Four Specialized Projects Discovered in the Village... Gumi City Creates Happiness through Empathetic Welfare

Promotion of Specialized Project Contest for Eupmyeondong Community Security Council

High Satisfaction Customized Projects, Realizing Village-led Community Welfare

The Gumi-si Community Security Council in Gyeongbuk (Public Chairman Kim Jang-ho, Private Chairman Shin Jae-hak) promoted the ‘2023 Eupmyeondong Community Security Council Specialized Project Proposal Contest’ to realize village-led local welfare through a process where eupmyeondong councils directly propose and implement various projects reflecting residents' opinions.

The Gumi-si council selected specialized projects in four fields through this contest, and the projects will be implemented by councils in 10 eupmyeondong locations.

Installation of fire safety sensors.

▲ The LED Safety Light Support Project (selected in 6 locations) installs safety lights in 30 households of hearing-impaired and hard-of-hearing elderly, enabling quick response by signaling with ‘LED lights’ when fire smoke is detected, and serves as a ‘light that connects the world’ by notifying visitors through flashing lights instead of bell sounds.

▲ The Shared Refrigerator Project for forming a food community (selected in 1 location) provides a food-sharing space where any citizen can put in or take out groceries, helping to solve food issues for single-person households in one-room areas and reduce food waste in the Jinpyeong Food Culture Specialized Street.

▲ The Village Health Welfare Project to strengthen visiting health and welfare services (selected in 2 locations) utilizes the expertise of nursing public officials to address various health-related needs in daily life and provide integrated services that add health to welfare.

▲ The Social Network Formation Project to support socially isolated households (selected in 1 location) creates bonds within the community through one-on-one matching between council members and single-person households, fostering a happy and empathetic living welfare for body and mind.

Lee Heung-se, the representative chairman of the Eupmyeondong Community Security Council, said, “This contest was a valuable time for members to directly discover and propose what they thought was necessary, and it served as a good motivation to activate council activities.”

Mayor Kim Jang-ho urged, “Please continue to increase resident satisfaction by promoting welfare projects that empathize with the community through careful consideration tailored to local perspectives and by finding small happiness in daily life.”

The Eupmyeondong Community Security Council is leading efforts to build a seamless local community protection system by discovering welfare blind spots, identifying and linking various local welfare resources, and promoting specialized projects suited to local characteristics.

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