Yongsan-gu Awarded 'Excellence Prize' at Korea Housing Welfare Culture Awards

Yongsan-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Park Hee-young) announced on the 17th that the Yongsan-gu Volunteer Center, which is operated on a consignment basis, won the Excellence Award in the institution and organization category at the 7th ‘Korea Housing Welfare Culture Awards’ held on the 15th.

The ‘Korea Housing Welfare Culture Awards’ is an event hosted by the Housing Welfare Culture Movement Headquarters and supported by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, evaluating excellent cases and achievements of institutions and organizations that have made outstanding contributions in the field of housing welfare. At this competition, the Yongsan-gu Volunteer Center was the only volunteer center among Seoul’s autonomous districts to receive an award.

On the 15th, the Yongsan-gu Volunteer Center won the Excellence Award at the Korea Housing Welfare Culture Grand Prize competition. Provided by Yongsan-gu.

The Yongsan-gu Volunteer Center provides customized services for housing-vulnerable groups tailored to the characteristics and conditions of the region. To this end, it discovers local companies and fosters volunteer groups to encourage voluntary participation. In addition, through regular housing environment improvement projects, it takes the lead in bridging the housing environment gap and expanding cultural contact opportunities for marginalized groups.

The Yongsan-gu Volunteer Center has provided various support such as wallpaper and flooring replacement, LED light replacement, and gas stove installation to housing-vulnerable groups in cooperation with local community companies. By fostering organizing and storage volunteer groups, it has improved the housing environment of vulnerable groups, and during the summer, it also worked to alleviate housing instability amid the climate crisis through rainwater drain cleaning activities.

Lee Jong-du, Director of the Yongsan-gu Volunteer Center, stated, "We will continuously discover and promote projects that residents can genuinely relate to through volunteer activities reflecting regional characteristics."

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, "This Excellence Award is an achievement made possible by the combined efforts of Yongsan-gu volunteers and corporate volunteer organizations. We will continue to listen to even the smallest voices and do our best to create a happy housing environment for all."

Established in 1999, the Yongsan-gu Volunteer Center carries out various volunteer activities tailored to the needs of recipients, such as the ‘Happiness Sharing Volunteer Group’ that helps improve the housing environment in shantytowns, the ‘Magic Balloon Volunteer Group’ that creates balloon art at festivals, and the ‘Love Sharing Volunteer Group’ that provides hand massages and moxibustion therapy. Individuals or organizations wishing to participate in volunteering can contact the Yongsan-gu Volunteer Center.