Hwaseong City Officials Launch One-on-One Mentorship Program for Low-Income Children

Hwaseong City is planting seeds of hope for vulnerable low-income children through one-on-one sponsorship programs to help them become self-reliant.

Twenty-nine Hwaseong City officials and the city government band 'Castle' announced on the 30th that they will establish 30 Didimssiatkkeut (Seeds of Hope) savings accounts throughout 2012 and donate a total of 4.56 million won annually.

The Didimssiatkkeut savings account is a program for children in low-income families requiring protection, such as child heads of household, foster care children, and children in institutional care. When these children save a fixed amount each month, the government also deposits the same amount up to 30,000 won monthly. With Hwaseong City officials regularly contributing 4.56 million won, the children will receive double that amount, totaling 9.12 million won.

A city official stated, "The Didimssiatkkeut savings account is a child self-reliance project designed to help economically disadvantaged children develop into well-prepared members of society," and added, "We are grateful to our employees who voluntarily participated in regular sponsorship, and we hope more public officials and citizens will join this meaningful initiative."