Dongdaemun-gu Operates 'Dosirak Jejakso' for Senior Meal Delivery

Solution to the ‘Bap-Peo’ Issue … Support Method Changed to ‘Dongdaemun-gu Happy Lunchbox Delivery’

Establishment of ‘Lunchbox Production Center’ for Seoul’s First Low-Income Senior Lunchbox Delivery Project

Dongdaemun-gu (District Mayor Lee Pil-hyung) announced on the 17th that it has established the ‘Lunchbox Production Center for Low-Income Senior Lunchbox Delivery Project,’ the first of its kind among Seoul’s autonomous districts.

Since November last year, after the Dail Welfare Foundation’s Bap-Peo Sharing Movement Headquarters expressed refusal to accept subsidy support and the subsidy was discontinued, the district received a list of 140 low-income seniors residing in Dongdaemun-gu who used ‘Bap-Peo’ and has been providing lunchbox delivery services to them. However, the taste and nutrition of the lunchboxes purchased from vendors were poor, leading to low satisfaction among users, which was pointed out as a problem.

To provide seniors with a delicious meal with basic nutrition, the district established the ‘Lunchbox Production Center’ and started the ‘Dongdaemun-gu Happy Lunchbox Project,’ where Dongdaemun-gu directly prepares and delivers warm and nutritious lunchboxes.

The ‘Dong.Haeng.Lunchbox Production Center’ utilizes a vacant office on the 3rd floor of the Hwikyung 2-dong Senior Center (34-6 Mangu-ro 20ga-gil), changed the building’s use from a nursing facility to a neighborhood living facility, completed tile work, drainage construction, city gas piping, and kitchen facility installations, and is ready to deliver happy lunchboxes to seniors.

Dongdaemun-gu Mayor Lee Pil-hyung (right) visited the Dongdaemun-gu Happy Lunchbox Production Center on the 17th, inspected the facility, and personally tasted the lunchboxes to be delivered to the elderly.

The district signed an agreement with the social cooperative ‘Doedollim’ to jointly manage the facility and handle lunchbox production and overall operation of the Dong.Haeng.Lunchbox Production Center.

Mr. Kim, a resident of Yongsin-dong, who used the free meal service ‘Bap-Peo,’ had refused the lunchbox service due to cold rice and fishy side dishes, but after tasting the lunchbox made at the Dong.Haeng.Lunchbox Production Center, he expressed gratitude saying, “I had a warm freshly cooked rice and delicious side dishes. I look forward to your continued support.”

Lee Pil-hyung, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, who visited the site that day, tasted the lunchboxes to be delivered to seniors and inspected every corner of the production center. He emphasized ▲developing menus considering seniors’ health and nutrition and ▲producing safe and healthy food through hygienic handling, urging related departments to maintain continuous interest and efforts to ensure the Dong.Haeng.Lunchbox Production Center is well established.

To provide lunchboxes that maintain taste and temperature while ensuring hygienic safety, the district plans to use ‘cooling stainless steel lunchbox containers’ instead of disposable ones, prioritizing lunchbox production and delivery to seniors using Bap-Peo (Dail Welfare Foundation free meal service). Gradually, the support will expand to all 450 recipients of Dongdaemun-gu’s meal support project, including lunchboxes and side dish deliveries.

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