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[Gangjin=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-su] Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do, held a move-in ceremony on the 1st to complete the 37th Love House Building project, providing a warm home for disabled households with vulnerable housing conditions.

The ceremony was attended by Gangjin-gun Governor Gang Jin-won, Gangjin County Council Chair Kim Bo-mi, Honor Society member Wi Seong-sik, Jeonnam Community Chest Distribution Team Leader Jeong Jong-heon, Ma Sam-seop, President of the Korean Filial Piety Association Gangjin Branch and its members, and about 50 village residents to celebrate the move-in.

The beneficiary household was a basic livelihood recipient with visual impairment, living in a livestock barn caretaker's room. Due to roof leakage, mold spread in the rooms and kitchen, threatening their health. Additionally, without a boiler, they endured winter with an electric heating pad and boiled water for washing, living in poor conditions.

Accordingly, the Jakcheon-myeon Resident Welfare Team requested case management, selecting the household as a case management target, and promoted the Jeonnam Social Welfare Community Chest Housing Construction Matching Grant Support Project together with the Korean Filial Piety Association Gangjin Branch.

With a project budget of 10 million KRW from Gangjin-gun, 25 million KRW from the Jeonnam Social Welfare Community Chest, 8 million KRW from the Gangjin Filial Piety Association, and 2 million KRW from designated donations, a 13-pyeong (approximately 43 square meters) Love House was completed in Yongjeong Village, Jakcheon-myeon.

The beneficiary said, “Due to mold, my health was poor and I spent holidays alone with nowhere to go, but now I can spend a rich holiday in a cozy home. I am very grateful to those who made this warm home for me.”

Ma Sam-seop, President of the Korean Filial Piety Association Gangjin Branch, said, “I am very proud that a safe home was completed through the interest and participation of filial piety members. I thank the Jeonnam Community Chest and the Honor Society for their generous support, and we will continue to work hard to bring warmth to marginalized groups in the region.”

Gangjin-gun Governor Gang Jin-won, who attended the event, said, “Through the Love House Building project, we are providing precious homes to marginalized groups with poor housing environments around us. I thank the Jeonnam Community Chest, Honor Society member Wi Seong-sik, and the Gangjin Filial Piety Association for helping complete the 37th Love House today, and I ask for continued interest in neighbors in need in the region.”

Meanwhile, the ‘Love House Building’ project, part of the public-private joint cooperation project to create a warm Gangjin, has been promoted since 2007, and as of 2022, 37 houses have been newly built.

Gangjin=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-su gabrielw@asiae.co.kr

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