Hyosung Supports Job Creation for People with Disabilities for 9 Years

2 Billion KRW Donation Support to Social Enterprise Eden Welfare Foundation

Hyosung donated 20 million KRW to Eden Welfare Foundation, a social enterprise creating jobs for people with severe disabilities located in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, to support facility improvements. Hyosung Communications Director Choi Hyung-sik (left) is taking a commemorative photo with Kim Hak-su, Chairman of Eden Welfare Foundation.

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Hyung-gil] Hyosung announced on the 29th that it has donated 20 million KRW in sponsorship funds to Eden Welfare Foundation, a social enterprise creating jobs for people with severe disabilities located in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, for facility improvements.

The sponsorship funds will be used to replace production equipment at the vocational rehabilitation facility for the disabled within Eden Welfare Foundation and to improve aging environments. It is expected to contribute not only to job creation and employment retention for people with disabilities but also to reduce the risk of safety accidents due to the replacement of outdated production equipment.

Hyosung also plans to deliver about 1,200 outdated computer devices for the Eden Welfare Foundation's Cambridge project. Cambridge is a project that hires people with disabilities to disassemble parts of discarded computers, laptops, and other devices to enable recycling. So far, about 8,300 obsolete computer items have been donated.

Since 2014, Hyosung has donated approximately 240 million KRW in sponsorship funds to Eden Welfare Foundation over nine years. A total of 133 disabled workers are employed at Eden Welfare Foundation, responsible for tasks such as producing volume-based waste bags and printing promotional materials.

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