Seoul Gangseo-gu Launches 'Don't Think You're Alone' Project to Prevent Solitary Deaths

Providing Customized Welfare Information to Gosiwon Residents and Young Single-Person Households Until the 29th of Next Month

Promotional materials containing customized welfare information. Provided by Gangseo-gu.

Gangseo-gu, Seoul (Mayor Jin Gyo-hoon) announced on the 25th that it will promote the "Don't Think You're Alone" project until the 29th of next month to prevent solitary deaths among residents of vulnerable housing areas and low-income young single-person households.

This project aims to prevent and manage solitary deaths by providing promotional items containing customized welfare information to 200 residents of goshiwons and low-income young single-person households. The leaflet includes information on various welfare programs such as ▲support projects for single-person households ▲housing welfare ▲emergency welfare ▲Care SOS ▲customized care services for the elderly.

The district plans to distribute the promotional items by visiting about 130 goshiwons that do not meet the minimum housing standards, such as lacking a private standing kitchen or private flush toilet, or having less than 14㎡ per person, and hanging the items on door handles. In addition, in connection with the Gangseo Youth Nest Project, which supports donations and sponsorships from companies and organizations to low-income youth, promotional items will also be delivered by courier to 200 young single-person households.

Mayor Jin Gyo-hoon said, "We are promoting a project that provides customized welfare information to proactively prevent and manage solitary deaths, which is a social issue we must solve together," and added, "We will continue to strive to build a dense social safety net to provide necessary welfare services to vulnerable households."

According to the analysis of solitary death occurrences in Seoul from 2018 to 2022, 9 out of 10 solitary deaths (91.9%) occurred among vulnerable housing groups.