Donation of Fans by 3rd Graders in Donghae City Elementary Schools
Local Government Directly Delivers to Vulnerable Groups and Checks on Their Well-being
In Donghae City, Gangwon Province, a 10-year-old boy saved his allowance to purchase and donate 10 fans to help neighbors in need.
A 10-year-old boy in Donghae-si, Gangwon, saved his allowance to purchase and donate 10 fans to help neighbors in need. [Image source=-Donghae-si]
On the 27th, Yonhap News reported that a family recently donated 10 fans (worth about 500,000 won) to heat-vulnerable households at the Buksam-dong Administrative Welfare Center in Donghae City, Gangwon Province. The family who donated the items includes Jeon Duho (10), a third grader at Cheongun Elementary School. Jeon had been steadily saving the allowance he received. Instead of buying things he wanted, he prepared 10 fans so that neighbors in need could have a cool summer.
Jeon said, "I have wanted to donate for a long time, and I feel proud to use the money I saved by carefully managing my allowance to help neighbors around me this time. I hope the fans are delivered well to those who need them." The Buksam-dong Administrative Welfare Center plans to distribute the donated fans, filled with Jeon's warm heart, to low-income households with old or broken fans or to heat-vulnerable households in need of fans, while also checking on their well-being during the summer heat.
Hwang Boksun, head of Buksam-dong, said, "With the expected heatwave, we were worried about vulnerable groups such as the elderly getting through the summer, but I am very proud of the student who saved money from his allowance and donated his precious savings to help neighbors in need."
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