In the spring of 2021, we continued our stationery project as usual. This time we contacted rural elementary schools in the middle and southern part of Taiwan. After confirming how many stationaries the school needed, we planned, prepared and organized the details. Ten volunteers packed the stationery together, they carefully counted the quantities of the stationery and placed them in the boxes to be sent to school. This time we sent 192 scissors, 266 sets of colored pens, 189 boxes of watercolors, 50 pencil sharpeners, 1,880 erasers, and 1,500 boxes of colored pencils. In addition to the stationery,

According to the United Nations World Food Program, 20% of the population in Nepal live in extreme poverty. This was the case before the COVID-19 last year, and it is even worse after the epidemic. In Nepal, the school we have been assisting for a long time, Shree Mangal Dvip School, referred to as SMD (https://himalayanchildren.org) has more than 600 students. Like all schools in Nepal, schools have been closed since March 24 last year. The school sent the children back to their villages. These villages are located in the high-altitude Himalayas. It took a full day drive

Ren Ai Elementary School is located in Taitung City.  It has a history of 74 years. The current number of students is about 280. School’s library was built many years ago, it was donated by grandma Chen Shuju. The books in the library are precious learning resources for the children. However, in 2016, typhoon Nibert caused serious damage to the library. With the help of many kind people, Chen Shuju Library was rebuilt and expanded. But there were no excess funds to purchase the required books. After contact with Ren Ai Elementary School, we took school’s Academic Affairs

Starting in mid-September this year, we continued our stationery project, in order to help the children to get more learning resources in the remote area.  We had contacted schools in remote mountainous areas in Taiwan. Most of these schools are located in remote mountains, and most are indigenous kids. Some of these schools have very few students. After understanding their needs, we recorded and prepared suitable stationery to share with the children. On October 24th, DENER’s volunteers came to organize the stationery. This time there are 1,868 L-shaped folders, 1,756 sets of crayons, and 640 dozen pencils. We

“Difficult 2020, with twist forward’’ 2020 is a year full of changes and turbulence. Under the influence of constant disasters and COVID-19, each one of us has a deeper sense about the fragility and impermanence of life. Given the difficulties year 2020 brings, it was especially gratifying to see kidness of DENER’s friends and people that allowed this year’s stationery aid project to unfold as scheduled. This year’s stationery aid project has entered tenth year. According to the original plan, it would be carried out in different regions: China was responsible for schools in China; Taiwan was responsible

At the end of June, we started to distribute stationery items to schools in Nantou County. We went along the mountain road, passed through aboriginal tribes, come to schools personally to understand the situation and get closer to the children. The surrounding scenery on the mountain is beautiful, just like walking in the clouds. On the way to the school, we encountered some refurbishment of the landslide, so we had to turn around on the narrow road.   In several schools in remote areas of Nantou County, most of the students are from Bunun tribe. The school building