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The Korean Red Cross Delivers 1,500 Heating Tents to Support Disaster-Vulnerable Groups During the Winter

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Mayor Park Heong-joon, announced that it will hold a delivery ceremony this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. on January 20 in the International Protocol Room at City Hall, together with the Busan Chapter of the Korean Red Cross, to provide emergency relief supplies for disaster-vulnerable groups during the severe winter cold.

The ceremony will be attended by the Director General of the Welfare Bureau of Busan Metropolitan City and Park Seon-yeong, Executive Director of the Busan Chapter of the Korean Red Cross.

On this day, the Busan Chapter of the Korean Red Cross will deliver 1,500 heating tents valued at KRW 180 million. The beneficiaries include a total of 1,500 households, consisting of senior citizens living alone, households with persons with disabilities, and near-poverty households facing heavy heating cost burdens who applied through local administrative welfare centers in 16 districts and counties, as well as other vulnerable households identified through welfare institutions such as local child care centers.

This support represents an expanded scale compared to the summer assistance provided last year, which included 2,000 electric fans worth KRW 100 million. The expansion reflects the assessment that winter cold waves may pose a more direct threat to the lives and health of vulnerable groups than heat waves.

The relief supplies were prepared through Red Cross donations, which embody the spirit of neighborly love and solidarity shown by Busan citizens.

In particular, amid rising energy costs that are increasing the burden of heating expenses, heating tents capable of raising indoor temperatures by three to five degrees Celsius are expected to provide practical assistance to vulnerable households in enduring the winter.

The heating tents will be delivered sequentially through local administrative welfare centers by January 23, and in the event of a cold wave advisory, priority households will receive emergency support first.

In addition to providing relief supplies to disaster-vulnerable groups during extreme heat and cold each year, the Busan Chapter of the Korean Red Cross continues to promote sustainable support programs for vulnerable populations. These include the Hope Windmill Emergency Support Solution Committee, which offers customized emergency assistance to households in crisis due to job loss, family breakdown, illness, or poverty, as well as the Hope Windmill Sponsorship Support Program, which identifies vulnerable households in welfare blind spots and provides visiting volunteer services and daily necessities through long-term sponsorship.

In addition to this heating tent support initiative carried out in cooperation with the Busan Chapter of the Korean Red Cross, Busan Metropolitan City plans to strengthen year-round care systems for disaster-vulnerable groups by conducting intensive monitoring of residents in single-room occupancies, people with severe disabilities, and senior citizens living alone.

Jeong Tae-gi, Director General of the Welfare Bureau of Busan Metropolitan City, stated, “As record-breaking cold waves continue this winter, the public and private sectors must work together to build a tightly woven safety net so that no one is left to suffer.” He added, “Beyond the simple provision of supplies, we will work to create a safe and warm winter in Busan through the identification of welfare blind spots and the delivery of tailored support.”