Aiming Center in Taipei County

Hey there! Towards the end of the month of July, some of the volunteers came back to the north of Taiwan
With the long days that the volunteers worked everyday I bet it must have been very tiring for them but with that I would like to praise them for their hard work. They all seemed to be enjoying themselves to the fullest and even though it could sometimes get long and hard, each volunteer put their best effort into what they did. As far as I could tell it really encouraged the children quite a bit, there was one day that the children read English together and one girl said she was scared to read but with the encouragement given from the volunteers, she became a bit more confident. That is one of the best parts because if the children were not encouraged it would have probably been the longest week of their lives. So I would like to say Thank you to all of the volunteers some whom I have met and some whom I have not met. I learned a lot watching how it all worked out and have heard great things of the volunteers in the south. I really hope that each volunteer also learned or benefited from this experience as well and I hope they all would like to continue to help out when they can. Everyone from the International Department is very pleased with how things are going and it makes us want to bring in more and more volunteers as we can.
Bye bye! Jasmin

International Volunteers in Southern Taiwan

Hello once again!!

It has been a while but I am posting with some new information of what has been going on recently in the International Department. So during the middle of July a new batch of International volunteers came together with the Eden International Department to work in summer camps in the south of Taiwan and teach children English. There were volunteers from around the world, and some of them have already experienced Taiwan because they are studying in Taiwan and the others are just here for a month or so to do volunteering here. This time around we have volunteers from Turkey, India, Korea, Panama, Paraguay and of course the local Taiwanese volunteers. This time around the volunteers would not only be teaching English to children, they have also included information on their home countries. They taught their own language, introduced unique things and foods, and also taught the children games and activities.

I am quite sad to say that I did not have the opportunity to be there with them because of my classes going on in the city but it looks like everyone enjoyed themselves! I am very glad for that because with all the work that needs to be done at times when you see the outcome, it all pays off in the end.

Well that is all I have for now, take care and Thank you for reading! Jasmin