Suncheon-si, Eye-Catching Programs at 3 Senior Welfare Centers

Current Affairs Talk, Autobiography Writing, and Second Honeymoon Remind Wedding Receive Positive Response

Remind wedding photo shoot held at Suncheon City Southern Senior Welfare Center. / Provided by Suncheon City

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Noh Kwan-gyu) announced on the 24th that the provincial public project operated at three senior welfare centers (Yongdang, Dongbu, Nambu) is receiving enthusiastic responses from the elderly.

The Yongdang Senior Welfare Center operates the ‘Sisa Toktok’ project.

It is a new concept education using SNS that scrapes weekly hot issues and shares information with the elderly.

Scraping 10 newspapers, about 40 seniors aged 65 and over gather twice a week for 2 hours each time to share issues and hold discussions, as well as conduct non-face-to-face video classes using videos.

Also, the Dongbu Senior Welfare Center operates ‘Second Act of Life, Writing Autobiographies for the Elderly,’ designed to help seniors reflect on their wisdom, experience, and life to plan a second happy life.

‘Writing Autobiographies’ involves 40 seniors recruited last March who are writing oral autobiographies with the help of a guiding writer and volunteers, and a publication celebration is planned for December.

The Nambu Senior Welfare Center runs the ‘Improving Elderly Couples’ Relationships: Second Newlywed Story’ project.

It promotes awareness improvement regarding late-life divorce, separation, and elderly couple issues, and also pursues second newlywed reminder wedding photography.

The ‘Second Newlywed’ project is conducted 10 times each in the first and second half of the year for 20 elderly couples aged 65 and over, including couple vows, creating the ten commandments for couples, cultural activities together, and reminder wedding photography.

Suncheon Mayor Noh Kwan-gyu said, “First-class Suncheon means a city where the elderly want to live their whole lives actively in a pleasant environment.” He added, “We actively support the distinctive projects being promoted at the three senior welfare centers.”

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