2024-07-12 09:30:20
Damyang-gun was found to have the highest quality of life among local governments in Jeollanam-do. Damyang-gun in Jeollanam-do received the highest quality of life among rural counties in Jeollanam-do.
Damyang County (Governor Lee Byeong-no) announced on the 5th that it was selected as 4th in the health and welfare sector and 12th in the cultural community sector in the rural and fishing village quality of life evaluation announced by the Presidential Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Villages, ranking 8th out of 79 rural and fishing village counties nationwide and 1st in South Jeolla Province.
The rural quality of life index was developed by the Rural Development Administration using existing statistical data, and consists of 20 indicators in five areas: ▲economy ▲health and welfare ▲culture and community ▲environment and safety ▲regional vitality, and the index was calculated using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method.
Damyang-gun is injecting vitality into the lives of the elderly by establishing a welfare model unique to Damyang through the new filial piety administration, ‘Rural Welfare.’
The ‘Integrated Care Happiness Companion Team’, which visits homes to provide various care services, the ‘Our Village Doctor’ project, where public health doctors and nurses visit homes where it is difficult to use hospitals to provide health consultations and help develop self-management skills, and the hospital accompaniment and discharged patient care projects using the Hometown Love Fund are receiving great responses from the elderly.
In addition, it is receiving attention as a representative welfare model in rural areas through ‘Damyang-style rural welfare’ where everyone is happy, such as dementia prevention classes, early dementia screening, expansion of free shingles vaccination, and reinforcement of regular vaccination for children under 12 years of age.
In addition, Damyang is redeveloping spaces with historical and cultural value into cultural hubs, providing artists with opportunities for cultural activities and local residents and visitors with opportunities to quench their thirst for cultural enjoyment.
In addition, Damyang’s Bamboo Festival, which was selected as an honorary tourism and cultural festival by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Santa Festival, a representative winter festival, have provided a place for harmony where residents and tourists can come together, and are creating an attractive cultural tourism city that is filled with unique nighttime content that people can enjoy all day and stay another day.
In addition, the city is hosting ‘1 town, 1 festival’ that utilizes local resources, such as the Mujeong-myeon Ginkgo Tree Festival, Gasamunhak-myeon Sweet Corn Music Festival, and Geumseong-myeon Gobisan Cherry Blossom Festival, which greatly contributes to creating real income for residents and forming a sense of unity through culture.
Governor Lee Byeong-no said, “I think the efforts we made to improve the lives of our citizens have paid off with good results in this evaluation,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to improve the quality of life of our citizens.”
Queen Choi Ha Na reporter photo Damyang-gun
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2024-07-12 09:30:20