Support for Basic Needs
The Community Chest of Korea delivers warmth to our neighbors who do not receive welfare benefits.
In particular,
we help them to satisfy their basic needs and to emerge from poverty through living expense support, food sharing,
and material support.
Overcome crisis together, and deliver hope
Mr. Kim divorced with his wife because of family violence and worked as day laborer to earn a living. But after he suffered malnutrition, so it was hard to earn living expenses. Finally, he tried to commit suicide. Fortunately, a welfare center supported hospital and health care feel but after leaving the hospital, he still had trouble with his living. So, Community Chest of Korea supported living expenses to him through the ‘Seagull hope care project and now he took courage from it. Community Chest of Korea support Segal hope care business’ Emergency aid business to resolve the lack of welfare for the public in Busan. In 2018, we resolved 660 cases of 789, including 63 living support, 589 medical aid, and 8 fire damage aid cases. Also, we managed case management for 69 cases. As a result, it helped to resolve hardship of underprivileged people temporary, and we applied case management to provide more complex services.
Support for seniors during the summer
Scorching heat in every summer in Korea threaten many seniors’ health. According to the Ministry of Health, 6 people were seniors among 11 people who died due to heat waves in 2017. Whereupon, Gyeongbuk senior welfare association and Community Chest of Korea made a goods support project called ‘Cool Cool summer kit for seniors’. The kit is composed of 15 kinds of goods like blanket, mosquito repellent, emergency kit, electric fly swatter, cool towel, chicken soup, and noodle, etc. Seniors really loved the kit because it included everything they needed. One senior who got the blanket happily said, “I definitely will have a cool summer with the blanket.”