Pohang City, Proactive Volunteer Support for Areas Affected by Heavy Rainfall

'Gratitude for Support in Hinamno Recovery'

Pohang City has been actively engaged in proactive volunteer activities, starting with support for recovery efforts in Bonghwa, Gyeongbuk, and Cheongju, Chungbuk, which suffered significant damage from recent heavy rains.

Lee Gang-deok, Mayor of Pohang, inspecting the damage site in Bonghwa-gun.

About 120 members from the Pohang Saemaul Association (President Lee Sang-hae), Pohang Regional Autonomous Disaster Prevention Corps (Chief Eun Jong-hyun), and Pohang Volunteer Center (Director Kwon Oh-seong) have not forgotten the gratitude for neighboring cities that greatly helped with recovery from Typhoon Hinnamnor last year, and have been conducting swift volunteer activities since the 20th to overcome hardships together.

On that day, about 80 members of the Pohang Saemaul Association and Pohang Regional Autonomous Disaster Prevention Corps visited Bongseong-myeon and Bonghwa-eup areas of Bonghwa County, which were damaged by river flooding due to heavy rains, removing soil from nearby shops and houses, assisting with household organization and cleaning, and working hard to restore the damage sites.

In particular, Mayor Lee Kang-deok, chairman of the Gyeongbuk Mayors and County Governors Council, visited Bonghwa County on the 20th to deliver donations to areas affected by heavy rain and landslides in the province, and encouraged volunteers who were diligently working with sweat at the recovery sites.

On the same day, about 40 members of the Pohang Volunteer Center, not forgetting the grateful memories of Cheongju City visiting Pohang last year to help recover from Hinnamnor damage, visited flood-damaged households in Gangnae-myeon, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju City, sharing the pain of disaster victims and repaying the kindness by assisting with high-pressure washing, organizing, and cleaning flooded homes while working hard.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok said, “I express my gratitude to the heads of organizations and volunteers who rolled up their sleeves to help with recovery efforts,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to support rapid recovery so that residents can quickly return to peaceful daily life.”

The Barugesalgi Pohang City Council plans to visit areas within Gyeongbuk Province affected by this heavy rain on the 25th to carry out volunteer activities.

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