Hope Bridge to Provide 8.7 Billion Won in National Donations to 4,300 Households Affected by August Heavy Rains

Hope Bridge provided 8.7 billion won in national donations to neighbors affected by the heavy rain in August. Hope Bridge activity file photo. Hope Bridge

Hope Bridge Korea Disaster Relief Association (Chairman Lim Chaecheong) announced on December 5 that it will provide 8,734,000,000 won in national donations to 4,347 households in nine cities and provinces across the country that suffered damage from heavy rains in August, ahead of the year-end.

This support fund is intended to help affected residents spend the cold winter a little more warmly. Hope Bridge is the only legally recognized relief organization in Korea that can deliver domestic natural disaster relief funds directly to disaster victims.

The relief funds, which serve as consolation payments to citizens affected by natural disasters, are provided in accordance with the 'Regulations on the Management and Operation of Relief Donations' announced by the government. This round of support reflects the revised regulations by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in August 2024, which doubled the maximum payment limit for housing damage and other categories.

The maximum payment limits by type of damage are as follows: ▲20 million won per bereaved family member of the deceased or missing ▲10 million won for injuries graded 1 to 7 ▲5 million won for injuries graded 8 to 14 ▲10 million won per household for completely destroyed primary residences ▲5 million won per household for partially destroyed primary residences ▲2 million won per household for flooded primary residences ▲2 million won per household for damage to main sources of livelihood (agriculture, fisheries, forestry, or salt farming).

By region, the support will be distributed as follows: ▲Seoul: 1,352 households, 2,707,000,000 won ▲Gyeonggi Province: 1,324 households, 2,657,000,000 won ▲Incheon: 1,242 households, 2,484,000,000 won ▲South Jeolla Province: 320 households, 657,000,000 won ▲Gwangju: 85 households, 173,000,000 won ▲South Gyeongsang Province: 17 households, 42,000,000 won ▲Ulsan: 3 households, 6,000,000 won ▲South Chungcheong Province: 2 households, 4,000,000 won ▲North Jeolla Province: 2 households, 4,000,000 won.

Shin Hoon, Secretary-General of Hope Bridge, stated, "We decided on this support so that disaster victims who lost their homes during last summer's disaster can spend a warm winter," and added, "We deeply thank all the citizens who contributed their warmth of hope."

The relief funds are provided through a process in which the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety establishes a disaster recovery plan based on damage assessments by local governments. The local governments then register information on affected households, including disaster victims, in the National Disaster Management System (NDMS), and after this information is entered into the allocation committee's distribution system, the committee reviews and approves the payments for disbursement.

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