Gwangju Nam-gu Promotes Care Projects Including 'Nanum Tour and Laundry Service' Operations

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 30th that it will actively promote various projects that practice neighborly love by investing 22 million KRW this year to establish village-based welfare communities within the district.

According to Nam-gu, three areas in the old downtown of the district?Yangrim-dong, Bangnim 2-dong, and Baegun 1-dong?were selected as project target areas in the “2022 Gwangju Village Welfare Community Contest” hosted by Gwangju City.

Accordingly, Nam-gu plans to collaborate with the community security councils of Yangrim-dong, Bangnim 2-dong, and Baegun 1-dong, which are the project executors, to promote integrated care linkage projects targeting vulnerable residents.

The project budget allocated for care neighbors this year is approximately 22 million KRW.

First, the Yangrim-dong Community Security Council will launch the “Yangrim Win-Win Sharing Tour” program together with a total of 50 stores, including 23 “Good Stores” located in Yangrim-dong and 27 small business-operated stores.

Due to the impact of COVID-19, coupons will be issued to low-income residents going through difficult times, and these coupons can be used at the 50 stores participating in the Yangrim Win-Win Sharing Tour, aiming for both vulnerable residents and small business owners to overcome hardships together.

The Yangrim Win-Win Sharing Tour coupons are expected to be provided at 50,000 KRW per person to 100 underprivileged households within Yangrim-dong.

The Bangnim 2-dong Community Security Council is conducting the “Ppongppong Bridge Village Connecting Warmth Among Neighbors” project. Since the elderly population aged 65 and over accounts for 26% of the total residents, this project is prepared to improve the quality of life for senior citizens.

To this end, residents will build a database through a survey to identify households in crisis and operate a visiting laundry service for 50 households of seniors aged 75 and over who live alone and receive basic living subsidies.

Additionally, in cooperation with pharmacies registered as Good Stores, they will provide emergency medicine support and health consultation services, and the village residents will also offer longevity photo shoots for basic living subsidy seniors aged 80 and over.

Meanwhile, the Baegun 1-dong Community Security Council plans to provide birthday meals and healthy side dishes to elderly residents living lonely lives without children through the “Osundusun Kkachi Village” project.

Furthermore, volunteer members composed of village residents will visit 100 single elderly households once a month to listen to their difficulties and produce the “Kkachi Kkachi Welfare Newspaper” to deliver village news.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.