Ganghwa County Senior Officials Donate Emergency Disaster Relief Funds

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Ganghwa County announced that senior officials, including County Chief Yu Cheon-ho and deputy officials of grade 5 and above, will donate emergency disaster relief funds due to COVID-19. As of the 8th, 12 officials have participated.

This donation initiative was undertaken to encourage municipal governments to follow suit, after Mayor Park Nam-choon of Incheon Metropolitan City and 35 senior officials from Incheon Metropolitan City announced their donation of relief funds on the 6th.

Emergency disaster relief funds allow applicants to indicate their intention to donate all or part of the amount. If an application is not made within three months from the application start date, automatic donation processing will occur. The donated funds will be transferred to the employment insurance fund and used for employment stability projects and unemployment benefit payments.

County Chief Yu Cheon-ho said, "I hope the emergency disaster relief funds and donations will be used meaningfully for those facing difficulties due to COVID-19."

Meanwhile, Ganghwa County provided 3.6 billion won in emergency disaster relief funds to 7,671 vulnerable households on the 4th. The county is concentrating its administrative efforts on advance preparations to ensure smooth progress for households not included in the priority payment target.