Improving Residential Environments for People with Disabilities
1,925 Sites in Korea, 110 Overseas
The social welfare foundation Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng announced on the 29th that, together with HanmiGlobal, a company specializing in construction project management (PM), it has improved facilities for people with disabilities and reached the milestone of supporting 2,000 households through its space welfare support project.
The 2,000th beneficiary, the Gangdong Green Narae Welfare Center, a vocational rehabilitation facility for people with disabilities in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, operates a variety of community rehabilitation programs for people with disabilities. Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng carried out customized space improvements tailored to the needs of people with disabilities, completely renovating the floor, walls, and ceiling of the welfare center's underground parking lot to create a brighter and safer environment. The aging floor of the main entrance was also renovated to enhance accessibility. In addition, the sports facility exclusively for people with developmental disabilities was improved to increase convenience, and bumper rails were installed on the walls of the sheltered workshop so that workers with disabilities can focus on vocational training in a safe environment.
Kim Jonghun, Chairman of Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng and HanmiGlobal, and related personnel are taking a commemorative photo at the ceremony celebrating the achievement of supporting 2,000 households in the space welfare support project on the 29th. From the front row, second from the left: Chairman Kim, Kim Choonghwan, Worker Representative of Gangdong Green Narae Welfare Center, Ahn Hyunjung, Worker Representative of Gangdong Green Narae Welfare Center, Kim Yongjik, President of the Korea Autism Love Association, and Lee Suhee, Mayor of Gangdong District Office. In the back row, first from the left: Lee Kwangjae, Executive Director of Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng, and fourth: Song Pilho, Director of Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng. In the top row, first from the right: Yang Daeyong, Representative of Architecture Office Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng. HanmiGlobal
Founded in 2010 to create a "warm world without barriers," Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng is a purely non-profit organization actively engaged in various fields, including space welfare support projects, advanced assistive device support, job creation for people with disabilities, volunteer activity support, and support for North Korean defectors. Together with HanmiGlobal, it has been carrying out space welfare support projects to improve residential and living environments for welfare facilities and households with people with disabilities. Over the past 15 years, it has improved a total of 2,035 spaces, including 1,925 social welfare facilities and households with people with disabilities in Korea, and 110 homes of overseas veterans and people with disabilities.
Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng has expanded its projects in collaboration with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, POSCO 1% Foundation, Umi Hope Foundation, and others. Overseas, it continues global social contribution activities by improving the living environments of low-income households with disabilities in Vietnam and the homes of veterans who participated in the Korean War in Ethiopia, Turkiye, and the Philippines.
Kim Joungho, Chairman of Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng and HanmiGlobal, stated, "Our journey, which began with the belief that changing spaces changes lives, has reached the meaningful milestone of 2,000 households," and added, "We will continue to expand the space welfare support project so that people with disabilities can live as proud members of our society."
Meanwhile, Ddaddeuthan Donghaeng recently appointed Song Pilho as its second chairman. The new chairman, Song Pilho, previously served as Vice Chairman of JoongAng Ilbo and Chairman of the National Disaster Relief Association, and will serve a three-year term starting in January next year.
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