Gwangsan District Mayor Kim Sam-ho Joins the 'Hand in Hand' Campaign

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Kim Sam-ho, mayor of Gwangsan District, participated on the 25th in the social relay "Hand in Hand" campaign to support social economy enterprises facing difficulties due to the impact of COVID-19.

According to Gwangsan District, Gwangju Metropolitan City, on the 25th, Mayor Kim's first step in participating in this campaign was purchasing fermented specialty cooperative SamSamiga's wild ginseng liquor, Suda Cooperative's Kimbugak, and Gabaehouse Co., Ltd.'s Yegurina Dutch coffee.

The social relay Hand in Hand campaign aims to raise awareness of the social economy and promote the purchase of social economy enterprise products. The designated institution purchases products from social economy enterprises and nominates the next participant, spreading messages of support for overcoming COVID-19 through SNS.

Mayor Kim was the next participant following Cho Young-poong, former director of the Gwangju Lifelong Education Promotion Institute.

Mayor Kim nominated Kim Young-jip, external vice president of Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Ha Sang-yong, representative of the Gwangju Startup Support Network, and labor attorney Jin Jae-young as the next participants.

He said, "I am glad to participate in a campaign that can help social economy enterprises, and I hope that through this campaign, positive awareness of the social economy will improve and contribute even a little to the revitalization of the social economy."