UHYDROVEGE MUSICCALLU?VOLUNTEER HOLIDAY ON MUSIC

UObjectiveU?1.Holding a Weekend International Concert with voluntary fellows.2.Building educational farmland.3.Sharing international culture to underprivileged kids and making friends with local people.4.Enjoying a typical Taiwanese lifestyle in Hou-li, Taichung.UOur StoryU?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.UCross-Culture EducationU?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 them the chance to use English.UHYDROPONICS and 65533; ItU s not a new technology, but a new IDEA.U?Meet the pioneers changing the way we think about farming The social enterprise UHYDROVEGEU comes from the words UHydroponicU and UVegetablesU . Hydroponics is a method to grow plants without soil but water rich in nutrients. Unlike other Hydroponics farms, our vegetables are grown in towers in order to deal with the limited farming areas in Taiwan.Watch our stories here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkhCncdfw8