Kolon Group Breaks a Sweat Volunteering to Improve Housing Conditions for Underprivileged Neighbors

Employee Volunteer Service Week Continues Until the End of This Month

Kolon Group employees have stepped up to improve the living conditions of descendants of independence activists and marginalized neighbors.

Kolon Group announced on the 18th that it will carry out volunteer activities to improve the living and residential facilities of marginalized neighbors at more than 30 welfare organizations and local children's centers nationwide under the theme "Warm Spring, Improving Living Conditions" during the two-week intensive volunteer period called "Dream Partners Weeks," which runs until the 31st.

Kolon employees are taking a commemorative photo while participating in a house-building activity of love with Korea Habitat, installing insulation materials, interior gypsum boards, and exterior wall finishes for a detached house of descendants of independence activists in Boryeong, Chungnam.

Since establishing the CSR Office, a dedicated organization for social contribution activities, in 2012, Kolon Group has launched the Kolon Social Volunteer Corps with the slogan "Stepping Stone to Dreams, Dream Partners," involving all employees. Dream Partners Weeks is one of the four major annual campaigns of the Kolon Social Volunteer Corps, held every May during Family Month to intensively carry out social contribution activities for a set period.

On this day, together with Habitat for Humanity Korea, they engaged in building a house with love activities in Boryeong, Chungnam, including installing insulation materials, interior gypsum board, and exterior wall finishing for a detached house of a descendant of an independence activist.

Kolon participated in this volunteer activity based on funds raised through sponsoring the Liberation Day donation marathon "815 Run" for descendants of independence activists in 2021-22. Employees from the nearby Kolon Industries manufacturing division at the Daesan plant, as well as construction experts from Kolon Global's construction division, actively took part, adding significance to the event.

Throughout the Dream Partners Weeks, improvement work on living facilities at local children's centers matched with group company workplaces nationwide will continue. Employees at each workplace will assist with wallpapering and flooring replacement at local children's centers, as well as repairing or replacing old furniture such as storage cabinets, bookshelves, and lighting.

Additionally, on the 24th and 25th, neighborhood love living facility improvement projects connected with the communities around the Gwacheon and Magok offices will be conducted. Kolon employees will visit low-income elderly households and facilities for people with intellectual disabilities near the workplaces, in cooperation with the Gwacheon Volunteer Center and the International Rotary Club, to carry out exterior mural painting and wallpaper and flooring replacement work.

Kim Doowon, assistant manager at Kolon Global who participated in the house-building volunteer work, said, "It was heartbreaking to learn that descendants of independence activists had lived in poor conditions for a long time, but I feel proud to be able to help create a more comfortable home, even if just a little."

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