Gwangyang Steelworks Friends Volunteer Group Lends a Hand in Fishing Village Work at Hadong-gun Napal Village

Environmental Cleanup Conducted at Hadong Napal Village Seafood Market Ahead of Jeoneo Season

Supporting Local Economy by Promoting Jeoneo Purchase Campaign Together

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] The Friends Volunteer Group of POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks (Director Kim Ji-yong) took part in helping with fishing village work at Napal Village in Hadong County on the 7th.

On this day, the volunteer activity was mainly conducted in a non-face-to-face manner to prevent COVID-19 cluster infections. The participating members and their families paid special attention to personal hygiene, including temperature checks, wearing masks, and hand sanitization.

The Friends Volunteer Group stated that, ahead of the Jeoneo (gizzard shad) season, they decided to clean up the environment around the seafood sales center in Napal Village, Hadong, hoping to revitalize the sales center and supplement the labor shortage.

Despite the hot weekend morning, the members and their families worked hard picking up trash, sorting recyclables, and tidying the roadside. They also neatly maintained the parking lot to ensure a comfortable visit for customers coming to Napal Village to buy Jeoneo.

In particular, due to the decrease in visitors caused by COVID-19, which reduced sales channels and impacted the local economy, the members participating in the volunteer work also carried out a campaign to buy Jeoneo, adding more significance to their efforts for the fishing cooperative of Napal Village.

The Friends Volunteer Group is a talent volunteer group established to help multicultural families in Gwangyang settle in the local community. Composed of about 350 employees of Gwangyang Steelworks, the members engage in various volunteer activities, including support for multicultural families adapting to life in Korea and helping with labor shortages in nearby farming and fishing villages.

On this day, Park Bong-chun, head of Napal Village in Hadong County, said, “During the Jeoneo season, hundreds of visitors come to the village, making it very busy, but the Jeoneo festival was canceled due to COVID-19, and visits stopped, deepening the worries of fishermen.” He added, “Unexpectedly, POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks employees came to clean the village and even bought Jeoneo, bringing smiles to the faces of the village fishermen,” expressing repeated gratitude.

Meanwhile, Gwangyang Steelworks is actively striving to coexist and prosper with the local community. In June, during the ‘2021 Global Model Citizen Week,’ 14 talent volunteer groups participated in a joint volunteer activity in Gwangyeong-dong, Gwangyang City, which has a sisterhood relationship with the Equipment Technology Department, engaging in environmental cleanup and labor support for the sister village.

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