[Provided by LH Daegu-Gyeongbuk Branch]
[Provided by LH Daegu-Gyeongbuk Branch]

The Korea Land and Housing Corporation's Daegu-Gyeongbuk branch signed an "ESG Value-Sharing Hope Growth Mentoring" MOU with Daegu Urban Development Corporation and Kyungpook National University on Wednesday.

The agreement aims to provide stable learning opportunities for young residents of public rental housing while expanding university students' chances to engage with their communities and explore career paths.

It is a collaborative social contribution project linking the human and material resources of residential welfare institutions and a local university to support youth development and student civic participation.

Under the MOU, Kyungpook National University student mentors will conduct small-group study sessions once a week for two hours from September through November, targeting youth participants at LH's Daegu Yulha complexes 10 and 15 and Daegu Urban Development Corporation's Sangin Bidulgi apartment complex.

LH and Daegu Urban Development Corporation will handle mentee recruitment and provide study spaces and textbook costs, while Kyungpook National University will recruit, select and manage the student mentors.

Student mentors will gain hands-on tutoring experience along with opportunities to explore their own career paths.

The program is also notable as an example of expanding inter-agency cooperation — built through the Daegu-Gyeongbuk ESG Promotion Council — into a joint community project.

Jeong Myeong-seop, president of Daegu Urban Development Corporation, said he hoped the agreement would give local youth more opportunities to learn and pursue their dreams. He added that the corporation would actively participate in efforts to expand education and growth opportunities for young people as a regional public enterprise.

Lee An-su, director of Kyungpook National University's volunteer center, said sharing knowledge and experience with local youth would be a meaningful growth opportunity for mentors as well as mentees. He pledged to continue expanding students' social participation and community-oriented education and volunteer activities.

Oh Seong-jun, acting head of LH's Daegu-Gyeongbuk branch, called the Hope Growth Mentoring program a meaningful collaborative project in which local youth and university students grow together and regional institutions share their capabilities. He said the branch would continue to identify and pursue social contribution activities that residents can tangibly feel, working with related local organizations.


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