GS Retail Supports New Semester Learning Kits for Vulnerable Youth... "Practicing ESG Management"

On the 23rd, a youth from the LH Dongpyeon Happy Home School Regional Children's Center (left) and the director of the Regional Children's Center received the Happy Start new semester learning kit.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] GS Retail announced on the 23rd that it will carry out the social contribution activity "Happy Start," which supports school supplies for underprivileged youth for the new semester.

Happy Start is a project aimed at encouraging low-income youth for a strong new semester and reducing the economic burden of purchasing school supplies. It is conducted in collaboration with Hope Friends Korea Food for the Hungry International, and Community Chest of Korea.

This time, a total of 229 institutions including local children's centers, social welfare centers, and disability welfare centers, where youth in need and their guardians belong, applied with 703 applicants. Among them, 200 middle school students from households meeting income eligibility (basic livelihood security recipients, near-poverty, median income 100%) were selected on a first-come, first-served basis. They will be sequentially provided with Happy Start new semester school supply kits worth about 250,000 KRW, consisting of various stationery, learning devices, and recommended books for youth, by the end of February.

A GS Retail official said, "We prepared this Happy Start to help youth from many families struggling due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic to reduce their economic burden," adding, "As we practice ESG (Environment, Social, Governance)-focused management, we will strive to serve as a social safety net for youth."

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