活動介紹 Topic -《全球公民意識：地雷，還在你身邊》

活動介紹 Topic -《全球公民意識：地雷，還在你身邊》


2010年，金門掃除地雷4萬枚，面積等於4339座籃球場；剩餘4萬枚陸續排除中。全世界還有1.6億顆地雷，其中近500萬顆在柬埔寨，是世界上受地雷所傷人數最多的國家之一。

柬埔寨女孩宋可邵，6歲時被地雷炸斷一條腿；12歲投身反地雷運動。2001年她拿著26萬3千人聯署的「青年反戰條約」，游說美國簽署反地雷公約。

全球反雷運動，我們能做什麼？

活動內容 Content

青年視野論壇

講者Speaker：宋可邵 國際反地雷組織青年大使 主持Moderator：劉紹華 台灣人權促進會 執行委員 地點Venue：月涵堂（台北市金華街110號）

時間：2011年8月20日（六）下午 14:00~1600
地點：月涵堂（台北市金華街110號）

全程英文，不備翻譯

報名

Tel 02-33224907  Fax 02-33224918  www.civictaipei.org

主辦單位：財團法人龍應台文化基金會、財團法人伊甸社會福利基金會。

Global Citizen: What Can You Do to Help Eliminating World Landmines?

Although Taiwan’s Kinmen city has removed 40,000 landmines, about 4,339 basketball-court in dimensions, there are still 40,000 more left to be discovered.

Among 160 million anti-personnel mine stockpiles around the world, there are more than five million unexploded landmines littered all over Cambodia. 

Song Kosal, a young Cambodian girl who lost her leg in a landmine blast, has become an activist since the age of 12. 

She launched "Youth Against War Treaty," collected 263,000 signatures, and with which she presented to international communities to join the Mine Ban Treaty.

Eliminating Landmines, how every global citizen can help?

Speaker     Song Kosal Youth Ambassador, International Campaign to Ban Landmines 

Moderator  Shao-Hua Liu Executive member, Taiwan Association for Human Rights

Date & Time: Saturday, 20th August 2011  2:00pm- 4:00pm

Venue: Yue-han Hall (No.110, Jinhua Street, Taipei)

English Only

Registration Tel 02-33224907  Fax 02-33224918  www.civictaipei.org

A reflection on the Music English Camp for the visually impaired

From: Our volunteers

To: Everyone 

Our volunteers waiting at the Subway station for our students

A lot of our volunteers expressed amazement and admiration towards their fellow students. After the camp, our volunteers were surprised and ashamed at how much they belittled their students. Initially, our volunteers were concerned for our students due to the activities on the schedule. Many volunteers could not imagine the visually impaired dancing, running around playing games, making Chinese braids, etc… The lack of imagination may have stemmed from the initial briefing.

Our instructor: Sylvia

Prior to the camp, all our volunteers were briefed by an instructor on the proper protocol when servicing someone whom is sightless. 

All volunteers agree the most memorable part of the briefing is the blindfold segment. During this segment each volunteers took turns getting blindfolded. Those who are not blindfolded led those who are around the building’s premises.

 

Jaywel leading Linda

Christine leading Mrs. Wang

Stephanie leading Vicky

Jasper leading Nick

Jeff leading Alex

Vicky leading Stephanie

The instructor took this opportunity to teach the proper navigational protocols; e.g. how to give instructions, where to place one’s hands, the positions one should be when leading the sightless etc…

Our volunteers express how fearful they were when they could not rely on their eyes to navigate. Some volunteers had problems standing still let alone walk around the building’s premises. When the briefing was over our volunteers could not imagine hosting the program guide; especially the arts and craft segment. 

 

Making dragonflies

During this segment our volunteers are expected to teach our students how to make a dragonfly through tying knots. During training, a lot of our volunteers could not figure out the mechanics of the knot. Some of our volunteers took a long time to learn. You can imagine their surprise when our students were able to make the dragon fly on their own. Some of our students even went on to make more.

For some volunteers this experience has been transformative. One of our volunteers described the astonishment they had at the student’s usage of the phrase “let me have a look at it.”  As this volunteer explains “When my student was touching the dragonfly craft he said ‘look here are the wings.’ I’m not sure what he means when he used the word ‘look.’  Perhaps by touching the dragonfly he somehow visualized the dragonfly through his mind’s eye. Perhaps the word ‘look’ simply means ‘I am observing through my finger sensory.’ What is most important is that he did not let his condition restrict him from using words in regards to visual sensory.

On behalf of Eden Welfare, we will like thank all the participants that joined this year’s "Music English Summer Camp for the Visually Impaired." We truly had a great time creating memories with all of you and we hope to see you all next year!

Please have a look at the bloopers, made by Jeff (our volunteer), below:

Here is a link to youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udpl53jH4IE

Music English Camp for the visually impaired Day 5

 Day 5 (July 15, 2011)

100 donuts from Nick and Mrs. Wang



Every morning we try to start our day off with an immense amount of energy. For the past four days, we sang songs to inspire that energy from our volunteers and students.  Students and volunteers a like responded well to music and so we thought it was impossible to inspire more energy from participants; After all, getting everybody bumped up and ready to go first thing in the morning is not easy task. However, we were proven wrong today. Our students and volunteers started the day with excitement. There were people singing, dancing and having a good time. What was the variable that caused this atmosphere?  The answer is ………. 100 donuts.  Thank you Nick and Mrs. Wang!



Dancing with 1, 2, 3 and the 7th floor (inside joke)

It was a good thing that we started the day on such a high note because right afterwards we treated our participants to dance lessons. It was no easy task getting there.  However, we bumped into very nice people on the bus. These people made sure that everyone was comfortable and safe. Thank you all! Once we got there, all our participants were eager to learn. It didn’t take long before people started moving their body.






Dancing with spandex



However, our instructor had much more in mind then just getting us relaxed. Our instructor choreographed a routine for us to follow. Her choreography required the usage of the whole room. Our participants were having a great time dancing and running around.



Students performing

After the dance routine, students and volunteers started to become more and more aware of the fifth day’s implications. Many began to realize the fifth day is the last day of the camp. During lunch the intermediate class presented a gift for their volunteers. Many of our volunteers were touched. The atmosphere was bittersweet as students and volunteers practice their performances for the closing ceremony.



Group photo (Students and volunteers)








The closing ceremony had many interesting performances. The entire student body did a rendition of the song “Maria and the Children Lyrics - Do-Re-Mi.” Furthermore, the entire student body did a rendition of the song “hallelujah.” 





Hoger, our student, did a special rendition on The Rose by Bette Midler. Please take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuLa7X90Z0g 

Hoger is not our only super star. Each group, junior, intermediate, and advance all performed a song. There were students playing the drums, piano, saxophone and the guitar. Everyone was having a good time. Before the closing, Jeff made a very special video for us all. Please check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiqznxpvHnE

Music English Camp for the visually impaired Day 4

Started at 9:30am Singing Songs

Day 4 (July 14, 2011)

As usual, we started the day off with music. From all the songs that we sang our student's like "My Bonnie" most. Our students find "My Bonnie" amusing due to all the dance moves the song involves. The laughter gets louder and louder as the song gets faster and faster. It is great to start the morning on a positive note.

Our volunteers teaching

Afterwards, the classes begins. Today, our volunteers introduced western musical instruments to their students. The students was asked if they play any musical instruments. Those who answered 'yes' did so very modestly. All those that said 'yes' also added 'only a little.' "Yes, i know how to play the piano but only a little, i'm not very good at it." Replied Nick, one of our student attending the camp. As it turns out, Nick's assessment of his piano playing ability is false. Nick can play the piano much more then 'a little.'

Jaywel teaching reader's threater

In the afternoon, all the students had a 'jamming' session. All the students are very musical. Our choir instructor was very impressed at how fast our student picked up the songs.In less then 10 minutes our students learned the melody, lyrics and chords. Furthermore, in that 10 minutes time frame, our students delegate different sections of the song amongst themselves. Just like how the day began the day ended in music and laughter. However, there is a bit of sadness in air. As the day come to a close many realize 'tomorrow' is the last day. Both students and volunteers agree that one week is too short.

Nick and Jasper rocking the drums

Choir class

Music English Camp for the Visually impaired: Day 3

Day 3 (July 13, 2011)

 As usual we have english lessons and choir practices. All our students are hard at work and our volunteers....

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Our volunteers really like taking pictures.  

Jaywel, Duya, Chow Wing Chung and Leung Wai Kun from left to right

Vicky, Roxanne, Shaun, and Jeff from left to right

Our volunteers has gotten more comfortable with their students and each other. As you can see we are having a blast during and after work.

Group photo

Group photo

Today, we have something called cultural lessons where our volunteers from United States, Canada, Switzerland, Hong Kong and Mongolia introduce their countries through maps, food and music. During these sessions our student had American apple pie, Canadian waffles with Maple syrup, Switzerland’s chocolate, Hong Kong style French Toasts and Mongolia’s music. Our volunteers made these treats from the ground up. How did the student like these treats?

Stephanie and Jaywel making Hong Kong style french toast

Linda making M&M waffles

We don’t really know because Taiwan’s cultural norms requires students to respond favorably to their teachers. However, we can say that Hong Kong Style French toast and American apple pie was a big hit; not to say that Canadian waffles and Switzerland’s chocolate wasn’t. All the food was finished by the end of the day.

Having a good time singing

Our students have also built a bond with each other through reader’s theater, where students act through their voices, and choir and dance practice. We are preparing something special as the camp is coming closer to its end. Come join us Friday morning for a big surprise.

Music English Camp for the visually impaired: Day 2

Day 2 (July 12, 2011)

Today, our foreign volunteers taught English to our students through the use of vocabulary and articles relating to music.

Singing in the Morning

Band practice in the morning

Stephanie from Switzerland and our Taiwan volunteer Linda taught English to junior team. Linda made a touchable orchestra distribution and showed the junior students the placement of musical instruments within a symphony. Our students very interested it and love to touch the distribution model.

Jeff and Vicky leading the class; from left to right

Linda and Stephanie Leading the class; from left to right

Today, Shaun and Roxanne from USA taught to senior team “Music and Drama”. They showcased the tragic love story movie, Moulin Rouge. The students were all very eager to learn and to listen to the soundtrack from Moulin Rouge.

Nick, Shaun, Roxanne and Jaywel leading the class; from left to right

Ah Kung and Chung who are from Hong Kong taught to the Intermediate team.

Every day, the Eden staff asks both students and volunteers what they want to eat for lunch and order delicious Bento boxes for us.

Max, Christine, Chow Wing Chung and Leung Wai Kun from left to right

During lunch, students and volunteers talk freely, and joke around sometimes. Today, Ah Kun from Hong Kong taught us some songs, one of them is a very cute song named “My Bonnie”; and we use it to improve our sign language and practice how to communicate in sign. Shaun and Duya sang it in sign language and they changed the lyrics to make it funnier, which made everyone laugh.

Braiding dragonflies.

The special lesson we had today was the “Super Art Lesson”. We invited Alex and Christine’s mom, Ms. Wang to teach a Chinese knot dragonfly craft to our students. Our students were great with their hands and very quick learners. Some even went on to make two or three more dragonflies. One student made dragonfly with two tails and three wings while others made one tail and only two wings dragonfly

Music English Camp for the visually impaired: Day 1

Day 1 (July 11, 2011)
We are excited to kick off Eden’s 2011 Music English Camp for the Visually Impaired! The volunteers met up at 8am for some last minute perpetration for the event. After the perpetration, some of our volunteer went back to the MRT station and awaited their student’s arrival. 

Vicky and Johen waiting for students at the MRT

Our student heading to Camp

This year we have 20 students, whom are visually impaired, participating in this event. This is the first time that most of our volunteers interacted with people whom are visually impaired. Nevertheless, our volunteers are well prepared. Prior to this day, Eden taught their volunteers about visual impairment culture through creative training sessions. When servicing the visually impaired, Eden educated their volunteers on the proper protocol; which includes functional and cultural role.   

Our students singing

Most importantly, Eden volunteers learned that disability does not equate to weakness and does not take away from one’s capability. Students participating in this camp are very capable.  Most of our students are earning their university degree and have backgrounds on foreign languages, history and social welfare etc…


 



Our volunteers playing 'broken telephone.'



Our student have different degrees of visual impairment and thus our students have varies methods of problem solving. The volunteers got a hint of their diverse problems solving skills. Some students know how to read brail. Other’s have technological devices that magnify words. However, the method that gets the most attention is ‘the guiding dog.’  






What is memorable about the guiding dog, besides how cute the dog is, is the how the guiding taught the volunteers about visual impairment culture. The owner of the guiding dog had to explain to our volunteers that petting and playing with the dog is unacceptable due to the concept of ‘working dogs.’ Our volunteer learned that playing with a working dog is dangerous for the owner who needs the working dog’s services. 

Practicing reader's theater

Our opening ceremony was unique. Linda and Nick sing songs and our students learning those songs very fast.  All in all, it was a great way to start 2011 Music English Camp for the Visually Impaired!

Preparing for 2011’s Music English camp for the Visually Impairing

Preparing for camp (July 9, 2011)

Our volunteers making their country's flag 

In about 2 days we are going to kick off the ‘Music English Camp for the Visually Impaired.’ This year we have a very diverse pool of talented volunteers.  These volunteers came from all over the world. We have volunteers from Switzerland, United States, Hong Kong, Canada and ROC Taiwan. Regardless of our backgrounds we have a common goal. What is that goal? The goal is to make this Summer Camp memorable for all participants. 

Our volunteers joking around

One of the themes this year is multiculturalism. Our volunteers have come up with several different ideas. The photo on the left gives you a sneak peek at a prop that will be showing up. If you haven’t notice already the prop is the flag of Hong Kong. What will our volunteers from Hong Kong bring to the multicultural topic? We don’t want to spoil the surprise but let us say this “save space in your stomach for something good.” 

Preparation for the camp can be grueling but we know how much fun it can be.  Especially when there is something called ‘robot unicorn atta….’ I’m not sure I’m allowed to disclose this information.  But, all the games aside we are working hard to make sure the summer of 2011, at Eden Welfare, will be a blast.