Seoul 50 Plus Foundation and Angels Haven Join Hands to Create Jobs Supporting Vulnerable Groups

Signing of a Business Agreement to Strengthen Discovery and Support of Work and Activities for Low-Income Middle-Aged and Older Adults Contributing to the Local Community

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan 50 Plus Foundation is collaborating with the social welfare corporation Angels Haven to discover jobs and social contribution activities for middle-aged and older adults supporting vulnerable groups.

On the 27th, the foundation announced that it will sign a business agreement at the Seoul 50 Plus Western Campus. Angels Haven is a social welfare corporation located in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, providing social welfare services for children, adolescents, and people with disabilities in the area. It operates social welfare-related facilities within the district, including the Western Disabled Comprehensive Welfare Center, Eunpyeong Rehabilitation Hospital, and Eunpyeong District Galhyeon Senior Welfare Center.

Through this agreement, the two organizations plan to cooperate to discover social contribution activities that help vulnerable groups in the northwestern area of Seoul and jobs that middle-aged and older adults from the lower income bracket can participate in. First, they will operate the ‘Senior Citizen Mentor Group,’ where the 50+ generation supports one-on-one mentoring activities for youth preparing for independence (children aging out of care) in areas experiencing care gaps, promoting career coaching and emotional support activities.

Through this collaboration, the Seoul Metropolitan 50 Plus Foundation plans to systematize a social contribution-type job model that middle-aged and older adults from the lower income bracket can participate in and expand it to other districts, thereby revitalizing community-based job projects. Jo Jun-ho, CEO of the social welfare corporation Angels Haven, said, “We expect to create a virtuous cycle of care where local adults care for local youth and to establish a cooperative model supporting the growth of vulnerable groups through job projects.”

Lee Sung-soo, Head of Business Operations at the Seoul Metropolitan 50 Plus Foundation, said, “Through cooperation with specialized local institutions, we will be able to more effectively discover middle-aged and older adult job models that are essential to the community,” adding, “We will actively promote sustainable and meaningful community-based job projects to further activate the participation of vulnerable middle-aged and older adults.”