Seongbuk-gu Allocates 11.5 Billion Won This Year, Providing Jobs to 3,000 Seniors Monthly

Leveraging Senior Citizens' Skills and Experience to Generate Income and Boost Local Economy 'Win-Win'... Seongbuk-gu Senior Club First to Establish and Operate 'Daily Life Support Center' Partnering with Multiple Companies Including CJ Logistics, Cleantopia, Aladin to Provide Services Such as Parcel Reception, Used Book Trading, Laundry and Food Delivery, and Childcare

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Seung-ro Lee·photo) is generating a win-win effect by focusing on senior job projects to support the active retirement life of the elderly.

A Seongbuk-gu official stated, “Despite the local economy being severely contracted due to COVID-19, the senior job projects are being promoted with enthusiastic responses from the elderly.”

In 2021, Seongbuk-gu invested a budget of 11.5 billion KRW in senior job projects, providing jobs to 3,000 seniors every month.

The ‘Senior Job Project’ is classified into several types depending on its nature, including market-type projects that utilize seniors’ abilities and experiences to generate income while providing services to the local community, and public-type projects which are volunteer activities aimed at public interest enhancement.

Last year, the ‘Daily Life Support Center,’ first established and operated by the Seongbuk-gu Senior Club, signed agreements with multiple companies such as CJ Logistics, Cleantopia, and Aladin to provide services including parcel reception, used book trading, laundry and food delivery, and childcare, thereby improving the convenience of residents in nearby apartments and receiving high praise from both residents and seniors.

Accordingly, Seongbuk-gu is preparing to enable service applications and requests through an application in the future.

The ‘Gireum Silver Green Care Project Group,’ operated by the Gireum Comprehensive Social Welfare Center, prepares lunchboxes and provides them to schools and seniors in need of dietary support.

With the support of project participants, they also provide nutritious porridge once a week to seniors who have difficulty having meals, creating a warm atmosphere in the local community.

Recently, the Seongbuk Senior Welfare Center held a meeting with job participants to conduct a satisfaction survey on the first half of the year’s job projects and presented carnations to the seniors in celebration of Parents’ Day.

One senior who participated in the meeting expressed, “I am very grateful to be able to work even at this age, and I hope to participate every year going forward.”

Seung-ro Lee, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, stated, “The senior job projects not only provide opportunities for social participation for the elderly but also lead to practical income security and a win-win effect of revitalizing the local economy. Therefore, we will make our best efforts to expand the senior job projects.”

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