) visited orphanages and vulnerable groups during the Lunar New Year holiday to support living environment improvement projects and provide daily necessities.

On the 9th, KEPCO President Kim Jong-gap visited Ewha Orphanage located in Naju, Jeollanam-do, to support building repairs and deliver daily necessities so that the children could spend a safe winter and a warm Lunar New Year holiday.

Ewha Orphanage, opened in 1986, currently houses 40 infants and toddlers aged 0 to 5. KEPCO supported 16 million KRW for the installation of eaves gutters to prevent icicles on the roofs of buildings adjacent to emergency passageways and inspected the construction site. Until now, children and childcare teachers were exposed to the risk of falling icicles from the roof, but once the construction is completed, they will be able to pass safely. They also delivered daily necessities worth about 2 million KRW, including quarantine supplies.

President Kim Jong-gap said during his visit to Ewha Orphanage, "I hope this will be a small help for our children to have a warm Lunar New Year," and added, "This year, KEPCO will expand social contribution activities that can provide practical help to vulnerable groups." Jeong Chang-sik, Senior Vice Chairman of the National Electric Power Labor Union, also said, "I express my respect to the childcare teachers who care for the children with warm love and will strive to look back on and help neighbors in need once again."

KEPCO also provided daily necessities such as local agricultural products and quarantine supplies worth about 430 million KRW to 283 vulnerable facilities nationwide for the Lunar New Year holiday.

KEPCO plans to expand social contribution activities for energy-vulnerable groups to realize social value this year and to further solidify existing programs such as "food support for children at risk of hunger," "after-school learning," and "missing child prevention campaigns."

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