Gyeonggi-do Provides Up to 10 Million KRW Support to 20 Senior Institutions and Organizations

Gyeonggi Provincial Government Gwanggyo New Office Building

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will provide subsidies of up to 10 million won for leisure activities and education to improve the quality of life for the elderly.

On the 23rd, Gyeonggi Province announced that it will publicly recruit 20 institutions and organizations to participate in this year's social welfare fund elderly welfare support project.

The participating institutions and organizations in this project must be non-profit corporations or elderly-related non-profit institutions and organizations with their main office located in Gyeonggi Province.

The recruitment fields include ▲support and fostering projects for elderly organizations ▲projects supporting elderly health, social participation, elderly jobs, and leisure activities ▲elderly education projects ▲investigation and research on elderly issues and welfare ▲other creative projects to promote elderly welfare. Selected institutions and organizations will receive subsidies of up to 10 million won per project, excluding self-contributions.

The province will finalize the selected institutions, number of projects, and support amounts next month after reviewing feasibility, budget appropriateness, and project execution capability through the project selection review committee.

Han Kyung-su, head of the Elderly Welfare Division of the province, said, "We ask for the interest of many institutions and organizations so that the elderly can enjoy a healthy life in line with the recovery of daily life," adding, "We will strive to discover various projects that can contribute to enhancing the welfare of the elderly by making full use of the social welfare fund."

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