Suwon City Provides Up to 600,000 KRW Caregiving Support for Outstanding Volunteers

Suwon City provides up to 600,000 KRW in caregiving expenses for outstanding volunteers.

The city of Suwon in Gyeonggi Province will provide caregiving expense support of 100,000 KRW per day, up to a maximum of 600,000 KRW, for Suwon citizens who have accumulated more than 1,000 hours of volunteer work.

The Suwon Volunteer Center announced that starting from the 8th, it will implement a caregiving expense support program to recognize and honor the efforts of outstanding volunteers.

To receive caregiving expense support benefits, volunteers must have at least 1,000 hours of service recorded on the '1365 Volunteer Portal' and have accumulated more than 500 hours of volunteer work specifically in Suwon.

Suwon citizens can check their eligibility, hire a designated caregiving company or caregiver themselves, make an advance payment, and then submit the necessary documents to the Suwon Volunteer Center.

The center will conduct an internal review before disbursing the caregiving expenses.

The center has posted a promotional banner titled 'Outstanding Volunteer Caregiving Expense Support Guide' on the Suwon City Hall website and sent promotional posters to some hospitals and nursing hospitals.

Choi Young-hwa, director of the Suwon Volunteer Center, explained, "We have implemented the caregiving expense support system as a way to honor outstanding volunteers," adding, "We are currently developing various projects to provide benefits to volunteers."

Meanwhile, an 'outstanding volunteer' is defined under Article 2 of the Suwon Volunteer Activity Support Ordinance as a person who has completed at least 50 hours of volunteer work in the previous year or has accumulated 1,000 hours or more of volunteer service.

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