Incheon City to Support Nutrition and Health of At-Risk Children... Promotes 'i Onbap' Project

On May 19, Incheon City signed a business agreement with the Korea Health Management Association and Nanum Vitamin to promote the 'i Onbap' project, which supports the healthy growth of children at risk of missing meals.

Under this agreement, the Korea Health Management Association will donate 150 million won to provide mobile meal vouchers to children during school breaks or other periods when the risk of meal skipping is high. Nanum Vitamin will use its own platform, the 'Nabiyam' app, to offer both the mobile meal vouchers and customized health information for children, helping them develop healthy eating habits.

In particular, owners of participating Onbap partner stores and their families will receive preferential health checkup benefits at all 17 regional branches of the Korea Health Management Association, encouraging voluntary community participation and the spread of a culture of sharing.

At the 'Incheon I Onbap×Ppugitogi Healthy Meal Business Agreement Ceremony' held at Incheon City Hall on the 19th, Byungpil Ha, Deputy Mayor of Incheon (center), Wijung Kang, Secretary General of the Korea Health Management Association (left), and Hayun Kim, CEO of Nanum Vitamin, are taking a commemorative photo. Provided by Incheon City

Last year, Incheon City became the first metropolitan government in the country to launch the 'i Onbap' project, a child meal support initiative in which the public and private sectors work together to cover the gap between school meal prices and actual restaurant prices.

With this agreement, the city plans to further enhance its child meal support safety net by combining the existing i Onbap project with the 'Ppugittok Healthy Table' social contribution program of the Korea Health Management Association, moving beyond simple meal support to provide more comprehensive health management for children in Incheon.

Ha Byungpil, Acting Mayor of Incheon City, said, "I hope this agreement will be the start of a warm solidarity, providing nutritious meals for children and a sense of pride in sharing for partner store owners," adding, "We will work to strengthen the meal support safety net so that it delivers real benefits for children's healthy growth."

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