This week I’ve been volunteering at the Eden Social Welfare Foundation. Mornings, I’m at a computer in the Office of International Affairs (photo), where I:
1) Proof-read English translations of marketing materials and forms
2) Research (online) international news and such related to disability issues (many of these websites are in English)
People from the office take me to lunch each day before I hop on the bus for Eden’s Wan-Fang Center. Here, I join a classroom of about 12-14 students with disabilities. These clients are lower-functioning than clients in many other programs. They are in a classroom setting with 2-3 teachers. Their weekly classes include: recognizing Chinese characters, math, singing, exercise, art, library…
Eden’s services for people with disabilities are very similar to The Arc of San Francisco’s services. It’s been interesting learning about them, and they’ve been very interested in hearing about the structure and services at The Arc. Eden is eager to learn and adopt western methods of service providing, etc.
Eden was founded in 1982 to support people with disabilities. But the woman who began it had a passion for helping all marginalized peoples. Thus, in the last decade, Eden has expanded its services to support other vulnerable populations, including foreign spouses and foreign workers.
1) Proof-read English translations of marketing materials and forms
2) Research (online) international news and such related to disability issues (many of these websites are in English)
People from the office take me to lunch each day before I hop on the bus for Eden’s Wan-Fang Center. Here, I join a classroom of about 12-14 students with disabilities. These clients are lower-functioning than clients in many other programs. They are in a classroom setting with 2-3 teachers. Their weekly classes include: recognizing Chinese characters, math, singing, exercise, art, library…
Eden’s services for people with disabilities are very similar to The Arc of San Francisco’s services. It’s been interesting learning about them, and they’ve been very interested in hearing about the structure and services at The Arc. Eden is eager to learn and adopt western methods of service providing, etc.
Eden was founded in 1982 to support people with disabilities. But the woman who began it had a passion for helping all marginalized peoples. Thus, in the last decade, Eden has expanded its services to support other vulnerable populations, including foreign spouses and foreign workers.
2 comments:
You should write a book about all your travels. Your stories are always so well written, not to meantion extremely interesting. (you are very much like your mom that way) Glad to hear things are going so well.
Deme, I'm enjoying reading about all your adventures and seeing the
fun pictures.
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