📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Guo Gang Community, located in the Keelung City, Nuan Nuan District is a small, serene town close to Keelung River. There are lots of special natural scenery like ten thousand years of pothole, and diversity of birds and plants. Early period there has many soldiers, public servants and teachers live in, but time and space change, most of them are elder people. In 2018, Guo Gang Community organize the 2nd Guo Gang International WorkCamp. The work scopes and purpose include (1) to do elderly caring through variety activities and service, (2) to do community service to clean and fix its public environment and cooking the meal for the elders (3) do cultural exchange for bringing international cultural into this area and learning about local cultural in Taiwan.
We would like to invite young people around the world to join us and change this place to a real paradise for the seniors. You might also have a chance to do sightseeing in Keelung during free time, so hurry up to join us this summer!
💼 What the programme involves
1.To clean and fix the old building and ecology environment. Transforming the Guo Gang Community into an attractive paradise for seniors to live in their later life.
2.To wear the Aging Simulation suit and experience the feeling of sensory perceptions that elders may have, to feel empathy and care about the need of elders. Visit seniors who live alone in the community and encourage them to join community activities.
3.Cultural exchange party. You may have chance to exchange with other country¡¯s food, clothes, music¡.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Local community center. Sleeping bags are required! Meals will be cooked by the volunteers, and local residents have the opportunity to exchange and share their national cuisine.
📍 About the location
No.54, Guogang Rd., Nuannuan Dist., 205Keelung City, Taiwan
https://goo.gl/FbQAC5
Keelung Night Market. Heping Island Park. Waimushan Coastal Boulevard. Explore Keelung City by bus.
ℹ️ Additional information
We are keen to have the volunteer who has passion for the elderly, like work with group and open mind to Taiwan local culture.