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[Jeonbuk Energy Service] Jeonbuk Energy Service to Share Love with “One Meal–Sharing, Warm Contact Project”
Jeonbuk Energy Service (CEO Kim Giyeong), a subsidiary of SK E&S, is pursuing the “One Meal–Sharing, Warm Contact Project” for 100 malnourished elderly people residing in Iksan, Jeollabuk-do Province.
The Iksan Municipal Government, Iksan-si Volunteer Center, SK E&S, and Jeonbuk Energy Service held a ceremony to deliver donations for the project on January 29 [BK1] at the Iksan City Hall. Such donations of KRW 50 million will be used to purchase simple meals and lunch boxes for 100 malnourished elderly people selected by the Iksan Municipal Government. This will be done daily for five months, from early February to the end of June.
The “One–Meal Sharing, Warm Contact Project” was led by Jeonbuk Energy Service and executed in collaboration with various stakeholders of the local society, including the Iksan Municipal Government, Iksan-si Volunteer Center, Senior Club, and Community Chest of Korea, to solve the problem of meal-skipping by the most high-risk class, including senior citizens living alone, due to COVID-19.
For the project, the ingredients will be purchased from local microenterprises, and the Senior Club will arrange and deliver the lunch boxes. As such, it is a “win-win cooperation project customized to the Iksan region” that goes beyond simply solving the meal-skipping problem and contributes to job creation for the local elderly.
In particular, it is in line with building a “safety net” that SK Group Chairman Chey Taewon has emphasized. Given that the safety net is falling apart because of COVID-19, the project is meaningful as it supports the most vulnerable class that struggles for immediate sustenance.
Chey had earlier emphasized the “new entrepreneurship spirit of communing with society” at his New Year address this year and confirmed his will to cooperate with local governments and related organizations to expand the practice of social responsibility.
“We hope that supporting the local elderly and microenterprises would somewhat help the local society in addition to nourishing the most vulnerable class suffering from the cold wave and COVID-19,” said CEO Kim Giyeong. “We will continue to cooperate with the local government and various stakeholders to lead the practice of social responsibility,” he pledged.
“We will work hard to hygienically manage the lunch boxes, which will be shared with the neighbors in our local society. Furthermore, we will strive to secure the health of those who will receive our meals by providing supplementary nutritious meals other than general meals,” said Director Eom Yangseop of Iksan-si Volunteer Center.