Kang Ho-dong, Chairman of NongHyup Central, Visits Wildfire Damage Site "Focusing All Efforts on Recovery"

Kang Ho-dong, Chairman of the NongHyup Central Association, visited the wildfire damage site in Gyeongnam and stated on the 29th, "We will concentrate all the capabilities of NongHyup to expedite the recovery of the damage."

On the day, Chairman Kang visited Sancheong and Hadong in Gyeongnam to assess the damage situation and comforted the disaster victims and farmers, saying, "The sudden wildfire has caused great distress to farmers who lost their precious farming bases." The day before, he visited wildfire-affected areas such as Uiseong, Cheongsong, and Yeongyang in Gyeongbuk.

Kang Ho-dong, President of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (right), is visiting wildfire-affected farms in Sancheong, Gyeongnam on the 29th to console and encourage the affected farmers. (Photo by National Agricultural Cooperative Federation)

The NongHyup Central Association announced that it will support wildfire damage recovery with ▲ 200 billion KRW in interest-free disaster funds ▲ 3 billion KRW in NongHyup-wide donations ▲ relief supplies worth 500 million KRW. To stabilize the lives of disaster victims, it is carrying out ▲ support for daily necessities such as disaster relief kits and masks ▲ urgent deployment of laundry and water spraying vehicles ▲ volunteer activities at the NongHyup-wide level.

Additionally, it plans to continue multifaceted support for the rapid recovery of farmers' daily lives, including ▲ expanded support of up to 30 million KRW in interest-free emergency living stabilization funds ▲ exemption of receiving fees for automated devices of agricultural cooperatives ▲ prompt damage investigation and early insurance payment ▲ emergency repair of agricultural machinery ▲ discounted supply of farming materials ▲ discounted supply of daily necessities in affected areas.

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