Wando-gun Happiness Welfare Foundation Promotes Sharing Project for 1,215 Households

Published 27 Feb.2023 10:50(KST)

600 Million Investment, 13 Projects Including Emergency Medical Expense Support

Wando-gun Happiness Welfare Foundation announced on the 27th the plan for the ‘2023 Happiness Welfare Fund Sharing Project’ to realize a warm Wando, a happy Wando, and a Wando that works together.

The 2023 Happiness Welfare Fund Sharing Project plans to invest 600 million KRW to promote 13 projects targeting 1,215 households.

Wando County Happiness Welfare Foundation delivered goods for the underprivileged to Wando County. <br>[Photo by Wando County]

Wando County Happiness Welfare Foundation delivered goods for the underprivileged to Wando County.
[Photo by Wando County]

The 13 projects include support for living expenses and emergency medical expenses for families in crisis, medical expense support for cancer patients, hearing aid support for the hearing impaired (not registered as disabled), housing environment improvement projects for low-income families, support for ‘happy house’ prefabricated houses, and support for adult walking aids, aiming to implement customized welfare tailored to the welfare needs of various social classes.

New projects such as support for children's speech therapy will also be promoted.

Meanwhile, since the foundation’s establishment, a total of 4.784 billion KRW in donations has been collected, of which 758 million KRW was raised in 2022.

Last year, through the Happiness Welfare Fund projects, 636 million KRW was provided to 8,388 vulnerable people for housing environment and convenience facility repairs, medical expense support for cancer patients, hearing aid support for the hearing impaired (not registered as disabled), and distribution of donated goods.

Wando-gun Happiness Welfare Foundation is continuously accepting donations (monetary and goods) such as regular sponsorships to eliminate welfare blind spots for vulnerable groups.

A foundation official said, “We will develop various projects for marginalized groups in welfare blind spots to create a warm Wando that works together, and strive to enable the foundation to serve as a welfare control tower.”