Men of national merit resuming ordinary life thanks to the wheelchairs presented by Korea Welfare Services

In celebration of Patriots and Veterans Month last June, Korea Welfare Services waged a fund-raising campaign in tandem with Happybean with the intention of ensuring safe mobility and lessening economic burden for the sake of men of national merit as well as war veterans.

Robust wheelchairs are requisite for those who have difficulty leading their everyday lives because of their advanced ages and disabilities.

Korea Welfare Services purchased 12 wheelchairs each of which was worth approximately 700,000 won with the proceeds from the Happybean donations and delivered them to the senior citizens of national merit.

Comfortable daily life with a wheelchair

They were delivered to two elders of national merit, 

Korean War veterans who were suffering severe loss of mobility. refer to the picture

It was delivered to an elder of national merit, a citizen participant in the May 18th uprising who got hurt from a fall multiple times tearing up his forehead and fracturing his bones as his health condition worsened. refer to the picture

It ended up lowering economic burden on an elder who was suffering significant financial difficulty in coping with the expenses of rehabilitation treatment and the cost of renting supplementary medical devices. refer to the picture