"Suddenly Sick Child Accompanied to Hospital by Volunteer"

Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul's First 'Emergency Accompaniment Service for Infants and Toddlers' Utilizing Volunteers
For Children Aged 3-12... Accompaniment for After-School, After-Work, and Hospital Visits

Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul (Mayor Lee Pil-hyung) announced that it will operate the ‘Emergency Accompaniment Service for Infants and Toddlers’ using volunteers starting in August to address childcare gaps caused by emergency situations.

The ‘Emergency Accompaniment Service for Infants and Toddlers’ is a service where, in the event that a caregiver of a child aged 3 to 12 living in the area cannot take care of their child due to an emergency, volunteers accompany the child when leaving daycare or school or visiting the hospital upon same-day application.

The district initiated this project as the first in Seoul to supplement the government’s ‘Childcare Service,’ which has difficulty responding immediately to sudden childcare gaps occurring on the same day. It will be operated continuously until the end of this year, and can be applied for one child per case when the caregiver has an urgent and unavoidable reason on the day.

In July, the district recruited volunteers among women residing in Dongdaemun-gu and formed a volunteer group consisting of 40 members. The volunteer group also includes multicultural volunteers to support multicultural families. On July 25, in-house training was conducted to ensure smooth activities of the volunteers.

Caregivers who wish to use the ‘Emergency Accompaniment Service for Infants and Toddlers’ can contact the Volunteer Center to apply for volunteer connection. For more details, check the Dongdaemun-gu website bulletin board (Dongdaemun News → District News) or contact the Dongdaemun-gu Childcare and Women’s Affairs Division.

Lee Pil-hyung, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, said, “I hope the emergency accompaniment service will be properly utilized when a child suddenly falls ill or an adult is needed to help with leaving school,” and added, “We will discover various services that provide practical help to caregivers to create a ‘Dongdaemun-gu that is good for raising children,’ where both parents and children are happy.”

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