Chungnam Takes First Step to Overcome Social Issues by Supporting 'Village Communities'

[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Chungnam Province is promoting a village community support project to overcome social issues. The ultimate goal of the project is to revitalize village-level communities so that each village can independently overcome problems such as low birth rates, aging population, and polarization.

On the 22nd, the province announced that it had selected 22 eup, myeon, and dong communities to participate in the village community support project. The selected communities will undergo basic training in accounting and individual consulting processes, and will carry out various village community projects such as ▲co-parenting ▲small library operation ▲village environment maintenance ▲senior cultural activities ▲creative theater activities.

First, “Eommarang Pumasi Childcare” in Baekseok-dong, Cheonan City, is a childcare community where parents raise children together and learn childcare wisdom. This community holds meetings based on reading, learning consideration and communication, and fosters bonds with family and community members to create a healthy childcare environment.

“Firefly Village School” in Gongju City provides seniors with various learning and play cultures. This village (Yugu-eup) is an aging village and is considered a relatively culturally marginalized area. Through the support project, the province plans to help the village seniors develop a passion for learning and increase their confidence and sense of accomplishment.

Previously, the province formed a panel of external experts as judges and selected one or more communities to participate in the support project by field and region.

Each community will receive an activity budget ranging from 3 million to 11 million KRW.

Jung Han-yul, Director of the Community Support Bureau of the province, said, “We will support the activation of life-oriented village communities so that village members can independently identify and solve problems and strengthen the capacity of local communities.”

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