Daegu Suseong-gu Partners with CU Convenience Store to Identify Welfare Blind Spots

Kim Dae-gwon, Suseong District Mayor, and Koo Sung-hyun, BGF Retail Dongdaegu Branch Manager, Sign Business Agreement

Daegu Suseong-gu announced on the 21st that it has signed a business agreement with BGF Retail Dongdaegu Regional Division (Head Guseonghyun), which operates CU convenience stores, to discover and support welfare blind spots.

This agreement was prepared to resolve welfare blind spots in Suseong-gu by utilizing the CU convenience store network, which is easily accessible to residents.

BGF Retail Dongdaegu Regional Manager Guseonghyun (4th from the left) and Kim Daegwon, Mayor of Suseong District (4th from the right), are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement.

Through the agreement, the two organizations mutually agreed to establish a rapid support system for discovering and assisting households in crisis by appointing CU convenience store owners in Suseong-gu as honorary social welfare officers (expanding the personal safety net), designating and attaching plaques to the private reporting center for welfare blind spots called ‘Da Itneun Gage’ (The Store That Connects Everything), and conducting promotional activities for discovering welfare blind spots.

Among the agreement items, ‘Da Itneun Gage’ refers to a Suseong-gu type public-private cooperative welfare crisis household discovery and support project that designates convenience stores, beauty salons, and other establishments as private reporting centers for welfare blind spots, allowing residents who find neighbors in need to easily request help.

An official from Daegu Suseong-gu stated, “We have designated 50 locations as ‘Da Itneun Gage,’ including 23 CU convenience stores in Suseong-gu and 27 restaurants and beauty salons, to participate in discovering and supporting households in crisis. We plan to expand the operation of private reporting centers within the local community with a goal of reaching 100 locations by the end of this year.”

Guseonghyun, head of BGF Retail Dongdaegu Regional Division, said, “I am honored to participate in social contribution activities in the region through this agreement,” and added, “Our convenience stores, which residents frequently visit and are located throughout the area, will actively cooperate to help discover households in crisis.”

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