Asia Hope Tree Launches Second Medical Mission to Earthquake-Hit Venezuela

Local Medical and Corporate Sponsorships to Provide Essential Daily Necessities and Relief Supplies

The Asia Hope Tree Association (Chairman Jungsung Seo, Director of Gwangju Eye Clinic) announced on August 13 that it will embark on its second overseas medical volunteer mission to the earthquake-affected areas in Venezuela.

In June, a massive earthquake measuring 7.5 struck the La Guaira region in northern Venezuela, resulting in a large-scale human toll with more than 6,000 people dead or injured.

The Asia Hope Tree Foundation (Chairman Jung-Sung Seo, Director of Gwangju Eye Clinic) is conducting the first overseas medical volunteer service in the earthquake-affected areas of Venezuela. Provided by The Asia Hope Tree Foundation

Immediately following the disaster, Chairman Jungsung Seo led the first medical volunteer team on-site to provide support activities for local residents in the affected area.

On this day, Chairman Jungsung Seo departed with orthopedic specialist Gangyeol Go to carry out the second emergency relief operation in Venezuela and extend emergency activities to earthquake-hit regions in Colombia as well. During this volunteer mission, essential daily necessities and relief supplies will be directly delivered to displaced residents who have lost their homes, providing the practical support that is urgently needed at the disaster site.

On August 10, an additional earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck near San Jose del Palmar, Choco, in western Colombia. This is the largest earthquake recorded in Colombia in the 21st century and has rapidly increased the scale of the disaster, including damage to 18 medical facilities and 52 educational institutions. Damage has also been confirmed on 18 road sections and at 7 airports, which is expected to create difficulties in transporting relief supplies.

The second round of medical volunteer work was also supported by sponsorship from the local medical community and corporations. Pharmaceutical companies such as SK Chemicals, Chong Kun Dang, Boryung Pharmaceutical, as well as Gwangju Eye Clinic, Daon Yakpoom, and Unimed Pharmaceutical contributed by donating medications. This adds meaning to the mission, as it is not an effort by a single hospital or organization, but a result of community and corporate cooperation to support the earthquake-affected areas.

Orthopedic specialist Gangyeol Go stated, "In major disaster zones such as those caused by earthquakes, basic daily necessities are often just as urgently needed as medical assistance," adding, "We will assess the situation on the ground and deliver supplies first to where they are needed most."

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