Located on Nohwa Island in Wando, the Daewoo Community Center is a place where residents design and run their own cultural and welfare programs. From literacy classes for seniors to play programs for children, residents take the lead as teachers, caring for their island together.
Nohwa Healthcare Center (the remodeled former Wando Daewoo Hospital) supports the prevention and management of chronic diseases among island residents. Anyone can check key health indicators using AI-powered health devices and receive guidance on the services they need.
Global Community Healthcare Services focus on improving healthcare capacity in emerging economies. The program operates in collaboration with medical institutions under the Korean Hospital Association and includes training in Korea for Community Healthcare Professionals from partner countries, along with support for overseas medical volunteer missions.
In the 1970s, as industrialization accelerated and the economy grew, large gaps in medical access remained. Residents of remote islands and mountain villages had little access to a doctor, lacked medical insurance, and often reached hospitals too late, losing lives to conditions that could have been treated.
To address these medical disparities, Daewoo Foundation established four Daewoo Hospitals in Bigeum Island (Shinan), Nohwa Island (Wando), Hajodo Island (Jindo), and Seolchun-myeon (Muju). Each hospital operated a 24-hour emergency center and provided internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics. Through the training of community health workers and scholarship programs, the Foundation contributed to local development for more than 30 years.
The spirit of Community Healthcare Services for remote regions expanded in 2008 into global support for emerging economies and has carried forward through the Kim Woo-Choong Award since 2021. Built on five decades of trust, Daewoo Foundation is now developing new public–private partnership models in Wando to address regional population decline.
Located on Nohwa Island in Wando, the Daewoo Community Center is a place where residents design and run their own cultural and welfare programs. From literacy classes for seniors to play programs for children, residents take the lead as teachers, caring for their island together.
Nohwa Healthcare Center (the remodeled former Wando Daewoo Hospital) supports the prevention and management of chronic diseases among island residents. Anyone can check key health indicators using AI-powered health devices and receive guidance on the services they need.
Global Community Healthcare Services focus on improving healthcare capacity in emerging economies. The program operates in collaboration with medical institutions under the Korean Hospital Association and includes training in Korea for Community Healthcare Professionals from partner countries, along with support for overseas medical volunteer missions.
A long-term medical service model for island and rural regions, sustained for three decades before rural medical insurance was introduced
Scholarship support for 2,299 middle and high school students and nursing college students in remote areas
2.61 million outpatient visits and surgeries delivered to approximately 90,000 residents in island and remote communities
Training in Korea for 100 Vietnamese medical professionals at Ajou University Hospital (2009-2025)
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