Lockdown by Threats- Link Up in Love ; Wenzao Healthcare Communication USR
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought an unprecedented crisis to the whole world. In anxiety, we reflect on the relationship between people and environment. Our university motto of “Revere the Divine, Love the Human” inspires us in the idea that “Divinity Comes in Care for the Living” and that “Humanity Shines in Earnest with Selfless Giving.” Therefore, the real concept of the motto is to care about the general public people and cherish our environment. This is our conviction, which has become the drive for WHC-USR to adhere to “Learn to Serve, Serve to Learn” as the core value of the project.
In 2020, due to the lockdown for COVID-19 prevention, social distancing is
required among people, widening the gap of fears for infection. However, Wenzao WHC-USR team has built a bridge with love from the children of Cishan Elementary School and students of Wenzao University to be extended to children in Cambodia. The fervent support from Kaohsiung have been delivered to Cambodia, melting the cold barriers of fears and warming up the
Cambodian young souls.
The students of hygiene instruction section in the course of Learning and Leadership to conduct a camp with creativity and vitality on topics such as pandemic prevention, Dengue Fever, recycling, and activities such as making simple facial masks, and packaging mask cover, especially offering related English instructions to the children in Cambodia (See Picture 1).
The reusable facial mask covers and the greeting cards made by Wenzao volunteers and Cishan Elementary School children in May were safely delivered in August to Cambodia after a long winding trip. The Cambodian faculty and students happily received not only new materials for pandemic prevention but were also filled with love from Taiwan, which would prevail incessantly in Cambodia, Master Sokrath, the venerable founder of KKS expressed. (See Pictures 4 and 5)
The adversary of the pandemic caused almost all the English classes in KKS, a Green Umbrella primary school, to be suspended. Local children could only stay at home without any opportunities for learning. Wenzao international volunteers boldly pursued a new service of online teaching as key figures and prepared a series of distant learning lessons, with jobs ranging from analyzing the local needs, designing and tailoring appropriate English materials, to teaming up kids and volunteers. The participating KKS kids, aged from 9 to 11 and from families in extreme poverty, had only learned the alphabet as their prerequisite knowledge. Each was given a 25-dollar-worth cell phone provided by the school to learn from home, the first time ever in his or her life to learning English online.
Our team faculty witnessed how Wenzao international volunteers interacted in all possible ways with the children through gestures, voice, facial expressions, or even in simple online games. These Cambodian children soon got rid of their shyness, became deeply engaged in class, and finally ended up expressing clearly in complete sentences and in confidence. Despite being physically far from the students, volunteers truly felt from the smiles on the children’s faces that the distance was shortened and one step was made closer in their relationship. The children’s achievements in learning might be rather limited within a short period of time, but the thrill in learning would bring about a development of infinity. We deeply believe that education is a journey where one life inspires another through love. Be it the children who were taught or those who taught, the zeal for life has been mutually ignited in their souls by the arduous they shared, a heating touch of
education. (See Picture 2 and 3.)
At the beginning of 2020, our team learned from medical partners that migrant workers and new immigrants had not been able to understand the related epidemic news from CDC. Therefore, WHC-USR offered pandemic news updates in five languages on LINE app, featuring pandemic prevention and hygiene education for migrant workers and new immigrants. The Wenzao faculty and students proficient in English, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Thai took shifts and worked and apace on pandemic news translation to provide news instantly. Linked by KMSH medical care and hygiene team, WHC-USR interacted with migrant workers at processing zones in Kaohsiung and Tainan, rendering pandemic prevention campaigns and wielding professional language services to reduce any possible oversight in Taiwan’s pandemic prevention, (See Pictures 6-8).
WHC-USR has already proceeded into its third year of services. In the previous two years, students were trained to work as volunteers at three hospitals in Kaohsiung to assist new immigrants and migrant workers in reducing the language and cultural barriers in patient-medical personnel communication (as in Picture 9). Also, the team traveled to Cambodia and Vietnam with hospital partners to help with hygiene and environmental protection education and explored new international service sites (as in Picture 10). Under the threats of COVID-19, before August, WHC-USR, readjusted its target service to new residents and migrant workers in Taiwan, offered hygiene education for rural schools, and conducted online English courses for Cambodian children. Starting in October, our volunteers will resume work at KVGH, E-da Hospital and KMSH. WHC-USC employs its vantage points in language and internationalization to initiate care for the less privileged in language communication. By mobilizing resources within the university and collaborating with three neighboring hospitals, our project adheres to international volunteering professional services with “accessibility of medical healthcare” and “learning without borders” in our vision.
Wenzao WHC-USR FB Link: https://tinyurl.com/yx4z7u99
Website: https://www.whc-usr.org/
In 2020, due to the lockdown for COVID-19 prevention, social distancing is
required among people, widening the gap of fears for infection. However, Wenzao WHC-USR team has built a bridge with love from the children of Cishan Elementary School and students of Wenzao University to be extended to children in Cambodia. The fervent support from Kaohsiung have been delivered to Cambodia, melting the cold barriers of fears and warming up the
Cambodian young souls.
The students of hygiene instruction section in the course of Learning and Leadership to conduct a camp with creativity and vitality on topics such as pandemic prevention, Dengue Fever, recycling, and activities such as making simple facial masks, and packaging mask cover, especially offering related English instructions to the children in Cambodia (See Picture 1).
The reusable facial mask covers and the greeting cards made by Wenzao volunteers and Cishan Elementary School children in May were safely delivered in August to Cambodia after a long winding trip. The Cambodian faculty and students happily received not only new materials for pandemic prevention but were also filled with love from Taiwan, which would prevail incessantly in Cambodia, Master Sokrath, the venerable founder of KKS expressed. (See Pictures 4 and 5)
The adversary of the pandemic caused almost all the English classes in KKS, a Green Umbrella primary school, to be suspended. Local children could only stay at home without any opportunities for learning. Wenzao international volunteers boldly pursued a new service of online teaching as key figures and prepared a series of distant learning lessons, with jobs ranging from analyzing the local needs, designing and tailoring appropriate English materials, to teaming up kids and volunteers. The participating KKS kids, aged from 9 to 11 and from families in extreme poverty, had only learned the alphabet as their prerequisite knowledge. Each was given a 25-dollar-worth cell phone provided by the school to learn from home, the first time ever in his or her life to learning English online.
Our team faculty witnessed how Wenzao international volunteers interacted in all possible ways with the children through gestures, voice, facial expressions, or even in simple online games. These Cambodian children soon got rid of their shyness, became deeply engaged in class, and finally ended up expressing clearly in complete sentences and in confidence. Despite being physically far from the students, volunteers truly felt from the smiles on the children’s faces that the distance was shortened and one step was made closer in their relationship. The children’s achievements in learning might be rather limited within a short period of time, but the thrill in learning would bring about a development of infinity. We deeply believe that education is a journey where one life inspires another through love. Be it the children who were taught or those who taught, the zeal for life has been mutually ignited in their souls by the arduous they shared, a heating touch of
education. (See Picture 2 and 3.)
At the beginning of 2020, our team learned from medical partners that migrant workers and new immigrants had not been able to understand the related epidemic news from CDC. Therefore, WHC-USR offered pandemic news updates in five languages on LINE app, featuring pandemic prevention and hygiene education for migrant workers and new immigrants. The Wenzao faculty and students proficient in English, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Thai took shifts and worked and apace on pandemic news translation to provide news instantly. Linked by KMSH medical care and hygiene team, WHC-USR interacted with migrant workers at processing zones in Kaohsiung and Tainan, rendering pandemic prevention campaigns and wielding professional language services to reduce any possible oversight in Taiwan’s pandemic prevention, (See Pictures 6-8).
WHC-USR has already proceeded into its third year of services. In the previous two years, students were trained to work as volunteers at three hospitals in Kaohsiung to assist new immigrants and migrant workers in reducing the language and cultural barriers in patient-medical personnel communication (as in Picture 9). Also, the team traveled to Cambodia and Vietnam with hospital partners to help with hygiene and environmental protection education and explored new international service sites (as in Picture 10). Under the threats of COVID-19, before August, WHC-USR, readjusted its target service to new residents and migrant workers in Taiwan, offered hygiene education for rural schools, and conducted online English courses for Cambodian children. Starting in October, our volunteers will resume work at KVGH, E-da Hospital and KMSH. WHC-USC employs its vantage points in language and internationalization to initiate care for the less privileged in language communication. By mobilizing resources within the university and collaborating with three neighboring hospitals, our project adheres to international volunteering professional services with “accessibility of medical healthcare” and “learning without borders” in our vision.
Wenzao WHC-USR FB Link: https://tinyurl.com/yx4z7u99
Website: https://www.whc-usr.org/
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Measures for Leaving a Message to Enter the Draw for the Live Streaming of the Opening Ceremony
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Event Period
From 13:00 to 14:00 on December 12 (Saturday), 2020
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Event Measures
Log in to your personal Facebook or Google account to proceed with leaving a message; each account with a successful message of #2020usrexpo left before the end of the live streaming of the opening ceremony will have an opportunity to enter the draw, and each account is restricted to winning the prize once only.
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List of Winners
On December 14 (Monday), 2020, the list of winners will be announced on the event official website https://2020usrexpo.org/) Announcement of the list of winners
Event Prize Content
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1st Prize
“Huei Yeh” Power Extreme Massage Gun 1 winner
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2nd Prize
Nestle Dolce Gusto Genio 2 1 winner
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3rd Prize
KINYO Bluetooth 5.0 Wireless Speaker 2 winner
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4th Prize
7-11 Gift Voucher valued at NT$200 27 winner
Announcement of the list of winners
The various prizes are expected to be notified via email and also announced on the event official website on December 14 (Monday), please will the prize winners pay attention to the prize-winning information, and send back the relevant documents according to the notices & explanations; no separate notification will be issued.
Notices
- The event period for this event is based on Taiwan time, and the delivery of the rewards is restricted to regions including Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu.
- Please refer to the actual products for the event rewards, the pictures used on the website are for reference only; no request for changing colors, specs, transfers, or cash redemption will be accepted.
- Our event organizer will not be liable for the follow-up warranty and maintenance of the winning rewards; once the rewards have been collected, signed, and accepted, no reissuance of the rewards will be available if the rewards have been lost, peculated, discarded, or damaged. Please refer to the actual products for the prize rewards, no return or exchange will be accepted; the prize winner must contact the manufacturer of the rewards if there is any issue regarding malfunctioning, damage, or maintenance.
- 1st prize ~ 2nd prize (Winning prizes with a value exceeding NT$1,000 (inclusive): Each prize winner should fill out the “Reward Collection Application and Receipt (will be announced together with the announcement of the list of winners)” within 7 days (including holidays based on the post stamp) starting from the next day with the announcement of the list of winners, and must provide a copy of both sides of the ID card. The copy must be sent to the specified place via registered mail; those passing the deadline will be deemed to give up the prize and rights, and no objections will be accepted from the prize winners.
- 3rd Prize ~ 4th Prize (Winning prizes with a value less than NT$1,000 (inclusive): Prize winners should reply to the prize-winning notifying letter via Email within 7 days (including holidays) starting from the next day of the announcement of the list of winners, to confirm the collection of the rewards and to fill out the relevant info for sending the rewards (to confirm the address for sending the gift), and to accelerate the follow-up qualification review. If the prize winners do not complete the relevant info before the deadline, they will be deemed to give up the opportunity to collect the rewards, and no alternative gifts or reissuance of gifts will be available.
- When the prize winners have completed filling out the prize-winning info, the organizer will double-check the identification data of the prize winners, the rewards will only be sent out when all data is correct.
- All prize-winning qualification needs to be approved by the organizer before it becomes effective, all reviewing standards are based on the organizer as the only reference.
- If the prize winner did not fill in the data complete and correct, or cannot be in contact, or did not send back the required data within the announced time of the rewards, the prize winner will then be deemed to voluntarily give up the prize, no separate notification will be announced.
- According to the R.O.C Tax Act, if the prize winner is an individual residing in Taiwan, and the prize amount (value) exceeds NT$1,000 (inclusive), then a copy of both sides of the ID card will need to be handed in for taxation, which will be incorporated into individual income for the annual taxation. If the prize winner is not an individual residing in Taiwan, 20% of reward tax must be deducted from the reward first regardless of the prize amount before the prize winner can collect the reward. If the prize winner is not an adult, a household registration transcript must be provided along with a letter of consent from the legal representative. If the prize winner is unwilling to pay the tax first, he/she will be deemed to give up the reward, and no objections will be accepted.
- If the prize winner is in violation of the relevant event measures or has other dissents, the organizer is allowed to retrieve the reward and no objections from the prize winner will be accepted. If a judicial dispute is involved, all legal liabilities will be held by the individual. The organizer will not be liable.
- If it is confirmed that the participant used a hacker program or other method that evidently violates the fairness of the event in an attempt to influence the event, the organizer is then allowed to disqualify the participant immediately or to cancel the prize-winning qualification. Compensation will be liable if a loss is caused for the organizer due to this.
- For reasons that the organizer are not liable for, including a computer, network, telephone, or technique issues resulting in the delay, loss, incorrect, unidentifiable, or damaged data uploaded by the participants, the organizer will not be liable for any legal liability, and no objections from the participants and prize winners will be accepted.
- The organizer reserves the rights to review the qualification of the event participants, if the organizer or a third party has reported that the participants are found to use methods that are intentional or evidently violate the fairness of the event, or do not conform to the rules of this event, the organizer will then be allowed to cancel the prize immediately.
- The event measures are stated on the event platform, the organizer reserves the right to alter the event details at any time (participating method, gift content and quantity…etc.); the participants must agree completely to follow and obey the alterations of the event without any objection. Please refer to the announcement of the event measures if alternations have been made to the event measures, no separate notification will be available.
- Unmentioned matters of this event should be handled according to the relevant rules of the civil law; the organizer reserves the rights to maintain, modify, cease and explain the content, as well as to cancel the prize-winning qualification of any prize winner influencing other prize winners’ rights. Refer to the announcement on the platform for the modification info; no separate notification will be available.
- Participants in the event agree to accept the event measures and notices, if, in violation, the organizer will then be allowed to cancel the qualification of the participant or the prize winner, and then request the participant for compensation for the losses caused.
- When the event is unable to be conducted due to force majeure causes, the organizer has the rights to cancel, terminate, modify, or cease the event. Participants in the event are deemed to accept the effectiveness of the rules, for unmentioned matters, the organizer reserves the rights to modify, terminate, and alter the event content details without giving out a separate notification.
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