TEMPLE CULTURE IN DAZHUANG

Name: TEMPLE CULTURE IN DAZHUANG
Start: 2023-08-13
End: 2025-07-26
Location: Taiwan

Code: 6ba60632-f40a-11ef-a789-fa163ef8d720 Copied

Taiwan Culture Culture Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Vision YouthAction was founded in 2002 by 30 young leaders who participated in international volunteer exchange project between Taiwan and U.S.A . From 2002 to 2007, VYA has been successful in setting up a regional youth volunteer center to promote very short term community service from one day to one week. Over 7,000 young people served as volunteers, donating more than 260,000 hours to social services in the past few years. In 2007 August, in collaboration with NICE Japan , the first international workcamp in Taiwan originated in a small fishing village in the mid-western coast of Taiwan . It has been developing rapidly and variously catering to the huge needs of projects & motivations of people!

Since 2002, VYA had organized 5 international volunteer exchanges program between Taiwan and U.S.A. And over the years, in total, VYA had planned over 11 different types of voluntary service projects. Two of them were very short term community service projects from one day to one week and the others were from at least one week to three weeks.

In total, over 4359 youth volunteers come from 15 countries had got involved in all VYA voluntary service projects, which cooperated with over 255 local NPOs and international NGOs.

(1) Very short term community service projects (VSTCSP): Organizing with National Youth Commission, VYA encourage Taiwanese young people to get involved in community voluntary services. Every year, at least 2000 youth volunteers are involved in VYA VSTCSP and initiate more than 130 community service projects by themselves.

(2) Taiwan International WorkCamp: VYA organizes workcamps and bridge the gap between local and overseas NGOs for Taiwan volunteers. The first Taiwan international workcamp was held in 2007 in cooperation with NVDA and NICE. In 2007(2008), only one(3) project with 8(22) international vols and 17(30) local vols/ sent 10(80) vols to 3(14) countries.

💼 What the programme involves

Goals: 1. Learn about the culture of Chinese Temple in Taiwan. 2. Volunteers will participate in health promotion activities with elders and share their exotic cultures with children to broaden horizons and give local people unique country experiences. 3. Due to international young people come into village, we also expect that local guys will take chance to introduce native features to them so that will be more interested in participating in activities in our community during and after this project. W: 1. Accompany with elders: The community facility holds health activities five times a week. Volunteers will participate, design interesting games, and prepare performances so that elders can experience different country cultures, have fun, and learn new things from different perspectives. 2. Local ceremonies participation: Stuff preparation for annual Chinese Temple event. 3. Culture sharing: Share authentic country’s festive culture with elders and children.

🏠 Accommodation on site

1. Participants will stay in community and work together. Please bring own sleeping bag 2. Washing & dry machine are provided.

🍲 Food

Please be aware that volunteers are responsible for their own expenses at free time such as transportation, meals, and anything else.

📍 About the location

T: Taoyuan International Airport or Taichung international airport for some Asia countries Location: Dazhuang Community of Taichung City, Taiwan No.1, Ln. 168, Wenhua St., Wuqi Dist., Taichung City 435, Taiwan Google Map: 台中市梧棲區大庄社區發展協會 Taichung Port, located in the Wuqi District of Taichung, is the second-largest international commercial port in Taiwan and the 97th largest in the world. MITSUI OUTLET PARK is the first seaport-themed shopping mall in the Taichung port district of Taiwan. Our community, Dazhuang Community, is situated in the Taichung port district and is the largest community in Wuqi District with a strong agricultural culture. The blend of urban and traditional cultures makes Dazhuang Community a unique cultural feature in the area. It also has the highest population of both elderly and young people, with one out of every nine residents being an elder. As a result, Dazhuang Community has been dedicated to taking care of the elderly and will organize more plans and activities for teenagers in 2019. With more volunteers joining the community, we hope to offer better care and education to the elderly and young people and infuse much vigor into the community.

🎒 Leisure activities

🤝 Meeting point

Taoyuan International Airport or Taichung international airport for some Asia countries

ℹ️ Additional information

1. Please note that the schedule is subject to change due to potential inclement weather or geographical limitations. It's essential to remain flexible to deal with unexpected modifications. 2. Please be awared that volunteers are responsible for their own expenses at free time such as transportation, meals, and anything else. 3. We highly recommend volunteers to bring their own creative ideas for activities, such as traditional/local outfits, games, performances, snacks, arts and cultural items, and other special items to share with local people. 4. It would be great to have local ingredients/sauces that stands for your countries to share with.

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