PPG completes Colorful Communities project in Busan, South Korea

PPG has completed a Colorful Communities project that helped to revitalise the streets of the Gamchun Cultural Community in Busan, South Korea. The programme provides PPG volunteers and products along with financial contributions to bring colour and vitality to communities where the company operates around the world, such as in Busan, where PPG has a manufacturing facility.

Through co-operation with the Saha-gu social welfare centre, a local non-profit organisation, more than 120 PPG employees and their family members came together to volunteer for six hours painting murals to help revitalise local streets in the town of Gamchun, which is an economically distressed area within the city of Busan. PPG provided about US$23,000 to assist with the project, including 128gal of PPG paint products.

Recently the ‘Gamchun Cultural Community’ was established, transforming streets and vacant homes neighbouring the town of Gamchun into arts or exhibition areas. It has become a must-see tourist spot attracting more than 700 visitors each day but poverty continues to challenge the nearly 9000 residents of Gamchun, about 25% of whom are over the age of 65 and many of whom need special care.