Gyeongnam Office of Education and World Vision Join Forces to Support Dreaming Children 'Together'

Signing of Business Agreement for Hope Support Network

On the 16th, the Gyeongnam Office of Education signed a business agreement with the World Vision Gyeongnam-Ulsan Headquarters for the educational welfare safety net project, "Dreaming Children, Hope Support Network."

According to the provincial Office of Education, the "Dreaming Children Hope Support Network" is a project in which the provincial Office of Education and World Vision join forces to build a dense educational welfare safety net by providing specialized programs or integrated support in areas that are difficult to carry out directly at schools.

The funding for the "Dreaming Children" project amounts to a total of 938.95 million KRW, including 97.02 million KRW for supporting children facing food insecurity, 120 million KRW for children in crisis, and 721.93 million KRW for dream support.

The provincial Office of Education and World Vision stated that this agreement was made to support educationally vulnerable students and to provide integrated support for their happy and healthy growth so that students can achieve their dreams.

Park Jong-hoon, Superintendent of Gyeongnam Office of Education (right), and Jeon Gwang-seok, Head of Gyeongnam-Ulsan Business Headquarters at World Vision, are holding the Education Welfare Safety Net Memorandum of Understanding they signed.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Office of Education]

Attending the signing ceremony were Park Jong-hoon, Superintendent of the provincial Office of Education; Kang Shin-young, Director of Future Education Bureau; Yoo Sang-jo, Director of Educational Welfare Division; Jeon Gwang-seok, Head of World Vision Gyeongnam-Ulsan Headquarters; Shin Ki-sung, Chairman of the Sponsorship Committee; and Ahn Ki-hak, Secretary General.

On that day, World Vision delivered 940 million KRW in project funds to the provincial Office of Education.

Through this agreement, the provincial Office of Education plans to strengthen support for students facing difficulties in blind spots by establishing customized integrated programs, resources, and protection systems.

Superintendent Park said, "We will actively communicate and cooperate with World Vision to build a dense educational welfare safety net so that not a single student is excluded from education and all students can grow evenly."

Head Jeon stated, "We will further strengthen World Vision's Dreaming Children project and the educational welfare safety net cooperation project for the abundant lives of all children."

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