KB Kookmin Card, Gift School Bags for Prospective Elementary Students

11 Years of Gifts for Prospective Elementary Students from Low-Income Families Nationwide
"Continued Support for Future Generations... Realizing 'Care' and 'Coexistence'"

KB Kookmin Card announced on the 20th that it has been continuing its social contribution activity of gifting school backpacks to children from low-income families for 11 years. The company stated that it plans to continue its social contribution activities to realize the core values of care and coexistence.

At the donation ceremony for the 'KB Kookmin Card Sending School Bags to Prospective Elementary Students' held on the 20th at the Korean Buddhist History and Culture Memorial Hall in Jongno-gu, Seoul, Kim Jae-gwan, President of KB Kookmin Card (right), is taking a commemorative photo with Jinwoo Sunim, the Chief Executive of Jogye Order. Photo by KB Kookmin Card

On the 20th, KB Kookmin Card delivered school backpack gift sets worth 200 million KRW to 2,124 prospective elementary school students who will be entering school next month at the 'Korean Buddhist History and Culture Memorial Hall' in Jongno-gu, Seoul. These will be distributed to vulnerable elementary school students about to enter school within this month.

Since 2015, KB Kookmin Card has collaborated with the foundation 'Areumdaun Donghaeng' to provide school backpack gift sets annually to prospective elementary school students from low-income families. So far, they have delivered goods worth approximately 1.5 billion KRW to over 21,000 children.

The company aims to practice Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) management by realizing the values of care and coexistence. They have conducted programs such as art, physical education, and music education for disabled youth, digital education for children in underserved areas, Korean language education for multicultural family youth, and campaigns supporting the fulfillment of wishes for low-income children.

A KB Kookmin Card representative said, "We will continue to strive to support future generations and realize the values of coexistence and care."

To contribute to solving the low birthrate issue, KB Kookmin Card has invested 125 billion KRW since 2018 in cooperation with the Ministry of Education to newly establish and expand 2,256 'national and public attached kindergartens and elementary school care classrooms.' They plan to create 48 hub-type Neulbom Centers by 2027.

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