(November 09, 2021) The leading biotechnology company Amgen Korea (General Manager: Sang Noh) announced on the 9th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Seoul Junggu Office and Seoul Community Chest of Korea for the ‘Golden House Bone Campaign’ to improve the residential environment for the elderly and underprivileged in the Junggu district.
Through the three-way contract, Amgen Korea will establish a long-term partnership with the Seoul Junggu Office and Seoul Community Chest of Korea and deliver a total of 90 million won in donations over 3 years, 30 million won every year from 2021 to 2023. The ‘Golden House Bone Campaign’ is a new corporate social responsibility project prepared by the company to provide fracture prevention education and address the poor residential environment of the elderly and underprivileged class exposed to fracture risk from indoor falls. Amgen Korea will link its work in the ‘Golden House Bone Campaign’ with Junggu Office’s customized welfare program ‘Dream Hearty project’ and discuss various programs with the Junggu Office and Seoul Community Chest of Korea to improve the residential environment for the elderly and the underprivileged class vulnerable to fractures living in the Junggu district.
In particular, Amgen Korea plans to improve the residential environment of low-income or elderly households living in areas with high risk of falls in the Seoul Junggu district. Professional contractors will visit the selected households to diagnose risk of falls within their living environment and improve the residential environments through customization such as removing doorsills in the entrance and rooms that impair mobility of the elderly, installing safety handles and anti-slip mats, and adjusting the height of basin and sinks. In addition, Amgen Korea will discuss various collaborations and measures for fracture prevention until 2023, including education on preventing fractures and falls for middle-aged women and senior citizens living in the Junggu district, and volunteer programs for executives and employees.
Amgen Korea’s GM Sang Noh, Junggu District Mayor Yang-Ho Seo, and Secretary-General of the Seoul Community Chest of Korea Jin-Gon Kim participated in the virtual MOU signing event that was held on the 8th November. Sang Noh, Amgen Korea GM said, “It is a pleasure to be working with the Seoul Junggu Office and Seoul Community Chest of Korea through the ‘Golden House Bone Campaign’ MOU to prevent fractures that arise from indoor falls in the elderly and underprivileged class vulnerable to fractures in the Junggu district. Senior citizens over the age of 60 are often injured in their residential environment, such as in the restroom or bathroom, and 41.5% of them experience bone fractures. Also, special attention should be paid in the winter as many fall accidents occur in the colder season. Under the ‘Golden House Bone Campaign,’ Amgen Korea will continue to strive to improve the residential environment for the elderly in the local community, provide education and support visiting volunteer services to fulfill the corporate mission ‘To Serve Patients.”
Yang-Ho Seo, the Junggu District Mayor, said, “Efforts to minimize the care deficit that has arose in single elderly households became more important due to the reduced care workers and increasing non-face-to-face activity in the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. It is more meaningful as the long-term partnership with Amgen Korea provides us with an opportunity to interact more closely with the senior citizens in our district while improving the practical residential environment for the elderly. Based on the Dream Hearty project, the Junggu Office plans to conduct various welfare projects that are tailored for the beneficiaries, for the underprivileged who are vulnerable to fractures in the local community.”
Jin-Gon Kim, Secretary-General of the Seoul Community Chest of Korea, said, “The Community Chest of Korea has established partnerships with various stakeholders through the community chest drive with the goal of spreading the philanthropic culture and giving hope to those in need. I believe the residential environment improvement project that we are conducting with Amgen Korea and the Junggu Office will contribute greatly to helping the elderly that are suffering emotionally and physically from the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. We will do our best to contribute to improving the quality of life as well as bone health of the elderly by working closely with our partners over the next three years.”
Meanwhile, the fund for the campaign was raised through an in-house matching fund quiz that was held in celebration of the ‘World Osteoporosis Day’ on October 20th with the participation of Amgen Korea's executives and employees. Through the ‘Golden House Bone Campaign,’ a corporate social responsibility project designed by the company to prevent fractures within the local community, Amgen Korea will work on various projects with the Seoul Junggu Office and Seoul Community Chest of Korea to improve the residential environment for the elderly exposed to fracture risk and provide fracture prevention education.
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