KOTRA Donates Meal Support Funds for Food-Insecure Children on Chuseok

[Asia Economy Reporter Suyeon Woo] KOTRA held a fundraising event to help low-income children at risk of food insecurity who are unable to eat school meals due to reduced attendance caused by COVID-19.

The fundraising event, organized for Chuseok, was conducted in collaboration with the international humanitarian development nonprofit organization Save the Children. KOTRA employees participated in the event in a non-face-to-face manner by accessing the Save the Children website's COVID-19 Child Meal Support campaign, selecting the number of lunchboxes they wished to donate, and making payments online.

On the 16th, KOTRA donated 3.1 million KRW raised through the participation of all employees to Save the Children. Save the Children plans to deliver 443 Korean and Western-style lunchboxes prepared with the donation to children at risk of food insecurity, helping them have a warm Chuseok.

Soonsuk Son, Vice President of KOTRA, said, "KOTRA employees showed great interest in non-face-to-face donation activities in line with social distancing measures," adding, "We plan to continue activities to support socially vulnerable groups."

On the 16th, KOTRA donated the COVID-19 child meal support fund raised by its executives and employees to Save the Children. Son Su-deuk, KOTRA Vice President (third from the left in the photo), is taking a commemorative photo with Save the Children officials after delivering the donation. Photo by KOTRA

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