Imsil-gun Promotes Housing Environment Improvement Project for Integrated Case Management Households

[Imsil=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Nosik] Imsil-gun, Jeonbuk, has been promoting the ‘Integrated Case Management Household Housing Environment Improvement Project,’ a project in which the public and private sectors join hands to identify vulnerable households and improve their housing environment since 2017.

According to the county on the 6th, the Integrated Case Management Household Housing Environment Improvement Project is an Imsil-gun initiative aimed at improving the housing environment of vulnerable households who face difficulties in daily life due to aging houses but find it hard to resolve the issues on their own due to economic burdens, old age, disabilities, and other reasons.

Since 2017, the county has identified about ten vulnerable households annually and improved their housing environments.

In particular, the first project beneficiary this year, Mr. Kim living in Jisa-myeon, has become a good model of community welfare as local related organizations and even philanthropists have come forward to support him after his unfortunate and heartbreaking story of suddenly becoming disabled became known.

Mr. Kim, who became disabled due to a leg amputation surgery, needed a budget of about 21 million KRW to remodel his house, which was structurally difficult for him as an amputee to live in.

Upon hearing about Mr. Kim’s unfortunate situation, Imsil-gun, the Imsil-gun Community Security Council (Chairman Kim Yunho), and the Jisa-myeon Happiness Security Council (Chairman Choi Junho) conducted community fundraising.

Funds were raised including 3.5 million KRW from the county budget, 500,000 KRW from KEPCO MCS Co., Ltd., 1 million KRW from Osu Gwanchon Nonghyup, 1 million KRW from the Jisa-myeon Happiness Security Council, 2.5 million KRW from the Korea National Council on Social Welfare’s Good Neighbors, 500,000 KRW from the Imsil-gun Social Welfare Council’s Good Neighbors, and 2 million KRW from Shinhan Financial Group.

Notably, an anonymous philanthropist, well known as the so-called ‘Samgye Angel’ who donated over 800 million KRW to Imsil-gun for two consecutive years, generously contributed 10 million KRW after learning about Mr. Kim’s plight.

The anonymous donor conveyed the message, “Please do not lose courage and live happily,” warming the local community once again.

Additionally, members of the Jisa-myeon Happiness Security Council helped facilitate the housing environment improvement project by organizing household waste and providing moving and temporary housing (at the senior center) needed for remodeling.

Daeyoung Construction (CEO Lee Hoseung), which undertook the construction, donated their electrical work skills after witnessing the beautiful community activity.

Thanks to their dedication, Mr. Kim now has a new home equipped with a ramp and rain shelter installation, threshold removal, boiler installation, door replacement, sink replacement, and safety bar installation, allowing him to live safely in a comfortable environment.

Mr. Kim expressed his gratitude, saying, “Thank you for providing a pleasant and cozy living environment. I will live with a heart to repay everyone who helped me when I wanted to give up everything.”

County Governor Shim Min said, “I thank everyone who helped,” and added, “Through active cooperation between the public and private sectors, we will strive to minimize blind spots in the poor housing environments of low-income households in the county so that Imsil can become a place where people want to live.”

Imsil=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Nosik baekok@asiae.co.kr

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