Mokpo City to Expand Participation in Senior Job Programs in the Second Half of the Year

Ministry of Health and Welfare Secures Additional Funding for Senior Job Projects, 150 Public Service Positions in August, 100 in September

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Seunghyun] Mokpo City, Jeonnam Province announced on the 3rd that it will expand the number of participants in the senior job and social activity support project in the second half of this year.

The city will select about 250 people from the waiting list in the second half of the year, based on additional senior job allocations from the Ministry of Health and Welfare to support income preservation and social activities for low-income elderly households due to COVID-19, as well as the settlement results of the first half project expenses.

Subsequently, the city plans to deploy 150 people in August and 100 people in September to the project. The seniors participating in the additional senior job project will engage in public interest activities such as the ‘Areumdawoon Maeul Mandulgi Project’ (Beautiful Village Making Project) and participate in street environment cleanup activities in the city.

To promote healthy and active senior life, the city has secured a budget of 11.026 billion KRW (3.87 billion KRW from city funds) this year to operate the senior job project, with 3,155 participants since January.

A city official stated, “The importance of linking jobs in senior welfare is increasing. We will focus on discovering innovative jobs and increasing the number of jobs to contribute to a healthy and active senior life,” adding, “We will work with job implementing agencies to ensure that participating seniors can work safely.”

Meanwhile, due to the escalation to level 3 social distancing for COVID-19 and heatwave concerns, the city will temporarily suspend the senior job project from the 27th of last month until August 8th to ensure participants’ safety.

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