Priest enrolls in graduate school to expand aid to seniors
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In South Korea, 65-year-old Father Yun Haeng-do entered the graduate program in Social Welfare at Gyeongnam University to prepare for work supporting elderly people.
Father Yun began operating a fund called “Zacchaeus’ Pantry” in 2009, providing aid to people in need. He combined lecture fees and donations from parishioners to regularly support three facilities and four individuals. Father Yun also collects offerings from residents of nursing homes and donates the money to childcare facilities.
He plans to use what he learns in graduate school to develop his outreach into broader senior welfare programs involving local communities and welfare organizations. He stated, “Someone has to do work for the elderly as the elderly population grows, and the elderly must do that work themselves.”
