Jangan-gu Filial Piety Tour for Low-Income Elderly Living Alone

Jangan-gu (District Chief Hong Sung-gwan) held the "2013 Memory-Making Filial Piety Tour" on the 8th for low-income elderly individuals living alone facing financial hardship, organized by the Korean Senior Citizens Association Suwon Jangan-gu Branch (Branch Chief Lee Tae-jun). The tour took place at Cheongnamdae, the presidential retreat located in Cheongwon-gun, North Chungcheong Province.

This filial piety tour was organized to provide courage and hope to ten elderly individuals approaching their 70th birthday who are experiencing loneliness and hardship, and to create an opportunity for mutual communication and harmony.

Additionally, the Jangan-gu Women Volunteer Association (President Kim Hoo-rye) formed one-to-one partnerships between parents and children, and sought to restore warm human relationships that had become emotionally parched through the filial piety tour.

District Chief Hong Sung-gwan of Jangan-gu stated, "I hope that the elderly approaching their 70th birthday experience a day full of joy and happiness through today's tour," and added, "I wish for them to make good memories while staying healthy and safe without incident."

Members of the Jangan-gu Women Volunteer Association presented luxury sock sets as gifts on the day.