Nong-eochon Gong Jeonnam 'Rural Village Revitalization' Talent Donation Activities Underway

Published 26 Jun.2024 16:13(KST)

The Jeonnam Regional Headquarters of Korea Rural Community Corporation (Head: Jo Young-ho) announced on the 26th that it carried out talent donation activities to revitalize the village at Bannam Historical and Cultural Village in Naju-si.

The Jeonnam Regional Headquarters of the Korea Rural Community Corporation carried out talent donation activities to revitalize the village on the 26th at Bannam History and Culture Village in Naju-si.
[Photo by Korea Rural Community Corporation Jeonnam]

Bannam-myeon, Naju-si, is a place where ancient tombs symbolizing the Mahan culture that flourished in the Yeongsan River basin are scattered throughout. Despite having excellent village resources and facilities, Bannam Historical and Cultural Village faces difficulties in revitalization due to its lack of recognition.

Accordingly, the Jeonnam Regional Headquarters sent about 20 employees from the Rural Planning Department, who are in charge of regional development, to visit the village directly on that day and donated their talents focusing on items that connect urban and rural areas and promote the village.

The donations utilizing the employees’ work know-how and specialties included ▲ proposals for ancient tomb culture experience programs ▲ promotional photography of village scenery ▲ suggestions for signature menus for operating a village cafe.

In the evening, together with the company’s in-house venture Rural Sharing Venture Team, they held the ‘Pureut Pureut Movie Chat Meeting’ at the Bannam Historical and Cultural Village Cultural Welfare Center, providing a special experience time in a quiet space with visitors who came nearby after work.

The Rural Sharing Venture Team was selected as the 5th in-house venture team of Korea Rural Community Corporation and has been enhancing value by sharing idle rural space resources with various users since January 2024.

Recently, through the ‘Umabil (We Rent Our Village)’ content, they have been providing special and unique experiences to nearby urban residents and supporting follow-up measures for village revitalization.

Kim Myung-ah, the office manager of Bannam area, said, “We received great help by supporting practical activities such as photography for promotion as well as village operation know-how,” and added, “Together with the village operation committee, we will make good use of these contents to create the most vibrant rural village in the region.”

Jo Young-ho, head of the Jeonnam Regional Headquarters, said, “In response to the increasingly severe local extinction crisis such as population decline and village depopulation, we will do our best to revitalize rural villages through various support activities including talent sharing, along with our public role as a regional development specialized institution.”