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2019-08-29

Eden Taichung Sheltered Workplace Facility Upgrade, staff with disabilities celebrating the Mid-Autumn

The Eden Taichung Sheltered Workplace has merged it's workforce and space with Tanzi Sheltered workplace. The lobby floor has been planned and designed to become a combination of restaurant and bakery assembly line,

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2019-08-27

Story of an American social worker in Taiwan for an internship

In the United States, Vera studied the graduate degree of Social Work, and she went on an internship across Asia and chose the Eden Foundation. During the period, the engagement in visually impaired services, employment of the physical challenged and other areas, opened her vision...

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2019-08-14

Volunteer in an outlying island — Love in Xiao Liu Qiu

People generally think Xiao Liu Qiu as a tourist island; however, for volunteer Lun-Qi Liu, who has put a lot of effort in local early intervention service for several years, Xiao Liu Qiu is just like her second home, a place with warm hospitality.

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2019-08-06

A nuclear waste hero’s story of overcoming depression

Gui Xiong Lin, whose job dealt with nuclear waste and whose health was not affected by it, encountered a more personal problem after retirement – self-isolation. Gui Xiong Lin defeated depression and found himself again through volunteering.

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2019-07-31

Mom finds a home for you

Every morning, mom carries a physical disabled child on her back to school. Once she gets to school, she stays with the child, whom she feeds and accompanies to the toilet. After school is over, she carry the child on her back to the clinic furthering for the acupuncture therapy. For over 20 years, this is what Shouran’s mother did day after day, rain or shine.

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2019-07-23

Keynote Speech: Dementia Friendly Community-Taiwan’s progress | 2019 Dementia Conference: Building A Dementia Friendly Community | Eden Social Welfare Foundation

This May, Eden Social Welfare Foundation hosted the “2019 Dementia Conference“ and invited experts from all over the world to share their views on the topic. Li-Yu Tang, from Taiwan Alzheimer’s Diseases Association, has been working unanimously on the topic for 30 years. In the conference, she shared her efforts in promoting a dementia friendly society.

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2019-07-16

Embracing Love with Eden – Joining in Parent-child Sports Day

To provide the chance for the Slow-Flying Angels to mingle with the children from Kindergartens, Eden Social Welfare Foundation, together with Chinese Non-Profit Kindergarten, collaborated to hold the event of "Embracing Love with Eden – Parent-child Sports Day".

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2019-07-09

Rehabilitation International Asia & Pacific Regional Conference2019 | Eden Social Welfare Foundation

Eden was honorably to be invited to share our work in the session of Accessibility and Universal Design for All in RI 2019. The theme for this year is Together, leaving no one behind, in disability-inclusive and rights-based progress.

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2019-07-03

Keynote Speech | The Dementia-Friendly Community: New Initiatives in Hong Kong | Eden Social Welfare Foundation

The aging population in Hong Kong has already increased faster than in Japan. The issues of decreasing birth rates, insufficient dementia care, and increased rate of older adults living alone are attacking Hong Kong.

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2019-06-26

CRPD Article 30 Participation in Cultural Life, Recreation, Leisure and Sport | 2019 Asian Pacific Accessible Art Festival | Eden Social Welfare Foundation

To provide an exchange platform for artists with different abilities in the Asian and Pacific region to showcase their talents and potentials as well as promote social inclusion, Eden is honored to co-organize 2019 Asia Pacific Accessible Art Festival (APAAF) in Macau.

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