Gwangju Seo-gu Holds Maullo Welfare Center Capacity Building Workshop

"Sharing Specialized Projects and Best Practices of Comprehensive Social Welfare Centers"

Seo-gu District in Gwangju held the '2025 Maullo Welfare Center Capacity Building Workshop' at Deulbul Hall in the Seo-gu District Office on December 8, sharing specialized projects and best practices from local comprehensive social welfare centers.

Kim Ikang, Mayor of Seo-gu District, Gwangju, is taking a commemorative photo with participants at the 'Seo-gu Village Welfare Center Best Practices Sharing and Capacity Building Workshop' held on the 8th at Deulbul Hall in Seo-gu District Office. Provided by Seo-gu District Office, Gwangju

On December 9, Seo-gu District announced that since 2023, it has been implementing the community-based 'Maullo Welfare Center' initiative, using five comprehensive social welfare centers as hubs to identify socially isolated households and address welfare blind spots.

Kumho Comprehensive Social Welfare Center has established a system for identifying and supporting isolated households by pursuing the goal of 'developing resident-led welfare projects.' Their efforts include operating the 'Kumho Time Sharing Center' based on a time bank, discovering reclusive individuals living in studio apartments, and running the 'Pungam Love Picnic' program utilizing local resources such as Pungam Lake.

Mujin Comprehensive Social Welfare Center has focused on building a care network and a foundation for resident activities within the community through various initiatives, including a campaign to discover socially isolated households, operating a village volunteer club, identifying community activists and resident leaders, and creating community hub spaces.

Additionally, Ssangchon Comprehensive Social Welfare Center is running a variety of programs to detect reclusive individuals early and support their psychological stability, such as cultural experience activities like the Mugaksa Temple Stay and delivering emergency hope food kits.

Siyeong Comprehensive Social Welfare Center has supported child care through mobile welfare services-including beauty services, "Love," and the "Red Food Truck"-focused on Hwajeong 3-dong and Sangmu 2-dong, as well as the "Hwasamgol Kids Gathering" children's festival.

Nongseong and Bityeoulchae Comprehensive Social Welfare Centers have provided emotional care and promoted health by hosting birthday parties for homebound seniors and organizing strength training classes that visit neighborhoods to promote community health.

The workshop was attended by more than 70 people, including Seo-gu District Mayor Kim Ikang and staff from the comprehensive social welfare centers. The event featured video and presentation-based performance sharing, a special capacity-building lecture, and regional communication sessions.

Moon Gwangho, Director of Welfare and Employment, stated, "The Maullo Welfare Center initiative is the core foundation of Seo-gu's welfare system, where the five comprehensive social welfare centers and residents collaborate to address and solve local issues together. Moving forward, we will continue to provide tailored welfare services that meet local changes and needs, welfare that residents can truly feel, and welfare that brings about real change in the field through public-private cooperation."

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