On December 28, the government held the 32nd Foreign Power Policy Committee presided over by Koo Yoon-chul, head of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, and announced that it decided to introduce and operate foreign manpower in 2022. In particular, the government will push for measures to increase the use of foreign workers in industries suffering from manpower shortages next year. The number of foreign workers introduced next year is 59,000, an increase of 7,000 from 52,000 this year. The number of foreign workers introduced has maintained 56,000 since 2017 until 2020, and it was sl
Hwaseong City has set out to build an art museum representing Korea. On the 24th, the city held a "Embarkation report on a feasibility study and basic plan establishment service for the construction of the Hwaseong Museum of Art" at the Dongtan branch and discussed the outline, schedule, and method of implementing the construction project. Hwaseong Museum of Art is scheduled to be built by 2025 on a total area of 8,122㎡ of public 7 sites in Dongtan 2 New Town. The city included ▲ feasibility analysis ▲ derivation of similar cases and application plans ▲ establishment of basic concepts and plan
Uijeongbu City (Chairman Ahn Byung-yong) Volunteer Center (Chairman Lee Yong-gul) held the 19th Uijeongbu City Volunteer Grand Festival on December 2 at Uijeongbu Island Castle, attended by Uijeongbu Mayor Ahn Byung-yong, provincial councilors, related organizations, and volunteers. The Volunteer Grand Festival is an event to commemorate Volunteer Day (December 5) and encourage the hard work of volunteers who made efforts throughout the year, and is held every year to share the noble value of volunteering with present volunteers. The event awarded certificates to volunteers who achieved 10,000
Suwon City held a meeting of the 4th Suwon City Youth Safety Net Implementation Committee in 2021 and discussed ways to support youth in crisis. The meeting, held at the Suwon Youth Foundation in Paldal-gu at 2 p.m. on the 9th, was organized to provide customized support services and promote healthy growth of youth in crisis by seeking case management and institutional linkage. The Suwon Youth Safety Net Execution Committee, composed of officials from related organizations such as Suwon City Education and Youth Division Kim Eun-joo and Suwon City Youth Counseling and Welfare Center, deliberate
Ansan City (mayor Yoon Hwa-seop) received proceeds of 535,500 won from the Bazaar event from the Municipal Gojan Daycare Center on the 13th. The Municipal Gojan Daycare Center, located in Danwon-gu, has been practicing continuous sharing by donating profits from bazaar selling stationery, clothing, and toys brought by its students for three years. The donations donated on this day will be used for neighbors in need through the Gyeonggi Social Welfare Community Chest. An official from the daycare center said, "I was proud and grateful that children could participate in sharing activities to hel
Earlier in June, the province evaluated the number of SNS followers, content production ability, and interest in Gyeonggi tourism, and selected 20 foreigners from 18 countries in Korea. To introduce the charm of Gyeonggi-do viewed by foreigners, they experienced major tourism contents such as Gyeonggi Sea, clean valleys, tourist theme alleys in every corner, subway trips, and Gyeonggi Dulle-gil, and posted more than 300 reviews and promotional contents on personal SNS to inform the beauty of Gyeonggi-do around the world. At the disbandment ceremony, commendations and prize money were delivered
Seongnam City Cultural Family Support Center (Center Director Park Seo-young) held a total of six sessions of "visiting multicultural understanding education" and "multicultural education" focusing on food culture for first-year students in the Department of Food Industry and Dining every Monday from November 15 to November 29th. This training was conducted at the request of Eulji University to enhance students' understanding of multicultural society and to strengthen their global capabilities by indirectly learning other countries' cultures through marriage immigrants that can be met within t
Uijeongbu-si Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center (Center Director Yoon Yang-sik) held an agreement ceremony with Olga Best "SKIN STUDY" (Director Sun Yoon-hee) on the 22nd. Through the agreement, the two organizations promised to establish an institutional linkage system and cooperate with each other to maintain a healthy community through human and material resources and information exchanges as well as business development and cooperation reflecting regional conditions and characteristics. In addition, he donated ampoules and mask packs worth 20 million won and said, "I ho
Hwaseong City Citizen Ombudsman conducted promotional activities in Hwaseong Namyang Market and Sagang Market on the 22nd. The move is aimed at visiting areas where the floating population is concentrated, promoting only citizens' ombudsman, and approaching them first so that all citizens can easily use the system. Citizen ombudsman is an independent institution that solves problems between citizens and administrative agencies from a neutral standpoint and plays a role in protecting citizens' rights and interests and enhancing administrative transparency and reliability by handling complaints
Elementary, middle, and high school students in Anyang will be safer to and from school. Choi Dae-ho, the Mayor of Anyang, and Jeon Sung-hwa, the Director of Anyang Gwacheon Office of Education, signed a business agreement on the 10th to spread the use of "smart safety return service" by school students in the situation room of City Hall. The smart safety return service is a system that runs an app on a smartphone in case of an emergency on the way to school or at night to receive help from the city hall's smart city integration center and police. In 2014, the city applied smart technology and
하남시가족센터(센터장 문병용)는 지역 내 다문화가족과 유관기관을 대상으로 통·번역지원서비스를 연중 운영하며, 언어 소통에 어려움을 겪는 결혼이민자의 안정적 지역사회 적응을 적극 지원하고 있다. 특히 자녀가 어린이집, 유치원, 학교에 재학 중인 다문화가정의 수요가 높은 ‘가정통신문 다국어 번역서비스’는 큰 호응을 얻고 있다. 해당 서비스를 이용한 사나***코 씨는 “자동번역은 빠르고 편리하지만 가끔은 부정확해 이해되지 않는 부분이 있다. 가족센터 통번역사는 문장 번역뿐 아니라 한국 문화나 말속에 담긴 의미까지 설명해줘서 큰 도움이 된다.”고 만족감을 전했다. 현재 하남시가족센터에는 일본어 전문 통번역사가 상주하고 있으며, 중국어·베트남어·영어 등 다른 언어권의 번역이 필요한 경우 서포터즈사업 및 타 센터 통번역사와의 연계를 통해 다양한 언어 서비스를 제공하고 있다. 통번역지원서비스는 전액 무료로 제공되며, 이용을 원하는 시민은 하남시가족센터(031-793-2993) 사업2팀으로 문의하면 된다.
지난 11월 15일, 하남시가족센터 모두가족봉사단이 ‘자원봉사자의 날(Honour’s Day)’ 기념행사를 성황리에 개최했다. 이날 행사는 2025년 한 해 동안 진행된 봉사단의 활동 실적과 성과를 공유하며, 참여자들의 노고를 격려하는 자리로 마련됐다. 먼저 2025년 모두가족봉사단의 연간 실적과 주요 성과가 발표되었고, 가족 봉사자들은 “의미 있고 성장하는 한 해였다”, “자신의 시간과 열정을 나누는 분들이 있어 감사와 배움을 느꼈다” 등 다양한 피드백을 나누며 서로를 격려했다. 특히 이번 행사에서는 모두가족봉사단이 함께 영화 ‘퍼스트 라이드’를 관람하며 가족, 이웃 간 유대감을 더욱 돈독히 하는 시간을 가졌다. 연간 활동 영상 시청부터 영화 감상까지 한 자리에서 경험한 봉사자들은 밝은 표정으로 행사를 마무리하며 높은 만족감을 보였다. 문병용 센터장은 “올 한 해 봉사자들의 헌신 덕분에 지역사회에 다양한 긍정적 변화가 있었다”며 “앞으로도 가족이 함께 성장하고 소통하는 봉사 활동을 지속적으로 확대해 나가겠다”고 말했다.
구리시가족센터는 12월 4일 구리시 여성행복센터 4층 대강당에서 아이돌보미 140여 명이 참여한 가운데 '2025년 아이 돌봄 지원사업 성과공유회'를 성황리에 개최했다고 밝혔다. 아이돌봄지원사업은 양육 공백이 발생한 가정의 생후 3개월부터 12세 이하 아동에게 아이돌보미가 직접 방문해 돌봄 서비스를 제공하는 사업이다. 이번 성과공유회는 한 해 동안 구리시 아이돌봄서비스 현장에서 활동한 아이돌보미들의 노고를 격려하고, 사업 성과를 공유하기 위해 마련된 자리이다. 행사에서는 성실한 활동으로 타의 모범이 된 우수 아이돌보미에 대한 시상식이 진행됐으며, 정서적 회복과 스트레스 해소를 위한 '힐링 프로그램'도 함께 운영돼 참석자들의 큰 호응을 얻었다. 윤성은 구리시가족센터장은 "한 해 동안 묵묵히 헌신해 주신 아이돌보미 선생님들께 진심으로 감사드린다"라며 "앞으로도 아이돌보미 선생님들이 자부심을 가지고 안정적으로 활동할 수 있도록 지속적으로 지원하겠다"라고 말했다. 한편, 구리시가족센터는 아이돌봄서비스의 전문성과 품질 향상을 위해 정기적인 아이돌보미 집담회와 정서 치유 프로그램 등을 운영하고 있다. 아이 돌봄 지원사업 관련 문의는 구리시가족센터 아이돌봄팀(031-55