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Yingshi Community Creates Six-grade Industrial Chain for Local Employment of Tribal Young People
Yingshi Community is located at the foot of the Taiping Mountain in Datong Township, Yilan County. It’s the main pathway from Northern Cross-Island Highway to Central Cross-Island Highway with about a population of 300 people. Yingshi Community Development Association was established in 1995 and has been transformed recently by a return-home technician. He leads the Association to link the Primary industry agricultural products and Secondary industry micro-processing and then leveraged the Tertiary industry of tribal tourism. This has not only revitalized the local industry, created local employment but also restored the honorable identity and self-confidence of the tribesmen.
From Regional Revitalization to Self-Reliance, Changhua Dayou Community Transformed into A Social Enterprise
In recent years, Taiwan has promoted Regional Revitalization. The clearest mission is to resolve the population and employment problems. The solving key is to find out a sustainable business model. In 2021, after 26 years of operation, Dayou Community Development Association in Changhua Puyan Township finally no need to rely on the subsidies from the Ministry of Labor but its own business model to take the community into the next chapter.
Long-Yan-Lin Welfare Association creates an "Aging in Place" Peach Blossom Spring
In recently years, we heard elderly meal delivery and day care services in Taiwan’s rural communities, but Long-Yan-Lin Welfare Association had been doing these services for 22 years. It insists on “Locals take care of locals”, promotes middle-aged and elderly employment, and leverages local agricultural resources then returns the surplus to the social welfare. It also takes care of the elderly people for those young people who left hometown to work and creates an “Aging in Place” happy community.
An empty place becomes a popular center, Ji-hu Leisure Farms Development Association helps local industries in Business
Base on Kouhu Visitor Center, Jin-hu Leisure Farms Development Association opened the popularity through catering and successfully integrated the local agriculture and fishery specialties, landscape, ecology, and cultural resources with agritourism. It creates and promotes Self-brand “Bittersweet Man” series with the local smallholders and certified Halal certificate. In addition to attracting young people to return hometown, the Association provides local employments, developing, and empowering middle-aged employees. It also returns the surplus to the village, takes care of the disadvantaged, and is a matching platform between enterprises and public welfare.
Cooperates with Industries, Governments, and Academics, Guantian Communities Transforms Water Caltrop Shells into Black Gold
Guantian Black Gold Team cooperates with the industries, governments, academics, and communities to develop a patented carbonization process that transforms wastes water caltrop shells into an international standard“Water Caltrop Biochar”. The biochar can purify air, water and improve the soil as a fully recycle system. It not only brings employment opportunities and creates economic values, but also makes a sustainable rural ecology.
A Team of Leather Players Realizes Stable Employment for Disabled Youths in Tainan.
With professional operation and innovation management, Tainan Rehabilitation Youth Encouragement Association creates “Leather Program” workshop to cultivate disabilities living skills. It builds up a full production line from design to sewing. Through OEM orders, items selling, courses teaching, and DIY Kit selling, the Association provides stable employments and returns to the society as a best social welfare role model and creates values.