Eden E-news: No. 3 | January 2013

Eden Celebrates Multicultural Taiwan with Children of New Immigrant Families



Mr. Gong, Zhi Rong, Deputy Director General
of Cathey Charity Foundation, poses with
winners at the award ceremony of Eden's
Diverse Intelligence Development Camp for
New Immigrant Children, held in December,
2012.

In December, 2012, Cathay Charity Foundation joined forces with Eden Social Welfare Foundation in Taiwan in the Diverse Intelligence Development Camp for New Immigrant Children, marking another grand success of the annual presentation since the program’s inauguration in 2010. The venue at Cathay Financial Conference Hall was filled by more than 200 participants, for whom young participants presented their yearlong learning outcomes with Vietnamese folk songs, children’s action songs, and multicultural theaters.

Ms. Zhu, Li Ying, Director of Eden Social Welfare Foundation New Immigrant Service, stressed that the Diverse Intelligence Development Camp not only helped raise cultural awareness among new immigrant children in Taiwan but focused on the facilitation of the holistic development of their body and mind, and, more importantly, added Ms. Zhu, curriculums of the program equipped them with the capacity to have a positive impact on others and be of service to the society in their everyday lives. Read more here.

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Members of Social Innovation Research Group
(SIRG) (left to right: Remi Kanji, Wendy Pan,
and Reza Mirza) interviewed Mr. Joa Song,
Huang, CEO of Eden Social Welfare Foundation,
with Ms. Serena Chang, Section Chief of the
International Development Division at Eden, as
the interpreter.

Social Innovation Research Group at the University of Toronto Visits Eden

 

On 10th Jan., 2013, Eden Social Welfare Foundation received a distinguished group of guests, including Ms. Remi Kanji, Ms. Wendy Pan, and Mr. Reza Mirza, from the Social Innovation Research Group (SIRG) at the University of Toronto. Members of the group have visited Taiwan multiple times to conduct an extensive research on Taiwan’s emerging field of social enterprise. Mr. Joa Song, Huang, CEO of Eden Social Welfare Foundation, assisted by Ms. Serena Chang, Section Chief of Eden Social Welfare Foundation International Development Division, had an in-depth discussion with the group regarding Eden’s experience in its diverse models of social enterprise developed throughout the years. After the interview, the Canadian researchers also joined Mr. Abraham Hsieh, Director of Eden Wan-Fang Center for Disabled Young People, for a guided tour of the Center.

 

In his interview with the researchers, Mr. Huang touched upon a wide range of topics, from the operational definition of social enterprise to the management experience and practice models of Eden’s current social enterprises all over Taiwan. Read more here.

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Eden Attends US Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

For the past thirty years, Eden Social Welfare Foundation has been working diligently on the welfare of persons with disabilities at home and abroad. As a result, the Foundation was funded by Taiwan’s Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, to attend the US Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting 2013, from January 13th-17th at Washington, D.C.

The TRB Annual Meeting program covers all transportation modes, with more than 4,000 presentations in nearly 750 sessions and workshops addressing topics of interest to all attendees—policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. More than 40 sessions and workshops address the spotlight theme for 2013: Deploying Transportation Research - Doing Things Smarter, Better, Faster.

With the goal of soliciting international support for Eden Social Welfare Foundation to be the host organization of the 15th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons, TRANSED 2018, Eden representatives at this year’s TRB meeting are fully prepared to present briefings on Eden’s transportation services and organizational goal, mission, and vision to event participants. Read more here.

 

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