Eden Social Welfare Foundation-News

2017-06-08

The Power of Art

Walking inside the art gallery of the “Asia-Pacific Accessible Art Exhibition”, one would be stunned by the beautiful, inspiring and creative artworks. The thing that might stun visitors more is the fact that all these breath-taking artworks are created by artists with different disabilities around all Asia-Pacific regions.

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2017-06-05

Rights of Refugees with Disabilities

21st century is continuously hit by a series of wave related to human rights issues. A number of cross-country or civil wars; ethnic, religious, economic, or political conflicts unveil one after another crisis. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, there are more than 65.3 million forcibly displaced people, and 21.3 million refugees until 2015, and the figure is still increasing rapidly due to the unease regional conflicts across the world such as the Syrian war.

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2017-06-03

A call for Elderly awareness for better care system and respect

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. …” Miss Yang, caroled Psalm 23 on a sigh that sank deep. In front of her, was the checkerboard she and the other social worker used to play checkers earlier.

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2017-05-26

A tale of two bomb-attacked countries

This year, May has become a dark month for humanity around the globe. Manchester encountered the most deadlist bomb attack on May 22 since 2005, the London transport attack that killed 52 people; while few days ago, there were more than 50 people killed in suicide attack across Iraq on May 19, including Basra and Baghdad city. All three suicidal bomb attacks were claimed responsibility by the Islamic State (ISIS).

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2017-05-25

Taiwan Tech Trek brings outstanding overseas Taiwanese students back home for internship and living experince

In order to attract more overseas outstanding persons, the governmental program: “Taiwan Tech Trek” came into being and has been receiving enthusiast responds from participants.

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2017-05-16

Way to making Taiwan a safe place for cross-border marriage

Imagine, if you are a Vietnamese woman marrying a Taiwanese, what are you going to do?

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2017-05-10

Why is it necessary for Taiwan to implement CRPD?

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is an international human rights treaty adopted by the United Nations on 13th December 2006. It is the first Human Rights treaty that gains wide popularity among UN members and is ratified by 147 states, as well as a regional integration organization, the European Union. It first opened to signatures on Mar. 30 2007 then on May 3 2008, it came into force officially after obtaining the 20th states signatures.

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2017-05-09

Syria landmine crisis calls for the world to take action

In Syria, after almost six years of conflicts as well as the growing impacts and occupation from the Islamic States (ISIS), there has seen some deadliest consequences caused by landmines and booby traps.

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2015-11-30

Eden hosted drug hypersensitivity seminar to raise awareness for Asia’s high incidence rate

Eden Social Welfare Foundation hosted an international seminar on drug hypersensitivity, safety for patients’ medical treatment and recovery from drug-triggered diseases with international and national experts on Nov. 29.

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2015-01-26

Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi visit Eden Social Welfare Foundation.

2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi visited Taiwan during January 14th to 18th. On the morning of January 15th, Mr. Satyarthi visited Eden to share and exchange experiences in social welfare field. Our volunteer representative Pearl, who serviced at Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) in India,

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