During Vacation, Transforming into 'Home Repair Angels'... Students of National Pukyong PKNU Social Contribution Volunteer Group

Volunteer Home Repair on 25-26, 18 Years of Service

National Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-su) announced on the 28th that the PKNU Social Contribution Volunteer Group students visited underprivileged local residents on the 25th and 26th to carry out housing environment improvement and living support volunteer activities.

Social Contribution Volunteer Group Home Repair Volunteer Activity.

About 30 volunteer students visited three households of basic livelihood security recipients and near-poverty class in Nam-gu, Busan, near the university during this period and conducted house repair activities such as wallpapering and flooring.

Pukyong National University conducts housing environment improvement volunteer activities every summer and winter vacation to spread the value of sharing and living together with the local community.

Started in 2006, this volunteer program is now in its 18th year, with over 950 participants so far and more than 100 households and welfare facilities supported for house repairs, making it a representative volunteer program of the university.

In particular, students take charge of carrying furniture and materials, painting, removing damaged wallpaper and broken facilities, and cleaning with youthful passion and stamina, while tasks requiring expertise such as electrical work are led by PKNU facilities staff with students assisting, ensuring a systematic volunteer activity.

Since the volunteer activities target the local community, PKNU strengthens cooperation with local governments, receiving recommendations for target households and assistance with garbage bags and waste collection from Nam-gu Office, Busan.

In response to the students' activities, the campus health clinic and the Department of Nursing also participated, visiting a nearby senior center on the 26th with the students to conduct health checks and consultations on blood pressure, blood sugar, etc., for the elderly, and provided medical supplies and first aid kits. The Busan Nam-gu Volunteer Center, which supported the medical supplies, generously donated necklace-type fans for the sweating volunteers and staff, and the campus barber shop also contributed their talents by providing hairdressing and beauty volunteer services together with PKNU students.

Im Joo-han, a representative student of the volunteer group (3rd year, Department of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering), said, “I think we forgot the heat because we wanted our neighbors to live in a more comfortable environment. We will continue to think about what our neighbors need and keep volunteering.”

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