The death of a food delivery man who regularly donated a portion of his small salary to help the needy is touching the heart of South Korea. People he barely knew have attended his funeral, expressing condolence. They praised him for carrying out the spirit of sharing despite living on a shoestring budget.
Kim Woo Su, 54, died last Sunday, two days after his motorcycle collided with a car while on a delivery run. Though Kim scratched a living as a delivery man of a small Chinese restaurant, he had given part of his salary to children in need through Child Fund Korea since 2006. He had earned 700,000 won (RM1,914) a month from the restaurant in the southern Seoul town of Ilwon.
On top of his years of donations, he left 40 million won (RM108,460) in life insurance money to the charity. He had insured himself against traffic accidents because his job put him at risk of them.
Orphaned at 7, Kim once served time for arson. Six months before release, he began to make donations for children who lived a hard life like he did. His decision to give came in jail after he read about children suffering from domestic violence.
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