Passing the message of hope and love through music: Concert for Morakot Survivors in Ali

    On Saturday 5 December 2009, Eden Social Welfare Foundation held an early Christmas celebration event for Tsou tribal groups residing in Ali Mountain area in Chiayi County. This event, joined by churches in Tainan and Taipei, was aimed to share love and hope to the typhoon survivors through music, dances and child counseling activities.
    The event was supported by Wrigley Global Giving Fund through American Give2Asia Foundation. Eden has received a donation of USD100,000 from Wrigley Global Giving Fund to engage in a series of post-disaster reconstruction projects, including services for children with special needs, child education, persons with disabilities, and senior citizens living alone.

Road to the Tsou tribal groups was covered
by mud and stone. The rugged paths still need
to be repaired

On the church square, Chorus from Taipei
Daan Presbyterian Church sang for survivals.

Pastor prayed for the Tsou aboriginals.
Resident touched their heads while receiving
the blessing from the pastor.

With the guidance of a psychological therapist, children released their fear after the disaster through drawing.

Santa sent children small Christmas gifts.








      The Give2asia initiative is to promote the participation of US society to Asia's charity work. The G2A scope contains more than 20 countries in Asia. Its ideal not only eliminates the international hedge of donation between countries, but provides American donors reliable information about Asian NPOs to facilitate the accountability of donation. G2A cooperates with Eden Social Welfare Foundation to address the needs of those affected by Typhoon Morakot. As Eden’s local service centers in southern Taiwan are located in the typhoon affected afrea, Eden is able to access and evaluate the need of disadvantage households and to ensure the sponsored recovery services are efficient.

    Eden Social Welfare Foundation has been engaging in the field of international development for more than 10 years .In 1991, Eden supported the establishment of the sister organization in Malaysia, with a vision to advance the disability rights of the country. In 2005, Eden established overseas service center in Vietnam, serving Taiwanese new immigrants and their original families and people with disabilities. In 2008 the Sichuan earthquake, Eden involved in reconstruction work. We donated assistive devices to local disabilities and recruited Taiwanese rehabilitation therapists to treat patients in the earthquake-affected area.

    Eden Social Welfare Foundation believes that, we need to fulfill our duties as a world citizen in a global cooperation era. The warm supports around the world for our post-Morokot reconstruction project strongly encourage us to continue our work, both domestically and abroad. We believe that the spirit of international cooperation would eventually rebuild communities once broken.