Briefing session regarding 3 year project of childcare workers for low income groups

<Briefing session regarding 3 year project of childcare workers for low income groups>

On December 29, 2008, Korean Women Workers Association (KWWA) had a briefing session regarding 3 year childcare worker dispatching project for low income groups. Panels and placards showing the 3 year project, and drawings and other works by children were displayed as part of preliminary event ahead of the briefing session.

 

About 160 people including childcare workers, beneficiary families and children from 6 regions (Seoul, Incheon, Daegu, Pusan, Kwangju and Jeonju) participated in the events.

 

The childcare worker dispatching project for low income groups was undertaken by KWWA’s 6 regional organizations under the sponsorship of Community Chest of Korea for 3 years between November 1, 2005 and October 31, 2008.  Service suppliers are vulnerable unemployed women. After each of these 30 women selected by each regional organizations, received the total number of 144 hour vocational training, they were sent to low income families.

 

Families whose children are disabled children and infants, among householders earning less than 60% of average monthly wages of the urban working, took priorities as the service beneficiary.

 

The provision of this service for children from low income families who had been put in the blind zone of childcare service realized children’s welfare rights as a result of this project, and activated and boosted up the participation of economic activities of the low income families and single parents’ families.

 

In addition, the improvement of expertise of our childcare workers contributed to job creation for middle aged unemployed workers, and helped them to provide comprehensive service for low income families through the linkage of regional resources.  Moreover, the effect of economic supports for low income groups induced their social and economic independence. 

 

On that day, children expressed their love and thanks to childcare workers, as an opening ceremony.  After that, briefing session regarding the 3 year report was made and research, ‘effectiveness of childcare workers dispatching project for low income families’ was presented.  A variety of events were also included: touching stories by region were introduced in the form of letters; impressive performances by low income families were delivered; fairy tales were orally narrated; and songs were sung by the childcare workers.  It was a cheerful festival supporting and encouraging each other between childcare workers, beneficiary families and children.