Icheon Volunteer Center Conducts Flood Recovery Volunteer Activities in Hongseong, Chungcheongnam Province

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] The Icheon Volunteer Center (Director Lee Mi-sun) conducted flood recovery activities on the 24th in the Hongbuk-eup area of Hongseong County, Chungcheongnam Province, which sustained significant damage from heavy rainfall.

The recovery activity aimed to assist areas affected by flooding caused by heavy downpours, with 50 volunteers participating in diverse activities including sediment removal and crop debris cleanup to help affected residents return to their daily lives.

Based on its accumulated disaster response experience, the Icheon Volunteer Center carried out efficient and systematic volunteer activities through swift organizational structure and safety training, and continued to practice sharing by healing the pain of neighbors in disaster situations through the voluntary and active participation of volunteers.

The Icheon Volunteer Center operates an integrated volunteer unit related to disasters and plans to develop and operate programs to continuously nurture professional volunteers, including support for flood recovery in Gapyeong in the future.

Lee Mi-sun, Director of the Icheon Volunteer Center, stated, "The role of volunteering is becoming increasingly important as the scale and frequency of disasters caused by climate crisis intensify," and added, "I sincerely thank all the volunteers who did not hesitate to travel a long distance and participate with us."