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Okogreen Coffee: a Consumer-based Silent Social Movement
If you knew you could help fight starvation solely by changing your consumption patterns, would you be willing to do so?

Victory Potential Development Centre Tears Down Employment Barriers
When those with a disability look for a job, the first question interviewers often ask is, "What can you do?" Zhang Ying Shu always asked in return, "What can we not do?"


Promoting Green Industries by Planting Trees and Replacing Lights
Our core concept is ‘Minus one plus one’. ‘Minus one’ is replacing old light-bulbs with LED lighting. ‘Plus one’ is planting trees thus contributing to environmental protection for our children’s future.


Ca'wi Community Development Association Urges Young people to Return Hometown and Aims to Build Social Enterprise
Remote towns in Taiwan face population aging and youth emigration. Without enterprises devoting funds to a rural area, how are young labors willing to stay in their hometown? He Jun-Xiong is one of the young men like a stray bird returning to his hometown. He leads people at the Ca’wi Community Development Association to build sightseeing attractions in the tribe. He succeeds in helping people in his tribe make money and further bring Ca’wi into sharp focus in Hualien.


Treat Every Foreigner well
On Sunday, A crowd sits in circles on the floor of the main hall of Taipei Main Station. They share their hometown food with others, celebrate a friend’s birthday, share details of their work with friends, and some of them just sit quietly. They are immigrant workers from Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines, and they work as caregivers, labors and fishermen. “There are about a total of six hundred thousand immigrant workers in Taiwan. Therefore, our foundation is called One Forty – 1/40 of total Taiwanese population.”


These Strong Men Stand on Paddy Fields and Pave a Road to Agriculture in Sinvi Tribe
Sinvi Tribe, formerly called “Niahosa”, is an old tribe situated in the arms of Alishan (Mt. Ali). From Zengwun River to Mt. Ji’azuoming, there is a diverse ecology system comprised of the river and mountain, which makes Sinvi tribe rich in history, culture as well as natural sources. Different from other tribes such as Shanmei and Chashan that develop sightseeing attractions, Sinvi tribe chose a relatively practical and peaceful road to farming thanks to the hard work of Yang Pei-Jen, the secretary-general of Taso Ci Cou Organic Agriculture Development Association in Alishan Township, Chiayi County.

