Gwangyang Steelworks Friends Volunteer Group Conducts 'Living Environment Design' for Local Disabled Families

Visiting a Neighbor Hoarding Various Trash Due to Compulsive Saving for 'Organization and Tidying Up'

Friends Volunteer Group's Neighborly Love Practice Unstopped by the Jangma Rain

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] The POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks Friends Volunteer Group (Leader Choi Chang-rok) visited a household suspected of hoarding in Jinsang-myeon, Gwangyang City on the 11th to create a pleasant living environment and support a healthy summer.

The Gwangyang Steelworks Friends Volunteer Group learned from the Jungma Disabled Welfare Center in Gwangyang City about a neighbor who was living with scrap metal and waste piled up at home due to hoarding, and organized a volunteer activity to improve the living environment.

In particular, the neighbor had already undergone a major cleaning once in 2018, but since then, they had again accumulated trash inside the house, suffering from severe odors and pests, living in an environment prone to disease exposure, which caused great concern.

Despite the rain, the volunteers gathered early in the morning to collect various household wastes discarded throughout the house over the years, and disposed of miscellaneous items such as sofas and furniture piled up in the yard, tidying up the yard neatly.

This residential environment improvement activity by the Friends Volunteer Group not only secured a pleasant living space for a neighbor who found it difficult to live a normal residential life alone but is also expected to help reduce conflicts with surrounding neighbors who had been troubled by insects and odors, going beyond a personal level.

Han Il-gu, manager of the Production Technology Department at Gwangyang Steelworks who participated in the volunteer work that day, said, “The situation was difficult to live in due to crawling insects and severe odors caused by rotten waste and garbage, but we approached with joy, believing that our small efforts would allow the neighbor to live cleanly and comfortably.”

A representative of the Jungma Disabled Welfare Center in Gwangyang City expressed gratitude, saying, “We thank the Gwangyang Steelworks Friends Volunteer Group who rolled up their sleeves for a family in desperate need of help despite harsh weather. We expect that the Friends Volunteer Group’s love and helping hands will continue to be needed by many neighbors in the community.”

Meanwhile, the Friends Volunteer Group is a talent volunteer group composed of about 350 employees of Gwangyang Steelworks, providing multifaceted support to multicultural families in the region so they can take root as members of the local community. They are actively striving to realize a ‘company with the local community’ that presents a model where companies and society develop together to coexist and prosper with the community.

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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