Korea Expressway Corporation Awards Scholarships to 208 Children of Highway Accident Victims

Korea Expressway Corporation and the Expressway Scholarship Foundation announced on the 23rd that they selected 208 "2024 Expressway Scholars" on the 20th and awarded a total of 740 million KRW in scholarships.

On the 20th, at the Korea Expressway Corporation Smart Center, Son Jin-sik, Chairman of the Expressway Scholarship Foundation (ninth from the left), along with related officials and expressway scholarship students, are taking a commemorative photo after the scholarship certificate awarding ceremony. / Photo by Korea Expressway Corporation

The Expressway Scholarship program began in 1998 and has awarded a total of 12.4 billion KRW in scholarships to 7,012 recipients to date. The scholarship recipients are children of those who died in expressway traffic accidents or in construction and maintenance work, or those who themselves or their children have been diagnosed with severe disabilities due to such accidents. Applications are accepted and selections are made after review by the Scholarship Foundation.

Selected scholars receive annual support ranging from 2 million to 5 million KRW depending on their income level, covering from preschool children to university students. Notably, starting this year, the minimum scholarship amount for middle school students and below has been increased from 1 million KRW to 2 million KRW.

In addition to the scholarship program, the Expressway Corporation operates the "Stand-up" employment support program to help scholars achieve economic independence, and the "Anadream" psychological therapy program to help families of traffic accident victims overcome trauma. The Corporation explained that it is conducting the most extensive linked support projects among SOC (Social Overhead Capital) public enterprises to aid the daily recovery of expressway accident victims.

A representative from the Expressway Corporation stated, "We empathize with the grief of the bereaved families caused by expressway accidents and are striving to help them recover their daily lives. We will continue to promote various support projects to overcome difficult times together and provide a stepping stone for them to re-enter society."

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