Gwonseon District Aids Rural Communities Through Direct Garlic Trade with Seosan

Gwonseon District in Suwon (District Chief Kwon In-taek) is receiving strong support from residents for its direct garlic trade business with six-clove garlic producers in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, aimed at raising mutual aid funds and supporting struggling rural economies.

According to district officials on the 27th, on the 10th the U-Gwonseon Love Alliance (Chairman Choi Chan-sik) concluded a direct trade agreement for 3,000 bundles of garlic with garlic farmers in Seosan.

The district plans to collect 5-10% of garlic sales revenue as mutual aid funds to be designated for donation to the Gyeonggi Province Council of Social Welfare.

In addition to the direct trade business, the district is expanding social welfare activities that encourage resident participation and sharing, including the 'HE (Happy Education)-Start Movement' that pairs private academies to provide free tuition to children from low-income families, and the 'Good Neighbors (Love Thy Neighbor) Movement' that connects restaurants, beauty salons, and other hygiene-related businesses with isolated seniors and single-guardian youth through sisterhood partnerships to provide free haircuts, laundry services, and food bank services.