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Moon Eun-soo: A Life of Giving Back
Moon Eun-soo, Director of Moon Dental Hospital, has been a regular donor to the Red Cross since November 2022. He has also been a member of the ‘Red Cross Honors Club’, which has pledged to donate more than 100 million won in cumulative donations.
Photo enlargement: Director Moon Eun-soo of Moon Dental Hospital in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, is being interviewed by Maeil Kyungjae.
Since 2011, Director Moon has been supporting the tuition of vulnerable groups such as multicultural families, basic livelihood recipients, and children of North Korean defectors in the Chungnam region. He has provided scholarships worth 600 million won to about 2,000 students. In addition, he has been providing free medical care to inmates at the Cheonan Open Prison for over 30 years.
Director Moon’s life has not been easy. He grew up in poverty and had to rely on help from those around him to get by. He did not even have money to pay his elementary school tuition due to poverty when he was young. However, he never lost sight of his dreams and worked hard to achieve them.
Photo enlargement: Director Moon Eun-soo of Moon Dental Hospital in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, is being interviewed by Maeil Kyungjae.
Director Moon’s experiences have taught him the importance of giving back to the community. He believes that even small acts of kindness can make a big difference in someone’s life. He hopes that his story will inspire others to follow in his footsteps and create a “virtuous cycle” of giving and sharing.
Director Moon’s non-profit organization, ‘Blue Moon Dream’, provides digital and software education to 100 college and graduate school students in the Cheonan area. He also selects four students after the education to provide internship opportunities in Silicon Valley in the United States.
Director Moon’s philosophy is simple: “It’s not about providing a huge amount of support, but rather, if there are 10 stepping stones to success, it’s like providing the eighth stepping stone for young people.” He hopes that these successful young people will share more and create a “virtuous cycle” of giving and sharing.