"Overcoming COVID-19 Together!"... Warmth Continues to Flow in Guro-gu

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] "Let's overcome COVID-19 together."

A donation relay is taking place among residents and businesses in Guro-gu.

On the 5th, two boxes of rice cakes (totaling 16kg) were delivered to the Guro-gu Public Health Center. The rice cakes, which had no sender's address or name, are presumed to have been sent with the meaning of "hoping the staff who are working tirelessly day and night will gain strength."

In addition, bread, gimbap, hamburgers, and other food items are being delivered frequently for COVID-19 emergency workers.

On the 4th, Mr. A, a basic livelihood security recipient, donated 560,000 won, which he had saved over a long time by putting aside 10,000 to 20,000 won monthly, to the local community center. Mr. A said, "Thanks to my neighbors, I have been doing well and have always been grateful," and added, "Please use this for neighbors struggling due to COVID-19." He also said, "I'm sorry it's so little," with teary eyes, "this is all I have."

As of the 9th, a total of 31.5 million won has been donated in Guro-gu. Omeka (CEO Oh Jung-eun) donated 10 million won, Namhyeon Church (Senior Pastor Yoon Young-bae) 10 million won, Korea-China Multicultural Cleaners Federation (President Kim Young-hee) 5.5 million won, Guro-gu Private Daycare Center Association (President Kim Jung-im) 3 million won, Sudanamu Cooperative (CEO Hong Seong-hwa) 2 million won, and Rainbow Happy Job Cooperative (CEO Kim Hong-ri) 1 million won.

Donations of quarantine supplies have also continued. Mediland (CEO Kim Young-jae) and Jeonghyeon Wedding Hall (Chairman Jo Jeong-hyeon) donated 100 bottles of 20ℓ disinfectant, Memoret (CEO Park Bu-guk) donated 1,500 bottles of 30㎖ hand sanitizer, and Oryu 1-dong Saemaeul Geumgo (Chairman Min Hyuk-geun) sponsored 6 disinfectant sprayers.

A Guro-gu official said, "Although everyone is facing difficulties due to this national disaster, the community is gaining great strength thanks to the residents," and added, "Let's work together in the public and private sectors to overcome COVID-19 as soon as possible."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.