Gyeongnam Province Supports Singles with 'One Person, One Household Check-in' Event

Gifticon Worth 10,000 KRW on Delivery App for 100 People After Event Ends

Gyeongsangnam-do will hold a single-person household check-in event, "We All Support Rainbow Members," from the 8th to the 22nd.

Rainbow members refer to single-person household members as called in the TV entertainment program "I Live Alone."

According to Gyeongsangnam-do, the number of single-person households in the province has been steadily increasing recently.

The proportion of single-person households at risk of depression and suicidal thoughts in the province is 23.3% and 18.2%, respectively, about 1.5 times higher than 15.6% and 11.6% for households with two or more people, indicating a continuous need for attention to the mental health issues of single-person households.

Accordingly, Gyeongsangnam-do has prepared this event to prevent suicide among single-person households and to promote social relationships.

The event is open to single-person household residents in Gyeongsangnam-do themselves or their family members and acquaintances.

Participants can take part by exchanging check-in messages with single-person households via KakaoTalk messages, text messages, etc., capturing the message content (screenshot), and submitting it through the event participation site.

The site can be accessed via the event poster or the participation link in the event announcement on the Gyeongnam Regional Mental Health Welfare Center website, where participants can submit their information and write their impressions of the event along with the message.

On the 26th, the province will randomly select 100 participants and award them with a 10,000 KRW gifticon for a delivery app.

Baek Jong-cheol, Director of the Health Administration Division, said, "We hope this event will be an opportunity to raise social interest in single-person households," adding, "We will strive to form social networks to prevent loneliness and isolation that single-person households may experience."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.