Gwangyang Steelworks Realizes Neighborly Love with 'Kimchi Making for Multicultural Families'

Friends Volunteer Group Makes Kimchi with Multicultural Immigrant Women

Delivered Kimchi to 50 Multicultural Families... Leading the Way in Sharing Culture

The Friends Volunteer Talent Group under POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks (Director Lee Jin-su) took the lead in warm neighborly love by holding a winter kimchi-making experience event called ‘Multicultural Family Love Kimchi Sharing’ with immigrant women from multicultural families at the Gwangyang City Family Center on the 2nd.

The Friends Volunteer Talent Group planned the experience event to help immigrant women settle in Korea by making kimchi, a staple food for Koreans.

[Photo by Gwangyang Steelworks]

The experience event was held with the participation of 15 volunteers and 17 immigrant women from multicultural families. The volunteers explained the traditional kimchi-making method, starting from how to select Korean napa cabbage, preparing ingredients, making kimchi seasoning, and mixing.

After the explanation, the kimchi-making practice was conducted, and the volunteers also explained the history and benefits of kimchi to help the multicultural family women better understand Korea’s traditional food.

In particular, this volunteer activity was more meaningful as it did not stop at the kimchi-making experience but delivered the kimchi made that day to 50 multicultural families in the local community who needed help, sharing warm neighborly affection at the end of the year.

Choi Chang-rok, head of the Friends Volunteer Talent Group at Gwangyang Steelworks, said, “We planned this event to help immigrant women from multicultural families who may not yet be familiar with Korean culture to adapt to Korea even a little,” adding, “We will continue various volunteer activities that can help multicultural families settle in Korea.”

An immigrant woman who attended the event said, “I had difficulty not only in making kimchi but also in understanding Korean culture since I came to Korea recently, but this experience greatly eased those difficulties,” and expressed gratitude, saying, “I thank the Friends Volunteer Talent Group at Gwangyang Steelworks for creating such a good opportunity.”

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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