Yangcheon-gu Helps Neighbors in Need with Cleaning and Organizing Services

Helping Neighbors Facing Disability and Health Challenges Through Public-Private Cooperation
Improving Living Conditions with 'Seulgiroun Jeongri Saenghwal'

Before the improvement of the living environment for single-person households with brain lesions. Provided by Yangcheon-gu.

#Mr. K, a man in his 60s living alone with a brain lesion disability in Sinjeong 3-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, is unable to use his lower body and left hand at all. Although he moved to Yangcheon-gu two years ago, he was unable to unpack due to his physical difficulties. Living uncomfortably in a cramped space, Mr. K asked the Sinjeong 3-dong welfare planner for help, and through the local community security council, he received services to remove approximately 1.5 tons of household waste and organize his home. Seeing his cleaned-up house, Mr. K smiled brightly, saying, “I feel indescribably good. Now I can invite people to my home.”

Yangcheon-gu (District Mayor Lee Gijae) operates the “Wise Organizing Life” project once a month in collaboration with the Sinjeong 3-dong Community Security Council to assist neighbors suspected of hoarding or having difficulties with house cleaning and organizing due to disabilities or health reasons.

“Wise Organizing Life” is a project that provides cleaning and organizing services to low-income households in need of residential environment improvement. It was selected and implemented as part of the Yangcheon Love Welfare Foundation’s “Public-Private Cooperation for Regional Welfare Promotion” contest project.

The project has supported households such as middle-aged and older men living alone suffering from severe depression and elderly households with cancer patients. The district plans to continue supporting necessary recipients by providing furniture and household goods in cooperation with the Community Chest of Korea, as well as delivering companion plants and offering welfare service consultations to help them live comfortably.

Those in need of assistance can apply directly or be recommended by others to the Sinjeong 3-dong Community Service Center.

District Mayor Lee Gijae said, “I hope this residential environment improvement project will enhance the living conditions and quality of life for residents facing economic difficulties or health challenges. We will continue to actively identify residents in need and strive to provide customized services.”

After improvement of the residential environment for a single-person household with brain lesion disability. Provided by Yangcheon-gu.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.