Yongsan-gu Childcare Support Center Mobile Webzine 'Aja' Published

To provide childcare and parenting information to residents, a mobile webzine is added alongside the existing paper newsletter... Distributed via text and email to about 1,000 members of Yukjongji and others

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Yongsan-gu (Mayor Seongjang Hyun) Childcare Comprehensive Support Center (hereinafter referred to as the Childcare Support Center) started publishing the 'Aja (Baby Grows)' mobile webzine on the 31st.

Aja is a comprehensive newsletter containing various information about pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, and early childhood education. It is published twice a year in spring and autumn with 1,000 copies each and distributed to related organizations, community centers, and daycare centers within the district.

The mobile webzine was created to provide high-quality information more easily to residents in the non-face-to-face era and was distributed via text message and email to about 1,000 members of the Childcare Support Center.

It can also be accessed through the district Childcare Support Center website and social networking services (SNS).

This spring issue of the webzine is 15 pages long and introduces ▲ expanded support for employment security incentives for childbirth and childcare in small and medium-sized enterprises ▲ expanded placement of assistant and extended childcare teachers ▲ a mind project for happy parents ▲ how to respond to burn accidents ▲ foods helpful against fine dust ▲ self-regulation skills that aid social and emotional adaptation.

In particular, it draws attention by including photos and user reviews of the Childcare Support Center’s Mind Project, such as 'Parent Education,' 'Parent-Child Experience,' and 'Play and Grow at Home,' which are of interest to residents.

It also reported the opening of the Seobinggo-dong Open Childcare Room. The Seobinggo-dong Open Childcare Room is located on the first floor of the Seobinggo-dong Community Center and can be used by children under five years old and their parents together.

Residents who wish to subscribe to the webzine can inquire at the district Childcare Support Center.

The Childcare Support Center is an institution that provides professional childcare information services to meet the diverse needs of children and parents. It is located on the 2nd floor of Yongsan Dream Tree Complex Town (329 Baekbeom-ro, hereinafter referred to as the Complex Town) in Wonhyo-ro 1(il)-dong, Yongsan-gu.

It is equipped with Dream Tree Playground (toddler experience room), Baby Flower Playground (infant experience room), Baby Rest Area (nursing room), Kiwoomter (parent self-help meeting space), Jaramter (childcare support program space), computer training room, counseling and therapy rooms, reference room, and education room. It is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. However, it is currently closed due to government social distancing policies, and only online education is available. Programs such as 'Baby Massage,' 'Orff Music,' and 'Safety Accident Prevention Education' will be held in April.

Choi Kyung-sun, director of the Yongsan-gu Childcare Comprehensive Support Center, said, “Through the mobile webzine, we will be able to actively introduce the center’s various projects to residents,” adding, “We will diversify our projects further to suit the untact era.”

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