Korea Foundation for the Disabled Holds a Vision Declaration Ceremony for the 20th Anniversary...There's a contest, too.

Korea Foundation for the Disabled

The Korea Foundation for the Disabled (Chairman Lee Sung-kyu) held a ceremony yesterday (11th) afternoon at the Glad Hotel in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, and announced a new vision of "20 years together, a future to be together."

The Korea Foundation for the Disabled, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, held a "vision declaration ceremony" for new innovation and leap forward and set up a place to look back on the past 20 years with disabled and disabled organizations. At the same time, he announced his vision for the 20th anniversary of exploring and joining the future of welfare for the disabled.

Chairman Lee Sung-kyu said, "In the future, the Korea Foundation for the Disabled will continue to complete scientific partyism through empirical research and verification along with customized support centered on consumers."

Announcer Lee Jae-yong, a public relations ambassador for the Korea Foundation for the Disabled, participated in the society with talent donations, and about 100 disabled people, including Rep. Kim Ye-ji, Rep. Choi Bo-yoon, Rep. Seo Mi-hwa, Rep. Lee Myung-soo (former) and Lee Chae-pil (former) chairman of the Korea Foundation for the Disabled, attended to congratulate them.

The event also held an award ceremony for the "2024 Disability Awareness Improvement Contest" sponsored by YTN Radio, the Culture Daily, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare and organized by the Korea Foundation for the Disabled. The contest to improve awareness of the disabled has been held since 2015 to improve understanding, empathy, and awareness of the disabled and the disabled.

This year, 787 works were submitted in five categories, including essays, webtoons, videos, radio, and posters, from June 25 to August 16. Park Ho-beom's video "The Way to a Friend" was selected as the grand prize winner for the Minister of Health and Welfare, and a total of 43 teams, including 2 best teams, 15 best teams, and 25 best teams, won the prize.

Meanwhile, the foundation is carrying out public service projects for the disabled in seven areas, including health, education, culture, social environment, awareness improvement, emergency support, and policy research. So far, it has supported about 376,000 people with disabilities in cooperation with 1,072 organizations for the disabled, and the cumulative support fund is reported to amount to 35.3 billion won.