Seongnam City Expands Fruit Snack Support for Kindergarten Children

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province will expand its fruit snack support program for kindergarten children this year.

Seongnam City announced on the 14th that starting this month, seasonal fruits will be provided 1 to 2 times a week, totaling 58 times annually, to children enrolled in kindergartens within the city.

For this project, Seongnam City has allocated a budget of 513 million KRW, an increase of 28 million KRW from last year, supporting a total of 8,040 children with fruit worth 63,800 KRW per person annually (1,100 KRW per session).

Seongnam City plans to provide children with balanced and healthy food by carefully selecting seasonal fruits certified under the Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) system or eco-friendly certifications, supplying more than seven items including fruits and vegetables.

Seongnam City Hall

This project was promoted to supply balanced nutrition to kindergarten students, who were excluded from the project unlike children in daycare centers or home care who receive fruit snacks under the ‘Child Care Act’.

To this end, Seongnam City revised the ‘Seongnam City Dietary Education Support Ordinance’ to establish the basis for providing fruit snacks to kindergarten children aged 0 to 7.

Additionally, Seongnam City secured a budget of approximately 1.768 billion KRW to provide seasonal fruit snacks to a total of 30,189 children at 565 daycare centers, local children’s centers, and home care children.

A Seongnam City official stated, "We will continue to make efforts to promote healthy growth by providing seasonal fruit snacks to children in daycare centers, kindergartens, and home care, and to expand the consumption of domestic fruits."

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