HanmiGlobal Supports 14 Disabled Youth with Advanced Assistive Devices in Warm Partnership

Warm Companionship 2021 Advanced Assistive Devices Delivery Ceremony (Photo by HanmiGlobal)

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Tae-min] Global construction project management (PM) company HanmiGlobal and the social welfare organization 'Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng' announced on the 10th that they held a ceremony to deliver advanced assistive devices for fostering and supporting the independence of disabled leaders.

Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng's advanced assistive device support project provides customized advanced assistive devices to help young people with disabilities realize their dreams and grow as leaders in society. HanmiGlobal has sponsored this project for 12 years, supporting a total of 85 disabled individuals with advanced assistive devices to date.

From February to May, Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng recruited applicants and selected 14 final recipients based on document review, interviews, and device utilization plans. Depending on the type of disability, recipients were provided with voice recognition software (DNS), SenseReader, reading magnifiers, Soboro tablets, and Jeonsudong wheelchairs. Mr. Gu Geon-mo (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Korea University), who received a cochlear implant, said, "With the help of Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng, I was able to overcome the barriers of disability and take one step closer to my dream," adding, "I want to enter graduate school for semiconductors and develop assistive devices for the disabled."

Among the final selected recipients, eight were provided with computer equipment to participate in the voice coding project led by Professor Lee Sang-mook of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Seoul National University. Professor Lee's voice coding project for people with severe disabilities is a program that uses a technology called voice coding to train individuals with severe disabilities to become highly skilled programmers. Overcoming total paralysis, Professor Lee actively conducts research and is also known as Korea's Stephen Hawking.

Kim Jong-hoon, chairman of Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng, said, "Disabled youth should not only be seen as people who need protection but should be able to grow as next-generation leaders," adding, "Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng will support their independence and help them enter society to achieve their precious dreams."

Founded in 2010, Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng is a pure nonprofit organization that supports spatial welfare, advanced assistive devices, jobs, and volunteer activities for people with disabilities based on the philosophy that "disability is not in the body but in the environment."

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