Inae General Social Welfare Center Opens Welfare Hub in Daechon-dong, Nam-gu

On the 30th, Inae General Social Welfare Center opened a hub space to improve residents' access to welfare in Daechon-dong, a rural-urban complex area on the outskirts of Nam-gu, Gwangju. Provided by Inae General Social Welfare Center

On the 30th, Inae General Social Welfare Center announced that it has newly opened a hub space in Daechon-dong, a rural-urban complex area on the outskirts of Nam-gu, Gwangju, to improve residents' access to welfare services.

This hub, established as part of the "Gomusin" project supported by the Gwangju Community Chest of Korea in 2026, was created to address welfare blind spots in the region and to serve as a "community sarangbang" where elderly residents can conveniently and safely access services.

Until now, Daechon-dong has been an area without a welfare center, resulting in relatively limited access to welfare infrastructure and significant challenges for residents who needed to travel long distances to use welfare services. In particular, this new hub is especially meaningful in that it is dedicated to elderly single-person male households—core participants in the Gomusin project—who rarely use senior centers and spend most of their time at home.

The significance of this hub space is further heightened by the fact that it was created through public-private cooperation within the local community, and it is expected to serve as a platform for not only private but also public welfare information delivery systems.

An official from the Daechon-dong Administrative Welfare Center stated, "With the opening of this hub space, we hope that Daechon-dong residents will be able to access welfare services more conveniently nearby and that it will foster an environment where they can naturally communicate in their daily lives."

Sunmi Lee, Director of Inae General Social Welfare Center, said, "The opening of the Daechon-dong hub is more than just establishing a physical space—it is a meaningful step toward community-centered welfare that brings us closer to our residents."

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