Changwon City to Host 'Online Welfare Expo' on the 1st of Next Month

Poster for the 'e-Welfare Expo' in Changwon-si, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province, which held an offline welfare expo every year, will hold it online this year.

According to the city on the 23rd, this event will be held online for 11 days from October 1st under the slogan "Plus Changwon! Enjoy Welfare! Happy Citizens!" to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Anyone can participate by searching for Changwon Welfare Expo or Changwon Welfare Net in the internet address bar, or by finding Changwon Welfare Expo on YouTube and accessing it.

The opening ceremony on the 1st of next month will be held at 2 p.m. in the Citizen Hall and will be broadcast live on YouTube. This will be followed by a live home shopping broadcast introducing welfare institution products.

The Changwon Welfare Net homepage, which opens on the same day, consists of an online exhibition hall (92 institution promotion halls, welfare institution products), a welfare video station, and a citizen participation hall. The city plans to promote the projects and activities of welfare institutions that are doing their best despite the COVID-19 situation.

In particular, during the event period, 37 social welfare institutions will broadcast promotional videos they made themselves, and 26 teams of social welfare workers, users, and local residents will deliver speech videos containing stories related to Changwon welfare, allowing visitors to enjoy the expo in various ways.

Lee Sun-hee, Director of the Welfare, Women and Health Bureau, said, "We hope that many citizens will show interest and participate in this online welfare expo, which shares and informs various welfare information in a new way."