Presented at: GSEF2016 Montreal 

Organisation: Woori-Hamkke, Ansan City Social Welfare Center Network (Citizen Initiative)

Date: September 7, 2016

Presenter: Seo Hyum Nam (Director)

Contacts: tjgus0779@naver.com

Summary: The sinking of the Sewol ferry in 2014 took more than 295 lives, mostly from high school students in Ansan City. The disaster was both natural and man-made as the incident revealed serious problems of disaster-affected areas and the restoration of community spirits against both physical and psychological damages. Woori-Hamkke’s social economy approaches with its particular emphasis on local, community levels and collective efforts are making movements for larger systematic changes. The disaster control system in Korea. The Sewol ferry disaster has proven that both the magnitude of the natural disaster and the lack of prevention system at a state level can amplify the damage.
Woori-Hamkke (_we together _), a network of 10 social welfare centers in Ansan City, is helping the victims’ family members to recover from the post-disaster traumas. The network is working on establishing organized collective support for