Seongnam City Provides 100,000 KRW Monthly Support for Arts and Sports Academy Fees for Children of Multicultural Families

Poster for Support of Art and Physical Education Academy Fees for Children of Multicultural Families in Seongnam City

The city of Seongnam in Gyeonggi Province will provide a monthly support of 100,000 KRW for arts and physical education academy fees to children from multicultural families for five months, from August to the end of the year.

The support targets children of multicultural families residing in Seongnam who are elementary, middle, or high school students. Recipients also include children from basic livelihood security recipients, near-poverty groups, legally single-parent families, families with disabilities, families with three or more children, North Korean defectors' children, and out-of-school youth.

The support covers fields such as music, art, Taekwondo, and other arts and physical education areas, as well as vocational skills like design, beauty and hairdressing, and cooking.

However, the courses must be taken at academies registered in Seongnam to be eligible for support.

Seongnam has secured a budget of 50 million KRW for this project and will accept applications from 100 eligible individuals until the 14th of next month.

Applications can be submitted by filling out the form on the Seongnam city website and sending it via email (snwf@korea.kr) or fax (031-729-2919).

There are 5,867 multicultural family households in Seongnam, with 1,988 children attending elementary, middle, and high school. Including 1,450 infants and toddlers, the total number of children under 19 from multicultural families is 3,438.

To support their integration into Korean society, Seongnam operates Korean language classes, self-help groups, case management, and interpretation and translation services through the Seongnam Multicultural Family Support Center (Geumgwang 2-dong, Jungwon-gu) and the Seongnam Foreign Resident Welfare Support Center (Sujin-dong, Sujeong-gu).

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