Woori Financial Group and KODIT Support Vulnerable Groups with 'Woori Happiness Box' for Chuseok

Support for 2,000 Food Kits

On the 10th, Woori Financial Group held a 'Woori Happiness Box' delivery ceremony at Yurak Comprehensive Social Welfare Center located in Sindang-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, together with the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Korea Association of Social Welfare Centers. Sohn Tae-seung (right), Chairman of Woori Financial Group, is taking a commemorative photo with Wi Sung-baek (left), President of the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Nam Guk-hee, Chairman of the Korea Association of Social Welfare Centers.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jin-ho Kim] Woori Financial Group announced on the 12th that on the 10th, it visited Yurak Comprehensive Social Welfare Center located in Sindang-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, together with the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Korea Association of Social Welfare Centers, to hold a ceremony for delivering the ‘Woori Happiness Box’.

The ‘Woori Happiness Box’ is composed of a total of 10 items including traditional holiday foods such as Hangwa (Korean traditional sweets), rice cake soup rice cakes, mixed grains, seaweed, pickled vegetables, and everyday food items, to help vulnerable groups struggling due to the prolonged social distancing caused by COVID-19 enjoy a bountiful Chuseok holiday. It consists of domestically produced products from small and medium-sized enterprises and social enterprises affected by COVID-19, thereby also supporting the sales improvement of domestic small business owners overcoming COVID-19.

Employees of Woori Bank’s nationwide sales headquarters and the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation plan to deliver a total of about 2,000 ‘Woori Happiness Boxes’ to comprehensive social welfare centers nationwide under the Korea Association of Social Welfare Centers before Chuseok.

Son Tae-seung, Chairman of Woori Financial Group, said, “I hope that our neighbors, small business owners, and farmers can all have a warm Chuseok,” and added, “Woori Financial Group will continue to practice ESG management through coexistence with local communities.”

Wi Sung-baek, President of the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation, also said, “We prepared these gifts with the hope that they would bring comfort to our neighbors in these difficult times due to COVID-19.”

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