Muan-gun Volunteer Fire Brigade Association Joins Effort to Help with Farm Work in Rural Areas

Sweating the Extra Mile with Initiative as If It Were My Own Work in the Heat

Members of the Muan-gun Volunteer Fire Brigade Association visited onion farms in Mongtan-myeon to volunteer in helping with farm work. (Photo by Muan-gun)

[Muan＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Oh Hwan-joo] Jeonnam Muan-gun (Governor Kim San) announced on the 9th that members of the Volunteer Fire Brigade Association (Chairmen Seong Dong-ho, Kim Ok-mi) visited an onion farm in Mongtan-myeon on the 8th to volunteer and help with farm labor.

On that day, about 50 members of the Volunteer Fire Brigade Association and Provincial Assembly member Lee Hye-ja worked hard harvesting onions in a 1,400-pyeong (approximately 4,628 square meters) onion field.

The farmer who received help said, "It was difficult to find labor during the busy farming season, so I was worried and overwhelmed about harvesting onions, but thanks to the Volunteer Fire Brigade Association members who took the initiative and volunteered diligently as if it were their own work despite the hot weather, it was a great help."

Governor Kim San visited the volunteer site in the morning to encourage the members and said, "I am glad to be able to offer some help to farmers who are struggling due to rising labor costs and labor shortages caused by COVID-19," adding, "We will continue to do our best to resolve difficulties caused by labor shortages during the busy farming season."

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