Yeongdeungpo-gu, Cool Summer Gifts for Low-Income Children

Yeongdeungpo-gu, provides summer supplies such as mosquito nets to 360 low-income households with children living in semi-basements and rooftop rooms

Supports low-income families to get through summer with one-touch mosquito net tents, cooler bags, summer towels, parasols, and more

Offers various support to help seniors, residents of jjokbangchon, and other marginalized groups stay healthy during summer

One-touch Mosquito Net Tent

Yeongdeungpo-gu (Mayor Choi Ho-kwon) announced that it is actively supporting low-income children who are struggling through the hot summer with heat waves, tropical nights, and monsoon rains, so they can spend the summer healthily and comfortably.

With summer temperatures higher than average and heat waves continuing, low-income groups living in poor housing conditions are inevitably exposed to the heat without protection.

Accordingly, the district, with sponsorship from the Export-Import Bank of Korea, is providing various summer supplies including one-touch mosquito net tents to 360 low-income households with children living in semi-basements, rooftop rooms, and goshiwons.

Among these, the one-touch mosquito net tents, which help children sleep comfortably at night with windows open without worrying about tropical nights or mosquitoes, have received great responses.

They promote good ventilation for sound sleep and prevent summer diseases caused by mosquitoes such as malaria, Japanese encephalitis, and dengue fever.

Additionally, the district decorated the tents with garlands so that children can feel a camping atmosphere inside their homes. This careful attention to detail helps children feel secure indoors and freely pursue their dreams.

Furthermore, various summer items for guardians such as cooler bags, parasols, summer towels, and sunshade masks were also delivered to prevent heat-related illnesses and help maintain a healthy daily life.

One child expressed gratitude, saying, “It’s nice that the whole family can sleep cozily inside the tent every night without feeling hot,” and “The community center staff decorated the room and tent with star-shaped garlands, making it feel like we came to a sentimental campsite.”

The district is implementing special summer protection measures not only for low-income children but also for seniors, homeless people, and residents of jjokbangchon. It operates safe shelters and cooling centers to help seniors escape the heat, and runs mobile bathing vehicles for jjokbangchon residents and the homeless.

Choi Ho-kwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, said, “I hope that through this summer supplies support, children can spend the summer coolly and grow up healthily,” and added, “We will continue to watch over every corner of the community to ensure no vulnerable household in need is overlooked, and Yeongdeungpo will be a place that cares for marginalized groups with warm hands.”

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