Goheung-gun Opens Happy School for Returning Farmers and Migrants

A Guide to Stable Settlement and Happy Life in Goheung

Customized Education for 30 Prospective Returnees to Farming and Rural Areas

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo] On the 23rd, Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do announced the opening of the "12th Goheung Return-to-Farming and Rural Living Happiness School Education" aimed at urban residents preparing to return to farming and rural living, as well as those who have moved to Goheung-gun, to help them gain a proper understanding of returning to farming and rural living and to support their early stable settlement.

Since the opening of the Happiness School for Return-to-Farming and Rural Living, the first of its kind directly operated by a local government nationwide in September 2019, 334 people have completed the education over 11 sessions. In November last year, the first Fishery Return School was also operated, receiving great response from prospective fishery returnees.

The education program runs for five days starting from the 23rd, targeting 30 participants from inside and outside the region. It is composed of a customized education program (theory and experience) designed to help prepare for and settle into return-to-farming and rural living, with professional instructors and leading farmers invited.

Goheung-gun established the Population Policy Division for the first time among local governments nationwide in 2018 and has been implementing various support policies related to return-to-farming, fishery, and rural living using the Nae Sarang Goheung Fund of 10 billion KRW. As a result, it has achieved remarkable outcomes in various fields of return-to-farming and rural living, attracting over 6,000 people to date annually, firmly establishing itself as the number one place for return-to-farming and rural living.

A county official said, "We hope this education will be a valuable opportunity to reduce trial and error for those starting their second chapter of life in Goheung. We will continue to develop diverse and substantial education programs to attract urban residents' interest in return-to-farming and rural living, striving to help more urban residents build their nests of happiness here in Goheung."

Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo sevenshim@asiae.co.kr

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