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The city of origin is running a safety test school to raise awareness for local children. This event was organized to convey disaster and risk situations in everyday life through experiential education.
9 kindergartens and daycare centers participated... Learn how to respond to disasters and daily life safety
(Wonju = Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Bo-yeon = Wonju City, Gangwon-do, announced on the 11th that it successfully operated the '2026 Visiting Safety Experience Class' for local children.
This event was designed to help children learn through experience how to respond to disasters and dangerous situations that can occur in everyday life and safety rules.
At the event venue, 13 experience booths in the field of disaster and life safety were set up.
Children directly experienced various risky situations and learned how to recognize risk factors and how to respond to each situation.
About 1,500 children participated from 9 local kindergartens and daycare centers on the 9th and 10th.
Participating children learned the importance of safety and safety rules in daily life through an experience program tailored to their level.
Wonju City plans to continue to expand experiential safety education in which children and citizens directly participate to spread safety culture in the community.
Eom Mi-nam, head of the safety department, said, “We will expand experiential education so that the safety rules that have been learned and practiced repeatedly since childhood can become habits in daily life.”
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The city of origin plans to continue and expand experiential safety education with the direct participation of children and citizens.
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