IU donates 200 million won to celebrate her birthday

Singer and actress IU celebrated her 31st birthday by making a donation in the name of her fan club, demonstrating her positive influence.

On the 16th, four donation certificates were posted on IU's official SNS with the message, "I hope everyone's day is warm with the love of Uaena, who has consistently filled me with overflowing love this year." ‘Uaena’ is IU’s fandom name. To commemorate her birthday on the 16th, IU exercised her positive influence under the name of her fan club.

IU donated 50 million won to group homes for children and teenagers. In addition, 50 million won was donated to help young people who are preparing for independence to settle down in society.

He donated 50 million won to give the sound of hope to the hearing impaired, and finally, he donated 50 million won to the Korea Unwed Mothers' Family Association. It is known that he donated a total of 500 million won in commemoration of his birthday. Netizens who saw this left well-wishing remarks, such as "Happy birthday. It's so cool that you are consistent," "The amount is small, but I admire your consistency," and "I hope that all the love that IU has given you will be returned as a lifelong blessing."

IU has been consistently engaging in donations and good deeds. The cumulative donation amount officially revealed in May of last year reached 5 billion won. He was also named as the youngest Asian donation hero in the '30 Asian Donation Heroes' selected by Forbes in 2019.

Ten Asia Reporter Lee So-jeong forusojung@tenasia.co.kr