Gwangju Social Welfare Community Chest Supports 3,960 Households Vulnerable to Heatwaves

The Gwangju Community Chest of Korea announced on the 2nd that it has provided 300 million KRW in cooling expenses to 3,960 households vulnerable to heatwaves during the peak summer heat.

The handover ceremony held by the Seo-gu Community Security Council was attended by Park Heung-cheol, Secretary General of Gwangju Sarangui Yeolmae, Kim Cheon-su, Chairman of the Seo-gu Community Security Council, and related officials.

This cooling expense support for heatwave-vulnerable groups is part of the "2024 Planned Cooling Expense Support Project." The recipients were selected through recommendations from the five district offices of Gwangju Metropolitan City, and according to each district's own plan for cash and goods, support funds of at least 50,000 KRW per household will be provided.

Park Heung-cheol, Secretary General of Gwangju Sarangui Yeolmae, said, "I deeply appreciate the efforts of all those working on the ground to improve the welfare of vulnerable groups in Gwangju Metropolitan City," and added, "We will continue to strive to expand leading support projects that greatly contribute to solving welfare issues in the Gwangju area."