KB Securities Opens 'Mujigae Classroom' for Major COVID-19 Affected Areas

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] KB Securities announced on the 6th that it simultaneously opened two Mujigae Classrooms for children in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions, which suffered great damage from the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

The Mujigae Classroom is KB Securities' representative social contribution project aimed at improving the educational environment for children from vulnerable groups. It started in 2009 and has opened a total of 17 Mujigae Classrooms domestically and internationally, including the recent children’s centers in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions. This is the first time two Mujigae Classrooms have been opened in a single region since the project began.

On the 5th, at Gyeongju Oedong Yeolmae Regional Children's Center, Seongjun Park, Executive Director of KB Securities Eastern Regional Headquarters (third from the right in the back row), Yoonjung Kim, Director of Oedong Yeolmae Regional Children's Center (sixth from the right in the back row), and Insook Jeong, Director of the Children's Foundation Gyeongbuk Advocacy Center (seventh from the right in the back row), participated in the opening of the Rainbow Classroom along with the center's children and KB Securities employees.

On the 5th, KB Securities employees visited the Daegu Daegyeongmam Regional Children’s Center and the Gyeongju Oedong Yeolmae Regional Children’s Center for the Mujigae Classroom opening ceremonies. This Mujigae Classroom project was carried out so that children in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions, which were especially hard hit during the nationwide spread of COVID-19 earlier this year, could receive education in a better environment.

A KB Securities official said, "We prepared this to offer some support to children who have had a harder time due to COVID-19," and added, "We hope this space where children play and study through the Mujigae Classroom has become a safer and warmer place."

KB Securities is conducting various activities to support local neighbors facing difficulties due to the spread of COVID-19. In early February, when COVID-19 began to spread in earnest, KB Securities delivered masks, hand sanitizers, and thermometers to over 600 regional children’s centers nationwide. It also participated in a good landlord program by reducing rent for small business owners residing in the KB Securities building. Additionally, KB Securities supported small business owners in various ways, such as purchasing and delivering support supplies for elderly people living alone from traditional markets.