Bando Construction Donates 200 Million KRW for Wildfire Damage in Gangwon Province

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Bando Construction announced on the 14th that it has donated 200 million KRW to support wildfire damage recovery and aid for disaster victims in the East Coast region of Gangwon Province.

The donated funds will be channeled through the "National Disaster Relief Association," the official fundraising organization for wildfire damage in Gangwon Province, and will be used to provide housing facilities, repair damaged buildings, support living expenses for disaster victims, and supply relief goods to help those affected by the wildfire return to their daily lives as soon as possible.

The total estimated damage area of this Gangwon Province wildfire (wildfire-affected area) is 21,772 hectares, approaching the scale of the largest wildfire in history, the 2000 East Coast wildfire, which affected 23,794 hectares.

Additionally, the estimated damage areas in Gangneung and Donghae are 1,900 hectares and 2,100 hectares respectively. Uljin and Samcheok are estimated to have suffered damage of 16,913 hectares and 772 hectares respectively. Houses, livestock barns, and farming equipment were burned, forcing farmers to give up this year’s harvest. With tourists staying away, concerns are also rising about the contraction of the local economy.

Park Hyun-il, General Manager of Bando Construction, said, "We hope this will help the disaster victims’ lives return to normal as quickly as possible," adding, "We hope that not only the disaster victims who suffered direct damage but also local small business owners affected by the downturn in the tourism industry will not suffer secondary damage, and that swift containment and recovery efforts will be carried out promptly."

Meanwhile, Bando Construction donated 100 million KRW for the 2019 Gangwon Province wildfire damage, 200 million KRW for COVID-19 support in 2020, and 100 million KRW in August of the same year to aid flood victims from the monsoon season heavy rains.

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