Goheung-gun Eokkaedongmu Volunteer Group, Resumes Operations

Participation of Volunteers in 24 Fields at Hadong Village, Dohamyeon

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo] Jeonnam Goheung-gun (Governor Gong Young-min) announced that on the 15th, the Shoulder-to-Shoulder Volunteer Group operated for residents of five villages in Guam-ri at Hadong Village, Dohwa-myeon.

The Shoulder-to-Shoulder Volunteer Group activity, now in its 215th session, had been temporarily suspended due to the spread of COVID-19 but resumed after social distancing measures were eased, coinciding with the inauguration of Governor Gong Young-min in the 8th local government administration after about a year.

On this day, about 65 volunteers from 16 organizations, including the Return-to-Hometown and Return-to-Village Council, participated in 24 areas such as boiler, electricity, water, and gas inspections directly related to housing safety, as well as repairs of agricultural machinery, home appliances, and insect screens for villages with many elderly living alone or with inconvenient transportation.

The volunteer services mostly involved replacing insect screens, installing fire detectors, and repairing home appliances for many elderly living alone, with high satisfaction reported in knife sharpening, oriental medicine treatment, hairdressing, and health exercise therapy.

Governor Gong Young-min visited the volunteer site to encourage the volunteers and told the residents gathered at the hall, “I hope the true spirit of volunteerism is conveyed to the elderly who always long for human touch,” adding, “I ask that through this opportunity, everyone receives various services and that both volunteers and the elderly strictly follow quarantine rules.”

The elderly who received the services expressed their gratitude repeatedly, saying, “We have been staying at home due to COVID-19, but the volunteer group came to our village to provide acupuncture and massage therapy, which makes us very happy.”

The Shoulder-to-Shoulder Volunteer Group, which started for the first time since the launch of the 8th local government administration, plans to visit 18 villages in 6 towns and townships at least twice a month from Dohwa-myeon until the end of November to address daily inconveniences on-site in a one-stop manner.

Meanwhile, the county plans to continue volunteer activities targeting two villages (Namyang and Gidong) in Namyang-ri at Namyang Village, Namyang-myeon, on September 22.

Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo hss79@asiae.co.kr

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