"Looking for the Citizen Kindness Champion" Seoul City Accepts Welfare Award Nominations Until the 23rd of Next Month

30-Day Seoul Welfare Award Nominee Recommendation Submission
Selection of 10 Awardees Including 1 Grand Prize Winner in 3 Categories: Welfare Volunteers, Sponsors, and Workers

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government is accepting public nominations for the ‘Seoul Metropolitan Welfare Award’ until June 23.

According to Seoul City on the 23rd, the Seoul Welfare Award, now in its 19th year, selects a total of 10 recipients (teams) divided into three categories: welfare volunteers, sponsors, and workers. There will be one Grand Prize winner, three Excellence Award winners (one from each category), and six Merit Award winners (two from each category).

Last year, Jeong Hyun-sook, who worked at a residential facility for people with intellectual disabilities (Dongcheon House) and took on the role of a mother to a couple with intellectual disabilities who had left the facility, received the Grand Prize. Jeong maintained relationships with twenty couples with intellectual disabilities who had left the facility, caring for them like family, from household matters to child-rearing.

Winners are selected through a final review by a committee of external experts after investigating and verifying the public merits of the nominated candidates. The selected individuals and organizations will be awarded plaques at a ceremony scheduled for September 9.

Eligibility requirements for candidates include individuals or organizations who have continuously resided in Seoul for more than three years or have worked at a workplace located in Seoul and have made significant contributions to the promotion of welfare in Seoul. Even if they have not lived in Seoul for more than three years, those who work at facilities located in Seoul or have volunteered for more than three years targeting Seoul citizens are also eligible for nomination.

Candidates must be recommended by Seoul City, affiliated organizations, autonomous districts, national institutions, or welfare-related for-profit corporations, registered administrative organizations, and social welfare facilities. If an individual makes a recommendation, they must submit a recommendation letter signed by at least 10 Seoul citizens aged 19 or older, along with the required documents, to the Welfare Policy Division of Seoul City or the welfare department of the relevant autonomous district.

Kim Seon-soon, Director of Seoul City’s Welfare Policy Office, stated, “Even as social distancing continues, we ask for your interest and recommendations so that individuals and organizations leading the creation of a warm welfare community through sharing and volunteering can serve as role models for citizens.”

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