Kim Bong-jin, Chairman of Woowa Brothers, Provides High-Performance Laptops to 10,000 Low-Income Students

Direct Delivery to Homes... Scheduled for Distribution Over Two Months Starting from the 4th

Woowa Brothers Chairman Kim Bong-jin (left) is meeting via video call with Song Pil-ho, President of the Hope Bridge National Disaster Relief Association, on the 4th to hold the 'Ceremony for the Delivery of 10,000 High-Performance Laptops to Alleviate Educational Inequality.'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] Woowa Brothers announced that Chairman Kim Bong-jin participated on the 4th in the 'High-Performance Laptop Delivery Ceremony for Resolving Educational Inequality' with the Hope Bridge National Disaster Relief Association. The event was conducted online, connecting Chairman Kim Bong-jin, who is staying in Singapore, with the Hope Bridge side.

At this event, Chairman Kim announced that as the first implementation plan of his 'promise to donate more than half of his assets to society' announced last February, he would support 10,000 low-income students with high-performance laptops. The laptops are scheduled to be distributed sequentially to 10,000 students nationwide over about two months starting from that day.

At the delivery ceremony, Chairman Kim said, "I believe laptops are essential learning tools for children in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic," adding, "I hope laptops become an item that instills confidence in studying for children, not a symbol of social status."

Chairman Kim also expressed gratitude, saying, "Thank you for making arrangements so that children can receive them directly at home. I hope children study hard with hope even in difficult environments," and added, "There are global difficulties in securing CPUs and RAM, so I would like to express my thanks to Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics for prioritizing support for this donation."

Chairman Kim and Hope Bridge selected the target students for laptop support last month with the cooperation of 17 city and provincial offices of education nationwide. The selection criteria included low-income children and adolescents from educational benefit recipients, single-parent families, grandparent-headed families, and multicultural families. Children and adolescents who are not classified as low-income in administrative terms but are judged by educators to need support were also included. In cases of the same criteria, priority was given to upper-grade students who are more likely to experience digital academic gaps, and in the case of multi-child families meeting the criteria, support was provided to all siblings.

Chairman Kim also prepared high-performance products so that students would not be hindered in their online learning and laptops would not become another symbol of class discrimination. He purchased 5,000 laptops each from Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, released this year, and also purchased software licenses necessary for studies (MS Office, Hancom Office) to be provided together. The total support amount is approximately 15 billion KRW.

In his declaration of joining The Giving Pledge last February, Chairman Kim stated, "I am gradually planning to solve problems related to educational inequality, support culture and arts, and create an organization that helps charities perform their work better."

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