“It’s more blessed to give than to receive.” We are a group of fortunate people, we are able to hangout with friends freely and see the beautiful view of this world as we like, and even to have someone to talk to in time of sadness. However, as we look around, can we offer something for those whom are not as fortunate? To give than to receive?

HOCVI has long dedicated to serve the children of age 6 to 22 with visual impairment and other disabilities, to offer them a comprehensive education and training in order to develop their capability for life skills. Besides education and skill learning, these children also need the companionship and caring from us! Come and join this one-day event with HOCVI, to offer our love and blessing for them and become a blessing of these lovely children through our act of service.

Toy Wonderland has a plan in giving these once-loved-second hand toys a new life and a new value. This program gets the toys to those in need through cleaning, recycling, sorting and distribution to toy libraries across the country, parent-child centers, disadvantaged families and other places in need of toys.

Did you know? Children in Africa have to walk at least an hour each day but contract jiggers due to not having shoes to wear? Living in Taiwan, how can we help faraway children in East Africa?

Joining the activity of organizing shoes, you will have a chance to help prevent an East African child from contracting jiggers!

Step30 International Ministries starts with collecting used shoes to help East Africa, which is threatened by jiggers, then expands to other projects such as building schools, digging wells, and teaching the locals about farming and health education. Thus, enabling the locals to be self-sufficient.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” —2 Corinthians 5:17

Have you ever thought about the frustration and desperation that juvenile delinquents experience? People often have a negative view the these teens who have been to juvenile jail of facilities. They are negatively labeled in society, which adversely affects their future job placement opportunities and increases their chances of rejection.

Dream Café is a place where dreams can be ignited once again by giving troubled youths a proper working environment. At Dream Café, teens will learn a set of skills and have adequate time to prepare themselves to work in the outside world.

Have you ever looked through the entire listing of restaurants on your food delivery app and still couldn’t decide what to eat? Or remember how excited you were to pick out a favorite restaurant to dine at with family and friends? Yet, there are some people, in the forgotten corners of the world, who worry about when their next meal will be and if that even will be enough.

According to Ministry of Health and Welfare, for every three people in the low and mid income range, there will be one person under the age of 15. It is the goal of Andrew Charity Association to care and provide for these disadvantaged children under the age of 15, by providing them with customize care package of food to ensure that they do not face starvation and can have adequate nutrition. It is especially important, over the recent months, since many families have been deeply impacted by the global pandemic.

Remember those days past when the best thing was to spend time at your grandparents’ homes? To listen to their stories and be absolutely spoiled by them? Well, if you think you are great with the elderly, to be able to engage them in conversations and activities, then you are perfect for this Hope Week event.

Hondao Senior Citizens Welfare Organization in Taipei’s Shongshan District has a Senior Citizens Day Care Center that cares for many elderly individuals with varying degrees of disabilities and or dementia. This care center is a second home to many of the individuals, as it provides not only companionship and care for daily needs, but also hosts many activities and rehabilitation classes for mental and physical stimulation and socialization. You will see that just a few hours of your time with them will bring them so much joy!

Are you willing to be the source of light and light up the lamp in those dimmed hearts? Come to care for those who are disabled and the elderly that are disengaged from the outside world for one afternoon.

By this outing event, we hope they may find sincerity and happiness throughout their interaction with us. Thus, lowering the feeling of loneliness and emptiness inside their heart and possibly, becomes the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Or perhaps it may gradually becomes a long-term commitment to helping the elderly to reconnect with others.