HanmiGlobal and Warm Companion Support 'Advanced Assistive Devices' to Foster Leaders with Disabilities

Now in its 16th Year

On November 26, the social welfare foundation Warm Companion announced that it held a ceremony for the delivery of advanced assistive devices, in collaboration with HanmiGlobal, a company specializing in construction project management, to help young people with disabilities grow into future leaders of society.

With the support of HanmiGlobal, Warm Companion has been selecting young people with disabilities who have high growth potential for the past 16 years and providing them with customized advanced assistive devices. To date, Warm Companion has supported a total of 690 young people with disabilities with tailored advanced assistive devices.

Jonghun Kim, Chairman of Warm Companion (center), is taking a commemorative photo with Durie Kim, Head of Warm Companion Headquarters (far right), other Warm Companion officials, and beneficiaries at the "2025 Advanced Assistive Devices Support Project Delivery Ceremony." HanmiGlobal

This year, applicants were recruited through an announcement in April, and after document screening and interviews, 10 finalists were selected. At the ceremony, Warm Companion delivered customized advanced assistive devices such as electric wheelchairs, visual aids, hearing aids, and finger rehabilitation devices to students from Ohio State University, Yonsei University, Hanyang University, Kyung Hee University, Ajou University, Sunhwa Arts High School, as well as to wheelchair racing athletes, fencing athletes, and other young people with disabilities, according to the type of disability.

Among them, Eunhye Cho (26), who has a congenital developmental ophthalmic disorder, graduated from Yonsei University with degrees in Systems Biology and Psychology, and has been studying at Ohio State University in the United States since September this year to develop visual aids for visually impaired students. Warm Companion provided Cho with a reading magnifier, which is essential for her studies abroad, and supported her with Sense Reader, a screen reading program.

In addition, Jiho Lee (17), who dreams of becoming a Paralympic national athlete, was diagnosed with severe brain lesions due to brain damage at six months old, but continued his studies by passing the qualification exam and is now a wheelchair racing athlete with the Incheon City Hall Disabled Workplace Sports Team. Lee had been training with a wheelchair borrowed from senior athletes, but on this day, Warm Companion provided him with a racing wheelchair tailored to his body for track and field events for people with disabilities. Lee expressed his gratitude, saying, "With the racing wheelchair I received, I want to set a new record in individual competitions."

In his congratulatory remarks, Kim Jonghun, Chairman of Warm Companion, said, "The advanced assistive device support project for people with disabilities helps young people with disabilities who have great growth potential to become independent and supports them in developing into leaders of society," adding, "We will continue this support project so that young people with disabilities can demonstrate their capabilities in various fields and lead new changes."

Established in 2010 to create a warm world without barriers, Warm Companion is a nonprofit organization that is actively engaged in various fields, including domestic and international spatial welfare support for people with disabilities, advanced assistive device support, job creation and volunteer activities, and international development cooperation.

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