📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Taishan City Daya District Xiushan community is located in the center of Taichung, near the foothills across the mountain ,looking for the Taiwan Strait, located in the township. 60% of the residents for agriculture are planting wheat, rice, red barley, grains class. Community from 6 years ago, due to the presence of precision science park, it is hoped that the young population can return, the majority of the elderly in the community is lack of vitality and creativity, due to population aging, lack of motivation to create a community.
It is hoped that the participation of international volunteers will encourage residents to care for community affairs and expect various cultural injections to collide with explosive sparks.
Aims:
1. Let the international volunteers make their own lion head and painting, lion and the folk art is the community folk culture, the production of traditional lion head and painting, so that Xiushan has become a lion outside the village of arts and crafts village folk art.
2. Cooperate with the Community Service Center for the Elderly, so that international volunteers can lead their elders to make health promotion activities (once a week), so that community elders are more interested in going out and enjoying their senior life.
3. Hope that through international volunteers, young people can be more interested in community activities to participate in community activities, so that young people in the community to introduce their own community char
💼 What the programme involves
1. To encourage the elderly to participate in community activities, the community one day a day for the care of the elderly stronghold, health promotion activities, led by volunteers to experience the different cultures, stimulate curiosity and mobility.
2. Hope that through the international volunteer lion head and painting, into the community culture so that residents can also enjoy the international volunteer ideas but also enrich the community experience.
3. Cooperate with the community martial art teacher and craftsmen to enjoy the activities together with the community residents . Learn how to make the lion¡¯s head and the lion dance. The teacher will teach some traditional martial arts and folklores.
4. And then practice the lions, and finally to the elders of acceptance acceptance performance exchange.
5. There are a Japanese school and the other elementary schools in the community, hoping to share the experience with international volunteers and experience the folk life experiences of different countries.
6. 60% of the community is engaged in agriculture. During this period, we also invite international volunteers to experience the farmer¡¯s experience in the farmland. We also learned about vegetable and fruit harvesting during the summer season in Taiwan and volunteered to serve as food for the volunteers.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The center is equipped with bathroom facilities, kitchen utensils, working days or free day meals can be self-cooking fire (food can be near to the Market procurement).
📍 About the location
Taichung City, Daya District, near the Taichung International Airport, about 15 minutes by car. About 20 minutes drive from Taichung city.
Google Map Website: 428 Taichung District, Taichung City Xiushanli Activity Center
https://www.google.com.tw/maps/@24.2226806,120.6322903,3a,75y,198.12h,91.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sh7-rjWDMumq2cY3aCu5aCw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
1) Close to Taichung Metropolitan park
2) Commuter tramway links to Tanzi District about 10 km in length
3) Fengjia sightseeing night market
ℹ️ Additional information
1) Those who have special skills or interests in folk art, like performing people and experiencing new business. 2) Please volunteer to bring home small traditional folk clothing, children's play, and community cultural exchanges.