Jasaeng Medical Foundation Publishes '2022 Social Contribution White Paper'... Comprehensive Overview of Sharing Practices

Shin Min-sik, Chairman of the Social Contribution Committee of Jaseng Medical Foundation, is conducting medical interviews with residents of Yeonpyeongdo. [Photo by Jaseng Medical Foundation]

Jaseng Medical Foundation announced on the 2nd that it published the '2022 Social Contribution White Paper' documenting its social contribution activities from last year. Jaseng Medical Foundation realizes social value in various fields such as medical care and welfare, scholarship projects, and support for independence activists. The white paper records various sharing activities conducted for vulnerable groups, the elderly, students, and merit recipients.

Jaseng Medical Foundation has been consistently providing medical volunteer services for medically vulnerable groups such as elderly residents in rural fishing villages, low-income patients, and island residents. From June to November last year, it conducted medical volunteer services for 1,280 elderly people in rural fishing villages nationwide in cooperation with the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, and through the 'Beautiful Journey with Jaseng Patients' program, it provided medical support worth 24 million KRW to a total of 8 patients last year. In addition, on the 12th anniversary of the Yeonpyeong Island shelling incident, it carried out a medical support project for Yeonpyeong Island residents lacking medical infrastructure in collaboration with the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.

It also provided many items to help socially disadvantaged groups with their daily lives. For elderly people who collect scrap paper to make a living during the cold winter, it has supported a total of 1,500 sets of winter clothing over three years since 2021 in cooperation with Seoul City and the Seoul Social Welfare Council, and donated 500 sets this year as well. Additionally, through the ‘Jaseng Angel Box Sharing Project’ for female adolescents struggling to purchase hygiene products, it delivered female hygiene products worth 50 million KRW to a total of 500 recipients.

Cover of the 2022 Social Contribution White Paper published by Jaseng Medical Foundation. [Photo by Jaseng Medical Foundation]

It also carries out scholarship projects so that children and adolescents, who are the dreams and hopes of the future, can grow up healthy and upright to become global talents. Various scholarship programs such as the 'Hope Dream Scholarship,' 'Dream Nurturing Scholarship,' and 'Jaseng Global Scholarship' are being conducted, with a total of 529 beneficiaries as of last year. The 'Jaseng Shin Junsik Scholarship,' established with private funds donated by Honorary Chairman Shin Junsik, was also awarded. Every year, scholarships worth 120 million KRW are given to Korean medicine university students who devote themselves to studying Korean medicine despite difficult circumstances.

Jaseng Medical Foundation carries out various projects to honor independence activists and war veterans. Through the 'Living Patriot Korean Medicine Primary Care Project' launched in 2021, it provided medical services worth 300 million KRW, including acupuncture treatment and herbal medicine prescriptions, for patriots who resisted Japanese colonial rule and fought for independence. This time, through a medical support agreement signed with the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, it promised treatment support worth 300 million KRW for spinal and joint diseases to 100 Korean War veterans.

Shin Minsik, Chairman of the Social Contribution Committee of Jaseng Medical Foundation (Director of Jamsil Jaseng Korean Medicine Hospital), said, "As the largest public Korean medicine medical foundation in Korea, Jaseng Medical Foundation is striving to realize social value based on 'Geunuljisim (矜恤之心),' a heart of compassion," and added, "We will continue to sincerely extend warm hands and actively care for neighbors in need."

The recently published Jaseng Medical Foundation 2022 Social Contribution White Paper can be viewed on the Jaseng Medical Foundation website.

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