Busan Port Authority Supports Meal Kits for Middle-Aged Single-Person Households

Busan Port Authority (BPA) is conducting the ‘Meal Kit Support Project for Low-Income Middle-Aged Single-Person Households’ in collaboration with Busan Nam-gu Office and Korea Yakult.

The Meal Kit Support Project for Middle-Aged Single-Person Households involves Korea Yakult Fresh Managers visiting middle-aged individuals living alone twice a week to deliver meal kits and dairy products and check on their well-being.

BPA and Nam-gu Office have agreed to cooperate on the meal kit support project to prevent social isolation among middle-aged single-person households in Nam-gu and to help improve dietary habits by providing balanced nutrition.

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This year, meal kits will be provided to 85 middle-aged single-person households in Nam-gu. The meal kits are composed according to menus that consider nutrition, including meals such as Seolleongtang (ox bone soup), Miyeokguk (seaweed soup), Yukgaejang (spicy beef soup), along with dairy products and fruits.

In 2022, BPA, together with Nam-gu Office, carried out a housing improvement project for low-income families as part of the ‘Visiting Social Contribution Project near the Port,’ supporting home repairs for a total of 15 households. This year, BPA has decided to also contribute to preventing solitary deaths among middle-aged individuals.

Since 2021, BPA has been conducting the ‘Visiting Social Contribution Project,’ collaborating with local governments near the port to support customized welfare projects.

Social contribution projects include the ‘Happy Mailbox Hope Sharing Project,’ where low-income families write their wishes on postcards and place them in mailboxes installed at community service centers for review and support, and the ‘Dream Realization Study Room Creation Project,’ which remodels the rooms of children from low-income families.

Kang Jun-seok, President of BPA, said, “As the number of single-person households and solitary deaths increases, we have developed this meal kit support project. Welfare demands are becoming more complex and diverse with changing times,” adding, “We will continue to discover and actively support social contribution projects needed by communities near the port.”

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