BAT Rothmans Holds Self-Reliance Preparation Youth Support Group Meeting

Prepared for Independent Living of Youth Ready for Self-Reliance with the Korea Social Welfare Council

BAT Rothmans announced on the 25th that it conducted a self-help group that provides financial and real estate information necessary for young adults preparing for independence and forms a social network that can offer psychological support.

Young adults preparing for independence refer to those who have lived in child care facilities, group homes, or foster care facilities and leave these institutions after turning 18 to start living independently. For them to settle stably as members of society, it is necessary to support the formation of social networks and the exchange of various information needed for independence so that they do not feel psychologically alienated or isolated.

This self-help group was planned in collaboration with the nonprofit organization 'Weconomy' as part of the 'Support Project for Young Adults Preparing for Independence' carried out by BAT Rothmans and the Korea Social Welfare Council. The program included a lecture by Kim Dahee, a senior young adult from Weconomy, and mentoring by Shin Seon, a young adult campaigner active as a social activist, providing practical help for young adults to move forward as healthy members of society.

A BAT Rothmans representative said, “We will continue various activities to provide emotional support, economic assistance, and capacity building so that young adults preparing for independence, who must take full responsibility for themselves after the end of institutional protection, can establish themselves positively and healthily.”

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