Hyundai Mobis is expanding its hands-on education programs to raise safety awareness among children. This year alone, over 7,000 children have participated in safety education programs held across the country.
On September 21, Hyundai Mobis announced that it hosted the '2026 Transparent Umbrella Distribution and Comprehensive Safety Experience Land' at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Gwangju from September 18 to 19.
The Comprehensive Safety Experience Land is a hands-on safety education program operated in collaboration with local education offices and relevant agencies. It includes 12 experiential content areas, covering road traffic safety, kickboard safety rules, fire evacuation training, first aid, and hygiene education. The program allows children to learn how to respond to potential safety accidents in their daily lives.
Approximately 3,000 children and their families attended the Gwangju event. This year, the program has expanded its participation criteria beyond schools, allowing local residents to join. Officials from local governments, fire departments, and police stations also participated to support education on preventing child safety accidents.
Hyundai Mobis distributed transparent umbrellas to children participating in the event to promote traffic safety. Since 2010, the company has distributed transparent umbrellas for child traffic safety, reaching a total of 1.6 million umbrellas by this year.
The scope of children's safety education is also broadening. Starting in 2024, Hyundai Mobis plans to expand its community service activities, which have focused on traffic safety, to encompass overall safety, operating the Comprehensive Safety Experience Land. The aim is to extend hands-on safety education, which has been relatively concentrated in the metropolitan area, to regions near its business sites nationwide.
This year, the Comprehensive Safety Experience Land has been held in three regions: Ulsan, Daejeon, and Gwangju, with over 7,000 participants. In the past three years, more than 20,000 children have participated in the program across 11 regions nationwide.
Hyundai Mobis is also broadening its community service activities. In addition to the 'Junior Engineering Class' aimed at nurturing future engineering talent, the company is conducting employee-participation community service activities focused on fire safety, ecological conservation, and cultural heritage protection. Approximately 600 employees and their families participate in volunteer activities in areas near the company's business sites each year.
A Hyundai Mobis representative stated, "Safety is a core value of our community service activities," adding, "We plan to continue our hands-on safety education programs so that all members of the community can enjoy a safe daily life."
Meanwhile, Hyundai Mobis is expanding its transparent umbrella distribution activities overseas this year. The company plans to distribute 3,000 transparent umbrellas to children near its 26 global business sites in 15 countries, including the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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