Hyundai Engineering & Construction said it is launching a site-linked community safety program to help protect children in disaster-prone areas.
The company said Thursday that it held a ceremony April 22 at Angolpo Elementary School in Jinhae-gu, Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, with the Construction Industry Social Contribution Foundation and Plan Korea to provide disaster safety education and deliver child-sized safety helmets.
Attendees included Lee Hyeong-seok, head of Hyundai E&C’s Finance and Economics Division; Lee Jae-sik, secretary-general of the foundation; Lee Jae-myeong, a manager at Plan Korea; and officials from the Gyeongsangnam-do Changwon Office of Education.
Hyundai E&C said it will distribute about 3,600 disaster-response safety helmets from this month through June to eight elementary schools in the Jinhae area, including Angolpo Elementary as well as Ungdong and Ungcheon elementary schools. It also plans structured disaster safety classes and hands-on evacuation drills for all students.
The program includes practice sessions on wearing helmets and simulated evacuations to help students learn how to respond. Schools will also name student “disaster safety guardians,” or “Safe Captains,” to encourage participation.
Hyundai E&C said it has focused its safety-related social contribution work on disaster-vulnerable areas over the past seven years and is expanding the effort this year to Jinhae-gu. It said it will support tailored safety programs linked to nearby elementary schools around local projects, including construction of the Busan Port Jinhae New Port container terminal (Phase 1-1), a southern breakwater and the Wasong district development project.
A Hyundai E&C official said the company is continuing “effective safety activities” by combining equipment support with participatory education programs in disaster-vulnerable areas and plans to keep expanding disaster safety programs tied to communities near its worksites.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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