Sinan-gun Selected for Excellence Award in Visiting Island Hairdressing Service Project

The Sinan County Welfare Foundation's mobile island resident hairdressing service received the Excellence Award in the Public-Private Cooperation category at the Best Practices Contest for Resolving Blind Spots in Welfare. ⓒ Asia Economy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The Shinan-gun Welfare Foundation in Jeollanam-do (Chairman Park Gyun-bo) won the Excellence Award in the Public-Private Cooperation category at the contest for outstanding cases of resolving welfare blind spots hosted by the Jeollanam-do Social Service Institute on the 14th.

According to the county on the 15th, this contest targeted cities and counties in Jeollanam-do (public and private sectors) and recognized outstanding cases in four categories. After the first document screening and the second committee evaluation, the Shinan-gun Welfare Foundation’s ‘Visiting Remote Island Residents Hairdressing Project’ was awarded for its excellent performance and achievements.

Since last year, the project has established a legal and institutional foundation, and officially started in March this year with the opening of the Remote Island Hairdressing Support Center. It employs skilled hairdressers to provide haircuts, coloring, and perms at least twice a week to 33 remote islands in Shinan-gun.

Based on public-private cooperation with town and township offices, the Shinan-gun Community Security Council, and village chiefs, the project is carried out to guarantee the basic living rights and improve the lives of remote island residents despite difficult conditions.

Chairman Park Gyun-bo said, “We should regularly carry out the project for remote island residents, but it is regrettable that we could not do so due to the spread of COVID-19. However, we will prepare more thoroughly next year and do our best.”

County Governor Park Woo-ryang stated, “The Visiting Remote Island Hairdressing Project, along with night operation of passenger ships and operation of public buses, is a groundbreaking project that alleviates the hardships of remote island residents, and we will actively support it for the residents of remote islands.”

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