LG Electronics Provides Living Support Funds and Hand Sanitizers to Ethiopian War Veterans

On the 23rd (local time), LG Electronics delivered living support funds, hand sanitizers, and more to surviving veterans in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Yang Seung-hwan, Head of LG Electronics Ethiopia Branch (first from the left), is handing over living support funds to the Ethiopian Korean War Veterans Association. (Photo by LG Electronics)

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] LG Electronics announced on the 24th that it delivered living support funds, hand sanitizers, and other items to about 100 surviving veterans at the Ethiopia Korean War Veterans Association.

On the 23rd (local time), LG Electronics held a delivery ceremony at the Ethiopia Korean War Veterans Association located in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. The ceremony was attended by Estafanos Meskel, Vice President of the Veterans Association, Yang Seunghwan, Head of LG Electronics Ethiopia Branch, and Park Yonggyu, Head of World Together Ethiopia Branch.

Starting this month, LG Electronics will install restrooms, drinking water facilities, and computer rooms at schools within the Addis Ababa veterans' village. An LG Electronics official explained, "LG Electronics and Korea Habitat are jointly carrying out a three-year Hope Village project to improve housing, sanitation, and education within the veterans' village to help Ethiopian veterans and their descendants become self-reliant," adding, "This is part of the Hope Village project launched last October to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Korean War."

Since March, LG Electronics has been repairing old and dilapidated houses in the veterans' village to improve living conditions. They are also conducting hygiene education for residents and installing drainage systems, communal restrooms, and shower facilities in the village.

Previously, in 2014, LG Electronics, together with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), established the LG-KOICA Hope Vocational Training School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Each year, 100 students are selected to receive training in electronic product repair skills, and over about three years, they are supported in obtaining national certifications, employment, and entrepreneurship. Fifteen percent of the total new students are allocated to descendants of veterans.

Since 2013, LG Electronics and its labor union have been supporting living support funds, scholarships, supplies, and education annually in cooperation with the NGO World Together to fulfill social responsibility and express gratitude to Ethiopian veterans.

Yoon Daesik, Executive Vice President in charge of External Cooperation at LG Electronics, said, "We plan to continuously develop various social contribution programs that contribute to the development of local communities in Ethiopia and actively fulfill corporate social responsibility," adding, "We will especially continue efforts to assist Ethiopian veterans."

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