📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Since 2009, Meishan Christian Church has taken care of kids from underprivileged families free of charge. Now there are 30 kids in total from elementary school to high school. In 2016, HYDROVEGE, a new social enterprise, with an economic point of view, got involved. With new farming ideas and techniques, HYDROVEGE was established to further the following social purposes in a financially sustainable way.
In every Volunteer Work Camp, there will be high school students helping and leading. The profits from the work camp will be paid as their part-time allowances and will help support their families.
Part of the plants we grow in our farm will supply Meishan Christian Church, helping the kids gain healthy dining habits. The rest will be sold to the public to advocate the idea of planting non-toxic food.
Music also plays a very important role in the daily life of HydroVege. We make our kids learn and enjoy music by offering them the chance to get involved in multiple kinds of musical instruments. We have musical events at least twice a year, allowing the kids to show what they have achieved and enjoy in music.
Join us and take a look at how we share these values to our kids and see how these values influence their future.
¡¾Cross-Culture Education¡¿
We encourage foreign volunteers to join in. With your accompany, the kids can broaden their horizons by knowing stories and experiencing cultures from different parts of the world. And of course your presence will give
💼 What the programme involves
1.Sharing and rehearsing music with local children.
2.Construction of hydroponic melon trellis (extending the trellis in the HYDROVEGE farmland).
3.Eco enzyme compost workshop.
4.An international pop & folk music show held together with other volunteers and local children.
🏠 Accommodation on site
1.At HYDROVEGE center. Sleep in shared room with wooden bed and mattress, no need to bring your own blanket and pillow, unless you have your own preference. Shower and toilets are available.
2.Paid Telephone for international call is available in 7-11 just nearby the accommodation 5 minutes on foot.
3.First Aid: A local clinic near the accommodation is a 2-minute walk away.
4.Accommodation is about a 10-minute drive away from Hou-li Train Station.
5.24-hour Emergency Local call: Manwife, 0975-668365 or Klaus Ding, 0935-461760.
📍 About the location
1. HYDROVEGE center, a small farm in Hou-li, Taichung City, located in middle Taiwan.
2. Google Map: https://goo.gl/ZI5Els
Leisure Activities:
1.Excursion, culture exchange events with local people, etc.
2.Volunteers should cover all the expenses by themselves of their free time.
ℹ️ Additional information
1. Strong motivation for learning and respects for local culture, as well as other international volunteers¡¯ cultures. 2. Volunteers with great interests in music, passion for his/her own culture and interested in out-door labor work are particularly needed. Applicants DON¡¯T have to be music experts! Yet, please briefly mention your music abilities and briefly share with us what you know about the folk/pop music in your own culture when you apply for the program. 3. Please prepare at least one song from your culture that¡¯s suitable for others with a basic knowledge of music to learn to play/sing along in about a week and please let us know the instruments required. Its better if we can have a YouTube link/music file and a music score from you in advance. We STRONGLY encourage volunteers to bring along your own musical instruments. 4. HYDROVEGE keeps the right to refuse overtime application. 5. Number of Volunteer: 12-15 foreign volunteers with 5 local participants. 6. Things to Bring: traditional costumes, towels, toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, shower gel, tissue, slippers, clothes, working outfits, sunscreen, hat, water bottle, umbrella, pens, notebook, etc.