S-OIL holds charity event “Sharing Ddeokguk with S-OIL”

- S-OIL CEO Subaey, accompanied by current and former officers and employees, offers ddeokguk (rice cake soup) to homeless people.
- They also deliver a New Year gift package to about 600 households living in single-room occupancy housing in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul.

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year’s Day, S-OIL Corporation held a charity event “Sharing Ddeokguk with S-OIL” at Gwangya Church on Feb. 3, together with the Civic Movement Center for Love, a non-profit organization.

At the church’s free meal center for the homeless, located in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, S-OIL CEO Ahmed A. Subaey and some 60 members of S-OIL Public Service Corps made ddeokguk (rice cake soup) themselves and offered it to about 500 homeless people and residents of single-room occupancy housing.

The refiner’s former officers also participated in the charity event. In addition, the CEO and the public service corps members delivered a New Year gift package, which contained rice cake, beef, fruits, instant noodles, etc., to 600 or so households living in single-room occupancy housing in the Yeongdeungpo area.

“In Korea, all family members gather on the Lunar New Year’s Day to exchange warm New Year greetings and spend time together. Like this tradition, our current and former officers and employees got together to give a little help to people in need,” said S-OIL CEO Subaey. “Today’s event is especially meaningful because our former officers, who contributed a lot to what we are, participated in the event.”

In an effort to live up to its management philosophy “sharing,” S-OIL has provided a variety of voluntary services for the underprivileged, through its public service corps that has branches across the nation. Each year, the company makes and offers ddeokguk and songpyeon, half moon-shaped rice cake, to underprivileged people, holds diverse events for low-income elderly citizens, and invites children with incurable illnesses to its “Hope-sharing Camp.”