Actor Jung Il-woo made an emergency relief donation on September 2 to support residents and children affected by the massive floods in Nepal.
According to his agency, Galaxy Corporation, the donation delivered through the international relief and development NGO Good Neighbors will be used entirely for emergency restoration and support for displaced people in major flood-hit areas such as Nuwakot and Gorkha.
Jung expressed his wishes, saying, "I hope this provides a small help to those who have lost their livelihoods due to the sudden disaster, and that they can regain their peaceful daily lives as soon as possible." With this donation, he also joined The Neighbors Club, Good Neighbors' major donor society.
Jung has quietly continued his charitable deeds for 18 years. In November 2008, he personally carried briquettes on an A-frame carrier to deliver warmth to neighbors facing a harsh winter. In March 2012, while staying in New York, USA for a break, he visited Milal, a Korean disabled welfare organization, spent time with disabled children, and secretly handed over a donation. Furthermore, during the Sewol ferry disaster in April 2014, he donated 30 million won to the Hope Bridge National Disaster Relief Association for the grieving families and victims, and even abruptly canceled a scheduled fan meeting to express his sincere condolences.
In June 2017, while serving as a social service agent, he donated 20 million won to the Seocho-gu Senior Care Center where he was working, contributing to the improvement of elderly welfare and treatment environments. In April 2019, he delivered 20 million won to Hope Bridge for victims of the massive wildfires in Goseong and Sokcho, Gangwon Province. In December 2024, while serving as a goodwill ambassador for the Korean Red Cross, he donated the entire 10 million won proceeds from a charity bazaar he planned himself to the treatment costs of children with rare and intractable diseases ahead of Christmas. Even during the massive wildfire disaster in March 2025, he deposited 20 million won to the Korean Red Cross to help affected residents return to their daily lives.
In particular, Jung's warmth has extended beyond borders to future generations across Asia. As a goodwill ambassador for the Korean Red Cross, he visited Jakarta, Indonesia in January 2025, where he carried out educational volunteer work and provided relief supplies for underprivileged local children alongside Red Cross Youth (RCY) members. Subsequently, in February 2025, he successfully led a health and hygiene improvement project and youth cultural exchange volunteer work hand-in-hand with the RCY in Vietnam, widely promoting humanitarian values around the world.
(SBS Star News, Reporter Kang Kyung-yoon)
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