Handok Festal Supports Nutritional Snacks for Low-Income Children with Good Neighbors

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] Handok's digestive medicine Festal announced on the 2nd that it has carried out a nutritional snack support project for low-income children in collaboration with Good Neighbors, a global child rights NGO.

This nutritional snack support project targeted 200 low-income children in the Daejeon, Busan, and Gwangju areas. Low-income children often rely on meals that lack nutritional value and are high in carbohydrates, leading to nutritional imbalances and increased obesity rates. In response, Handok Festal and Good Neighbors provided seasonal fruit-based nutritious snacks to each child eight times over approximately three months starting in May to promote balanced growth.

For this project, Handok Festal donated 18 million KRW in April and additionally contributed funds raised through the "My Own Eat’s OK Moment" event, delivering a total donation of about 20 million KRW to Good Neighbors. Good Neighbors selected 200 children recommended by related organizations and educational institutions to receive the nutritional snacks.

Kim Mi-yeon, Executive Director of Handok's OTC Business Division, said, "A filling meal is important for growing children, but a properly balanced meal with various nutrients is equally important," adding, "It requires all of our attention to help children grow into bright and healthy members of society."

Meanwhile, Festal has been a digestive medicine accompanying Korean dining tables for over 60 years. Festal Plus contains a high dose of pancreatin, which acts directly on digestion, making it effective for indigestion caused by various factors ranging from carbohydrates to meat. Since last year, Festal has been supporting children at risk of food insecurity in partnership with Good Neighbors. Last year, meal kits were delivered to 187 vulnerable children’s households in Gyeonggi-do and Gangwon-do regions.

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