Kwon Mijin, Head of Namsan 4-dong, Daegu, Receives Presidential Citation... Supporting Low-Income Families for 32 Years

On the 7th, Kwon Mijin, head of Namsan 4-dong in Jung-gu, Daegu, received the Presidential Citation for Social Welfare Merit at the ‘24th Social Welfare Day Ceremony’ held at the Garden Hotel in Mapo-gu, Seoul, it was reported on the 10th.

Celebrating its 24th anniversary this year, the ‘Social Welfare Day Ceremony’ was held to encourage the dedication of social welfare workers who have devoted themselves to enhancing the welfare of the people. The event was grandly held with about 200 attendees, including Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Gyu-hong, social welfare meritorious persons, and frontline social welfare workers.

Kwon Mijin, Head of Namsan 4-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu (right), is taking a commemorative photo with Ryu Gyuha, Mayor of Jung-gu, after receiving the Presidential Commendation.

Kwon Mijin, head of Namsan 4-dong in Jung-gu, Daegu, has demonstrated dedicated and proactive administration in the frontline social welfare field for 32 years. She has made significant contributions to revitalizing social welfare by planning private resource linkage projects (such as the Love Family Connection Project, Creating a Warm Jung-gu, and Disability Support Projects), establishing a public-private cooperation network through the activation of the Jung-gu Social Security Council and related committees, and preparing a volunteer-leading city, as well as discovering sponsors and promoting specialized projects.

Additionally, while working as the head of the Life Security Division at Jung-gu Office in Daegu, she was recognized for her contributions to actively promoting welfare projects for socially vulnerable groups, leading Jung-gu to receive the ‘2020 Korea Volunteer Award (Presidential Citation)’, the ‘2022 Prime Minister’s Citation in the Basic Livelihood Security Field’, and the ‘2022 Disability Welfare Project Evaluation Grand Prize (Nationwide 1st place)’, which led to her receiving the Presidential Citation this time.

Kwon Mijin, head of Namsan 4-dong in Jung-gu, Daegu, said, “I am deeply moved that my 32 years of continuous activities have been recognized externally. I am grateful to my colleagues who have worked and strived together, and I will continue to take the lead, discover various welfare policies, and faithfully perform my original role.”

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