Since 2009, KD has been spending each major holiday — Lunar New Year, Easter, Chuseok, and Christmas — in the company of those left behind, sharing gifts and meals in a spirit of warmth.

We gather with residents of single-room neighborhoods, the homeless, multicultural families, migrant workers, displaced elders, and those living with rare diseases, bringing prepared gifts and sharing heartfelt fellowship.

Rather than simply purchasing and delivering gifts at holiday time, we work alongside volunteers to wrap gifts by hand and visit marginalized members of our society in person, delivering them with love.

Through these activities, the Church affirms that it has not forgotten the socially vulnerable, shares love, and contributes to its own growth in maturity.

For residents who lost their homes and livelihoods to the wildfire, we provide warm meals and daily necessities through the Korean Church Hope Food Truck and Hope Logistics, while also organizing volunteer activities to support recovery efforts.

For local residents affected by severe rainfall, we provide warm meals through the Korean Church Hope Food Truck and support psychological recovery by hosting community comfort events that bring flood victims together.

The Sewol Ferry disaster occurred on April 16, 2014, when the passenger vessel Sewol, travelling from Incheon to Jeju Island, capsized in waters near Jindo County, South Jeolla Province. Of the 476 people on board — including students from Danwon High School in Ansan who were on a school trip — 295 perished.

Korean Diakonia raised a dedicated fund for the care and support of Sewol victims and their families, providing: comfort visits to families of the missing, a Korean Church united prayer service for healing and recovery, support for the Ansan Christian Association, a siblings' camp, and holiday support at Chuseok, Christmas, and other seasonal occasions.

KD also dispatched staff to Ansan to work in solidarity with local support organizations, providing ongoing care programs for survivors and bereaved families.

During World War II, atomic bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Of approximately 70,000 Koreans present, around 40,000 died instantly; of the survivors, some 23,000 returned to Korea.

Atomic bomb survivors and their children continue to suffer the lasting effects of radiation exposure.

In response, KD published a documentary report raising awareness of the victims' suffering, and has been supporting efforts to enact special legislation on behalf of atomic bomb victims and their descendants.

To support patients with rare and incurable diseases and their families, we have run care programs that raise public awareness, connect people with available resources, and include campaigns, family camps, nutritional supplement provision, and partnership agreements.

In 2011, we produced a documentary for ALS patients and launched a support campaign, signing a partnership agreement with Yonsei Severance Hospital.

Since 2013, we have also been providing camp support and nutritional supplements for Angelman syndrome patients and their families.

We have run ongoing care programs for the grandmothers who survived Japanese military sexual slavery. We regularly support "Our House," their new residence, as well as "House of Sharing," another shelter for the survivors.

In addition, through the Wednesday Demonstration, we have held services calling for Japan's apology and reparation. Each spring, we accompany the grandmothers on an outing to offer comfort and fellowship.

On December 7, 2007, the Hong Kong-registered tanker Hebei Spirit collided with the crane vessel Samsung No. 1 off the coast of Taean County, South Chungcheong Province, releasing 12,547 kl (78,918 barrels) of crude oil into the sea.

The spill contaminated over 8,000 hectares of aquaculture farms and fishing grounds in Taean and Seosan. In response, the Korean Church mobilized an extraordinary coalition of 25 denominations — drawing more than 1.2 million volunteers from 10,000 churches to participate in cleanup and other relief work.

This represented 80% of the total volunteer workforce deployed at the time. Korean Diakonia established an on-site command center, directed effective cleanup operations through decontamination training, and — in partnership with Kookmin Ilbo — raised and disbursed approximately 800 million won toward the restoration of the West Coast.

Through a seminar on the oil spill disaster, a community comfort gathering for affected villagers, and the unveiling of a memorial monument and opening of an exhibition hall on the fourth anniversary of the Korean Church volunteer effort, KD has sustained its commitment to ongoing care and support for the region.