Taiwan Immigrants' Global News Network-Outstanding immigrants in Taiwan

In 2010, the 2-year-old "elephant-armed girl" Rui Junni (瑞君妮) was brought back to a Taiwanese hospital for further treatment by the volunteer clinic of the Formosa Budding Hope Association in Cambodia.

Rui Junni was given the opportunity to be reborn with the aid of the Formosa Budding Hope Association and the volunteer physicians at the free clinic. Additionally, it teaches Rui Junni gratitude and how to appreciate her gifts. Rui Junni is also the finest interpreter; she comforts patients and helps physicians and volunteers with translation whenever a free medical team travels to Cambodia for free medical operations.

Yu Junni has assisted the free medical team in Cambodia’s free medical work since she was a child.Photo/ File photo

25 Cambodian students received assistance from the Formosa Budding Hope Association in 2023 when they applied for the New Southbound Industry-Academic Cooperation International Special Class Program. With these students on the verge of traveling to Taiwan to study, practice Chinese, and exchange life experiences, Rui Junni felt even more obligated to assist them.

Yu Junni makes good use of her language advantage to help students coming to Taiwan from Cambodia Photo/ File photo

Junni, who suffered from a rare disease, had swollen arms and was dubbed the "Elephant Arm Girl"Picture/File photo

Under the new southbound policy, 16-year-old Rui Junni applied to travel to Taiwan this year to complete her education as a foreign student. The CEO (余慈薰) of Formosa Budding Hope Association also assisted in the relevant identity authentication, making Cambodian Rui Junni become Taiwan's "Yu Junni."

After assuming a new identity and beginning a new life in Taiwan, Yu Junni is appreciative of the assistance Taiwanese people have given her since she was a little child. In order to continue helping more people and spreading this love without boundaries, she is also committed to studying social work when she grows up and actively engages in a variety of volunteer activities.

Outstanding immigrants in Taiwan – Yu Junni.Photo/ File photo

The whole video is accessible in topic video "Outstanding immigrants in Taiwan - Yu Junni"; it tells the story of Yu Junni, an elephant-armed girl from Cambodia who is reborn in Taiwan and dedicates her life to volunteer work as a way of giving back to the country.