Adult Reading Volunteers 'Gyeonggi Eunbit Dokseo Nanumi'... 98% Hope to Participate Again

Gyeonggi Province has selected middle-aged and older adults aged 56 and above as reading activity volunteers to provide reading experiences to people with disabilities and others, and the satisfaction with the "Gyeonggi Silver Reading Sharing" project has been found to be high.

On the 5th, Gyeonggi Province announced that according to a satisfaction survey conducted in 20 cities and counties within the province, 98% of respondents expressed their intention to participate again, indicating a high level of satisfaction.

Started in 2010, the Gyeonggi Silver Reading Sharing project selects middle-aged and older adults aged 56 to 76 as reading activity volunteers based on demand surveys conducted by each city and county. These volunteers provide enjoyable reading experiences to people with disabilities, children, and others.

Last year, 196 Gyeonggi Silver Reading Sharing volunteers visited 256 care facilities such as after-school care classrooms, local children's centers, welfare facilities for the disabled, kindergartens, and daycare centers, reading books and conducting post-reading activities for 83,768 people.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

To gather user feedback for program improvement, Gyeonggi Province conducted a satisfaction survey in November last year after the project completion, targeting 178 Silver Reading Sharing volunteers and 189 beneficiary institutions.

The survey results showed that 93% of the Silver Reading Sharing volunteers and 95% of the beneficiary institutions responded that they were "satisfied with the project." Additionally, 98% of the volunteers and 96% of the institutions expressed their willingness to participate again.

Park Min-kyung, Director of the Library Policy Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "The Gyeonggi Silver Reading Sharing project creates meaningful jobs for the elderly in an aging society and fosters reading habits among children. We will continue to strive this year to play a significant role in building intergenerational bonds and promoting healthy social integration through sharing stories about books."

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