
A
welfare center named after the actress Kim Hye-ja opened on Saturday in
Ethiopia. The Baekhak Village OBS Kim Hae-ja Center provides meals,
accommodation, medication, and early child education to 230 orphans and
children from poor families between four and six.
The project
was made possible with a donation of US$150,000 from Baik Sung-hak, the
chairman of Young An Hat Company, who promised it when Kim hosted a
program on OBS, a regional terrestrial channel in Gyeonggi Province and
Incheon. Kim expressed hope that Ethiopia can eventually overcome
poverty and show the world what it can do.
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