Suwon Volunteers Dedicate Themselves to Flood Recovery in Friendly City Geoje

[Suwon Ilbo=Cheon Eui-hyun Reporter] Volunteers from Suwon City, Gyeonggi Province, launched recovery efforts for rain-damaged grape farms in Dunde-myeon, Geoje City, Gyeongnam Province, a friendly city, it was announced on the 6th.

The Suwon Volunteer Center, through communication with Geoje City, was assigned restoration work on landslide-damaged grape fields and farms in Georim-ri, Dunde-myeon, Geoje City on the 4th and 5th, and completed the work safely along with restoring the original conditions.

A total of 69 people participated in this activity, including teachers and students from Samil Technical High School, the Dae Saebit Volunteer Group, the Suwon Urban Corporation Volunteer Corps, and 18 volunteer organizations in total, as well as individual volunteers and officials from the Suwon Volunteer Center. Students from Samil Technical High School received applause and praise for their exemplary volunteer work, following their participation in rain damage recovery work in Gapyeong last year.

The Gyeonggi Province Volunteer Center also supported the recovery work by deploying rest area buses. Park Young-hwa, director of the center, said, “The tireless efforts of our volunteers have been a great help to grape farmers in Geoje City who were in despair.”