Gwangyang Steelworks Friends Volunteer Group Conducts Woodcraft Experience with Children from Multicultural Families

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Gwangyang Steelworks (Director Kim Ji-yong) held a woodworking experience event with children from multicultural families at the community communication space ‘Dagaon (ON)’ on the 29th in collaboration with the Gwangyang City Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center, receiving great response.

The Gwangyang Steelworks Friends Volunteer Group conducted three sessions from the 15th to the 29th, during which children from multicultural families explored the texture and characteristics of wood and created various woodworking projects such as multipurpose storage cabinets, pencil cases, and shelves.

During the time together, they stimulated creativity by discussing with the children how to make their projects. Through this, the children were able to complete ‘their own unique works’ to gift to their families and themselves, gaining a sense of accomplishment.

In particular, the woodworking experience is known to provide emotional stability through the process of touching and shaping wood, and it is expected to help children from multicultural families grow up healthily.

The Friends Volunteer Group, which prepared this program, consists of about 350 Gwangyang Steelworks employees and is a talent volunteer group that carries out various activities such as joint weddings and scholarship support projects for children of multicultural families in the area to help them take root as members of the local community.

Park Jong-gyun, an employee of Gwangyang Steelworks who participated in the volunteer work, said, “It was great to see the children’s happy smiles while making woodworking projects together,” and added, “I hope this opportunity helps our multicultural family children cherish nature and develop their imagination.”

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