Hwaseong Special City Supports Flood Recovery in Sister City Hap Cheon County, South Gyeongsang Province

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Volunteers from Hwaseong Special City visited their sister city Hap Cheon County in South Gyeongsang Province on the 30th to support flood recovery efforts.

This visit was undertaken to promptly restore the flood-damaged area in Gahoe-myeon, Hap Cheon County, which suffered significant damage from intensive rainfall that lasted from the 17th to 20th, and to help affected residents return to their daily lives quickly.

On this day, Mayor Jung Myung-geun and approximately 100 volunteers from the Hwaseong Volunteer Center met with Hap Cheon County Governor Kim Yun-chul at the Gahoe Sports Center and delivered 30 million won worth of relief supplies prepared with donations collected by the Hwaseong Volunteer Center and 5 million won in donations collected by executives and public officials from Hwaseong City.

They then visited flood-damaged farms in Gahoe-myeon, Hap Cheon County, and directly participated in recovery work by removing silt and waste accumulated near residences and in vinyl greenhouses, providing encouragement to affected residents.

Mayor Jung Myung-geun said, "I deeply empathize with the difficulties experienced by residents and the pain of the community due to intensive rainfall, and as a sister city, we wish to offer our sincere consolation by joining our hearts together," and added, "I sincerely hope that affected residents will be able to return to their normal lives as soon as possible."