LG Household & Health Care Announces Recruitment for 'Wings for Women with Disabilities' Support Program Recipients

Officials from LG Household & Health Care and the Beautiful Foundation, which operate the 'Women with Disabilities Wing Project (Gi),' are attending an online results sharing meeting held last February at a studio in Seoul, sharing their thoughts and experiences.

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] LG Household & Health Care, together with the Beautiful Foundation, is recruiting candidates for the ‘Women with Disabilities Wing Support (技)’ program, which supports the childcare and social activities of women with disabilities through customized assistive devices, until the 21st.

Women with Disabilities Wing Support is part of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) activities and is the first customized assistive device support project for women with disabilities in Korea, launched last year. It is operated with the ‘LG Household & Health Care Happy Smile Fund’ established by donations from LG Household & Health Care employees’ partial salaries and the company’s matching fund, with the Gyeonggi Rehabilitation Engineering Service Research Support Center participating as a cooperating institution.

Any woman with a disability aged between 19 and 65, residing in Seoul or Gyeonggi Province, who is engaged in social activities or raising children, can apply. Applications can be submitted by email or mail to the Gyeonggi Rehabilitation Engineering Service Research Support Center by the 21st.

LG Household & Health Care and the Beautiful Foundation will select 25 women with physical disabilities, brain lesion disabilities, or visual impairments and provide assistive devices worth approximately 5 million KRW per person. The Gyeonggi Rehabilitation Engineering Service Research Support Center, Korea’s first specialized assistive device institution, will provide customized assistive devices through individual consultations, as well as training on usage and aftercare.

Assistive devices can be applied for in two categories according to the life cycle of women with disabilities: ‘Childcare Support Type’ and ‘Social Participation Type.’ Customized assistive devices tailored to each applicant’s characteristics and situation, such as vehicle modification, special keyboards, braille information terminals, height-adjustable baby beds, and voice recognition lighting, will be provided to enhance usability.

Kwon Chan, Secretary General of the Beautiful Foundation, stated, “By lowering the barriers to childcare and social life, we hope this will be a great opportunity for women with disabilities to discover their own potential.”

Park Heonyoung, Executive Director of LG Household & Health Care, said, “We will give women with disabilities the ‘wings of happiness’ to cherish their daily lives and challenge new lives,” adding, “We will strive to focus our ESG capabilities where our society needs them.”

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