Gwangju Nam-gu's 'Midsummer Christmas Gift Project' Promotion

Sponsorship by Lee Hyung-ho, CEO of Ewha Geonyeong Co., Ltd.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Kim Byeongnae) is promoting the ‘Midsummer Christmas Gift Project’ to fulfill the wishes of children from vulnerable groups.

Nam-gu announced on the 15th that it will actively carry out the ‘Midsummer Christmas Gift Project,’ a wish-fulfillment project to help low-income children facing economic difficulties not lose their dreams and hopes and grow up healthily.

This year’s project was made possible by the goodwill of CEO Lee Youngho of Ewhagunyeong Co., Ltd., who sponsored the project after hearing the heartbreaking stories of children who could not get what they wanted due to their family circumstances.

Last year, CEO Lee also donated several million won to help fulfill children’s wishes.

Nam-gu plans to fulfill the wishes of 25 children from vulnerable groups in the district using the sponsorship funds.

In particular, to select the children who will receive gifts, wish application forms containing each child’s story are being collected through 16 administrative welfare centers in the district and the Nam-gu Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center. The final recipients are expected to be confirmed by the end of this month.

The fulfillment of the children’s wishes is expected to take place between the 2nd and 31st of next month, with district office employees and members of the Nam-gu Community Security Council visiting the families to personally deliver the gifts to the children.

A Nam-gu official said, “We are pleased to be able to carry out this project to fulfill children’s wishes again this year,” and added, “We look forward to many donations from those interested so that we can bring dreams and love to more children.”

Meanwhile, the Midsummer Christmas Gift Project began in 2017 and has been carried out four times with the help of local community sponsors up to last year.

So far, 102 children from vulnerable groups have received gifts such as tablet PCs, bicycles, gift certificates, desks, and academy vouchers. There have also been touching stories that struck a chord, such as a request to send a gift to a sick mother and a heartbreaking wish to eat as much meat as they want due to hunger.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.