Gwangju Buk-gu and 3 Convenience Store Owners Join Efforts to Address Welfare Blind Spots

On the 7th, signed a business agreement with three convenience store companies (213 franchise stores)... Gwangju City's first case

Reporting vulnerable households via KakaoTalk channel, providing welfare, counseling, and information

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Buk-gu, Gwangju City announced on the 12th that it has signed a business agreement with three convenience store companies (CU, 7-Eleven, Ministop) to identify and support welfare blind spots.

This project is the first cooperative case in Gwangju City, aiming to utilize convenience stores, which have established themselves as lifestyle platforms for single-person households, to find at-risk households and provide welfare information.

Buk-gu and the three convenience store companies agreed to promote the posting and management of promotional posters and stickers inside convenience stores, immediately report when at-risk households are discovered, and provide counseling and welfare service support for these households.

Buk-gu plans to distribute promotional materials containing various welfare information and QR codes to a total of 213 franchise stores of the three convenience store companies.

In particular, the ‘Gwangju Buk-gu Hope Post Talk’ Kakao Channel, connected via QR code, serves as a communication channel for reporting at-risk households, welfare counseling, and support linkage.

Buk-gu intends to work with convenience store companies to provide residents with various welfare information and focus on discovering single-person at-risk households and welfare blind spots.

Director Moon In said, “We will continue to strive to build a dense welfare safety net through public-private cooperation so that residents in crisis can receive the necessary help and protection.”

Meanwhile, Buk-gu plans to continuously establish systems to support at-risk households, such as signing lifestyle-oriented business agreements with urban gas and water meter readers and post office delivery workers, and conducting a full survey of single-person households to prevent solitary deaths.

Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong bong2910@asiae.co.kr

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