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【Taiwan Immigrants' Global News Network】Translated by CHI CHIA I
For many years in Taiwan, the World Vision Taiwan (台灣世界展望會) has been assisting families that are going through tough times or experiencing financial distress due to unexpected incidents.
For example, in times of pandemic outbreaks, Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) activated a Level 3 epidemic alert that led to the temporary closure of businesses. Numerous New immigrant families who replied on Food & Beverage industry were asked to follow the ‘No dining-in’ measure and this indirectly affected their livelihoods. World Vision Taiwan thus helps families in need through financial support and regular visits & care by social workers.
In this episode of "New Immigrants in Taiwan" Podcast unit, 4wayvoice &【Taiwan Immigrants' Global News Network】invited the Director of World Vision Taiwan, South branch – Lin hui Jun (林惠君) to share with the audience her experience in assisting disadvantaged new immigrant families in their difficult times.
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World Vision Taiwan mainly focuses on assisting financially vulnerable families. (Photo / Provided by the Lin hui Jun)
World Vision Taiwan mainly focuses on helping economically disadvantaged families, and providing child-focused, family-centered and community-based service models, etc.
Relevant software and hardware resources were provided, and the child protection network was formed to make sure children can access sufficient resources in the stages of growing up.
Since its establishment, World Vision Taiwan has served 45,000 disadvantaged children, of which 5,656 are children of new immigrants studying in elementary schools, junior high schools, and senior high schools, accounting for 12.6% of the total number of children served.
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Students from the Wurong Elementary School in Miaoli created the documentary that tells life stories of new immigrant mothers. (Photo / Provided by the Lin hui Jun)
Lin shared one of the cases is a new immigrant mother. She is a member of World Vision Taiwan who devoted herself to the care of the underprivileged.
She proposed a ‘foster family application’ to World Vision Taiwan 7 years ago, transforming her home into a safe haven for the placement of protected cases. Most of the children fostered here have ‘developmental delay’, but Lin, a new immigrant mother, still offers children a happy childhood.
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Lin hui Jun assisted in teaching children in Sri Lanka. (Photo / Provided by the Lin hui Jun)
In times of pandemic, World Vision Taiwan connects about 600 social workers across the nation to continue to help children from disadvantaged families, including vulnerable families of new immigrants.
For example, Xiao Zhen (小蓁), a student living in Miaoli, lacks remote class equipment at home. Because her new immigrant mother has a brain injury and is unable to use mobile phones smoothly, social workers delivered a tablet and network card to Xiao Zhen for her to keep up with her studies.
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Group baking classes and various special classes invited mothers from new immigrant families to participate in. (Photo / Provided by the Lin hui Jun)
Lastly, Lin also mentioned that during the level 3 epidemic alert, there were 4,800 financially vulnerable families who need daily necessities, 4,400 families who need emergency financial assistance, nearly 1,500 children who experience a nutritional deficiency, and over 7,000 school-age teenagers who need network equipment among the disadvantaged families supported by World Vision Taiwan.
Therefore, World Vision Taiwan continues to strive for the rights and welfare of disadvantaged families, as well as the various needs of new immigrant families. The organization is also trying to obtain funds from the central and local governments and call on new immigrants who are financially capable to make donations and help fellow friends go through the tough times.
