Gwangju City 'Umulga The Well', Awarded the Moving Village Prize

Excellent Cases of Gyeonggi Village Communities

The Gwangju community 'Umulga The well' is receiving the Touching Village Award (Governor of Gyeonggi Province Award).

Gwangju City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 1st that the Gwangju community ‘Umulga The well’ received the Inspirational Village Award (Governor of Gyeonggi Province Award) at the ‘2024 Gyeonggi Village Community Festival’ excellence case presentation held at the old Gyeonggi Provincial Government building on the 29th of last month.

The ‘Gyeonggi Village Community Festival’ is a festival that shares the activities and achievements of communities within the province to strengthen community capabilities and activate networks.

At the main event, the ‘Village Community Case Presentation,’ 57 communities recommended as excellent cases from each city and county underwent the first round of judging. Among them, the top 10 communities advanced to the final presentation, where the ranking was decided by votes from 83 audience evaluators present on site.

The Gwangju community ‘Umulga The well,’ which won the Inspirational Village Award (Governor of Gyeonggi Province Award) in the finals, is a community that serves as a playground for mothers, bringing smiles to them. It operates based on the values of mothers’ recovery, growth, sharing, and resources. Centered around the ‘Eomseon Class’ (classes where mothers become teachers), it is expanding its activities from families to the entire neighborhood.

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