Hwaseong City Deploys 1,000 for 'Silver Jobs' Program

Hwaseong City has selected approximately 1,000 participants for its 2011 elderly employment program aimed at increasing senior income and expanding social participation, with deployments beginning next month.

A launching ceremony for the program will be held on the 3rd of next month at the Dongtan Complex Cultural Center.

The city accepted applications from senior residents aged 65 and older within the city from the 11th to 17th of this month for 34 projects across 5 sectors in the 2011 elderly employment program, and has selected 1,609 project participants.

Participants will engage in the program for 7 to 10 months, working 2 to 3 hours per day, averaging 36 hours per month, and will receive approximately 200,000 won in monthly wages.

They will be deployed to 34 projects across 5 sectors, including 7 income-generating projects such as domestic agricultural product special sales and elderly-run cafes, 9 public service projects, 5 educational projects, 10 welfare projects, and 3 workforce dispatch projects.

Hwaseong City's income-generating projects include straw handicraft production and sales, elderly-run cafe operations, community work centers at senior centers, and silver community workshops. This year, the city plans to newly launch domestic agricultural product special sales operations.

A city official stated, "Creating job opportunities for the elderly is the most effective elderly welfare policy, providing not only income but also promoting health in later years and social participation through productive activities," and added that the city plans to further expand customized elderly job opportunities that take individual capabilities into account.