Ms. Kim Kun-hee finds a home for a heart-sick child in Phnom Penh and encourages her

On the 12th (local time), First Lady Kim Kun-hee, who accompanied President Yoon Seok-yeol on his tour of Southeast Asia, visited the home of a 14-year-old boy suffering from congenital heart disease in Phnom Penh , Cambodia, and prayed for a healing.

Deputy Presidential Office spokesman Lee Jae-myung said in a written briefing that Ms. Kim had heard that the boy she was trying to meet at the Hebron Medical Center the previous day was not feeling well and visited her that day. at home.

The boy underwent heart surgery at Hebron Medical Center in 2018, but needed more surgery and recently underwent brain surgery.

The family is going through difficulties in life.

Ms. Kim encouraged the boy to get over it well, saying, “Get well and see you in Korea,” and comforted the other family, saying, “There is definitely hope. In any case, don’t give up and work hard.”

The Cambodian side planned a visit to Angkor Wat, a world cultural heritage, as a program for the spouses of heads of state attending ASEAN-related summits, but Ms Kim visited the baby’s home instead, the l said ‘presidential office.

Ms. Kim also visited Smateria, an eco-friendly upcycling company in Phnom Penh that makes bags and accessories out of discarded fishing nets.

The company not only prevents women from career breaks and supports work, but also actively provides childcare subsidies.

Meeting with the employees, she said: “The meaning of ‘smarteria’ is ‘transformation’, but it seems to include not only a transition towards eco-friendliness, but also a change in the awareness of women’s work, working mothers and work – life balance.”

When Ms. Kim visited the company that day, the men’s bag was also a recycled leather bag.

On the other hand, Ms. Kim presented a handwritten letter of congratulations, a wooden toy and a watch in the president’s name on the first birthday of the quintuplets born in Korea in 34 years the previous afternoon.

In the letter, Ms. Kim congratulated the first birthday, saying, “I have prepared wooden toys with the hope that the five children will grow up to be healthy and warm children like hardwood, which is strong and warm.”

/yunhap news