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[CARD NEWS] A mother and son who kept their promise for 11 years

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A mother and son who kept their promise for 11 years

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1) This is a story of a young son and his mother who, like Helen Keller, could neither hear nor see.

2) Everyday, despite her disabilities, the mother stepped out into the streets to pick up empty bottles and waste paper to afford her son’s middle school tuition.

3) “My son is always proud of me, saying ‘this is my mom,’ wherever and whenever he comes across his friends.”
- Park Jin-sook, the mother (55/44 at the time of interview)
This young son was never ashamed of his mom.

4) “We’ve been living in a dorm provided by a factory after Jong-kun’s dad died due to cirrhosis in 1995.”
Their unfortunate story was first aired 11 years ago. Thanks to the people’s support, Park was able to receive eye surgery.

5) “Let’s become people who do more good to the others.”
Park made this promise to her son right after the surgery, looking at his son’s face for the first time in her life.

6) Some people might have taking such a promise seriously, but the mother and her son have never forgotten their remarks in the 11 years since then.

7) Many offered their willingness to support them after their story was broadcasted.
However, the mother politely declined, saying “After I recovered my sight, it is more than enough for me to pick up waste better than in the past.”

8) Park, who still cannot hear well even though she regained her sight, was hit by a car five years ago. Yet she has never stopped going out to the streets for 11 years.

9) She makes her living day by day – earning about 2000 to 3000 won a day.
In addition, she donates part of her earnings every month to a social welfare organization.

10) Her son, Won Jong-kun, is now 24 and has grown up as a thoughtful man who knows how to share what he has with others.

11) As soon as Won became an adult, he signed an organ donation pledge.
He has been donating blood on a regular basis since high school as well.

12) Recently, Won launched a project called “Sullivan,” which is aimed at changing people’s perceptions of those with communication handicaps.

13) The team was named after Anne Sullivan, who served as Helen Keller’s eyes and ears for 48 years as her lifelong companion.

14) “To fix the prejudice, we decided to start by eliminating minor misconceptions in our daily life.”
Won and the Sullivan team recently set up a project in an effort to connect the disabled and the non-disabled.

15) “Do you still call these ‘mute gloves’?”
As Korean people call mittens “mute gloves,” they came up with the idea to replace the term “mute gloves” with “thumb gloves.” The old word could make a disabled person feel belittled.

16) Won vowed that he will keep working to bridge the gap between the disabled and others.

17) The mother and the son are fulfilling their promise they made 11 years ago – doing good for others in their lives.
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