86-year-old Grandpa Huang lives all by himself in a remote seaside area of Yilan County’s Wujie Township. Because he has dementia and osteoporosis, he can barely take care of himself. Until recently, his house was covered with thick layers of dust and greasy stains and the floor was very grimy. On August 4, the Huashan Social Welfare Foundation asked 10 schoolchildren from Lize Elementary School to put their summer vacation to meaningful use by rolling up their sleeves and helping Grandpa Huang clean his house.
Grandpa Huang is unwell and his mind is sometimes clear and sometimes less so, which all makes housekeeping very difficult for him. Social welfare groups have been involved in caring for him since 2010, relying on social workers to keep him company and chat with him every day to alleviate his dementia. On Aug. 4, schoolchildren from Lize Elementary School visited Grandpa Huang to help him clean his house. The children wiped and scrubbed the floor and walls assiduously until the grimy kitchen and dusty floor were spotless.
A rare smile appeared on Grandpa Huang’s face as he patted the children on the shoulders to express his gratitude. The foundation’s Li Pei-chen said that this summer vacation assignment would definitely leave an indelible impression on the children and be much more rewarding than staying at home playing video games.
PhotoS courtesy of the Huashan Social Welfare Foundation
照片由華山基金會提供
(Liberty Times, translated by Ethan Zhan)
八十六歲黃爺爺獨居在宜蘭縣五結鄉偏遠的濱海地區，患有失智症加上骨質疏鬆，生活難以自理，家裡佈滿厚厚灰塵、油垢，地板也黏答答的；華山基金會八月四日請利澤國小十名學童捲起衣袖，幫忙黃爺爺打掃家裡，度過有意義的暑假。
PhotoS courtesy of the Huashan Social Welfare Foundation
照片由華山基金會提供
黃爺爺身體不適，意識時好時壞，清理家裡對他來說非常困難。二○一○年公益團體介入照護，靠著社工每天陪伴聊天、舒緩失智症情況。八月四日利澤國小學童前往黃爺爺家中，協助打掃。孩子們認真洗刷地板、牆壁，將原本黏膩的廚房及佈滿灰塵的地板，清理得乾乾淨淨。
黃爺爺露出難得的笑容，拍拍學童的肩膀表達感謝之意。華山基金會的李沛溱表示，這份暑假作業比起在家打電動，絕對讓學童們印象深刻且收穫更多。
(自由時報記者朱則瑋)
A: The Danjiang Bridge in New Taipei City is to open on May 12, and the MRT Sanying Line (Light Blue Line) will also open in June. Isn’t that great? B: Is that the bridge connecting the city’s Tamsui and Bali Districts? What’s so special about this new landmark spanning the Tamsui River? A: The Danjiang Bridge will become the world’s longest-span single-mast asymmetric cable-stayed bridge — with a total river-crossing section of 920 meters and main span of 450 meters. B: The news says there are sidewalks and bike lanes on both sides. Watching the sunset from the
A: Apart from the Danjiang Bridge in New Taipei City, the MRT Sanying Line (Light Blue Line) will open in June. B: Is that the new line leading to Yingge District, the ceramic town? A: Yup, the line will connect the Yingge Ceramics Museum and the Old Streets in Sanxia and Yingge Districts. B: The eastward extension of the Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Red Line) that goes through Taipei’s Xinyi District will also open in June. A: Plus, Taoyuan’s Aerotropolis Line (Green Line) will partially open by the end of the year. In the future, it will connect the
In the dense forests of Tanzania, a young researcher sat quietly among the trees, her gaze fixed on a troop of chimpanzees. It was 1960, and Jane Goodall, armed with nothing but a notebook and endless curiosity, was about to change science forever. Inspired by childhood stories like the Dr. Dolittle series, she had dreamed of Africa — and now, thanks to the encouragement of anthropologist Louis Leakey, she was there, face-to-face with the wild. What Jane discovered shocked the world. Chimpanzees weren’t mere creatures of instinct; they were individuals with emotions, families, and even the capacity for tool
★ Bilingual Story is a fictionalized account. 雙語故事部分內容純屬虛構。 Rain hammered the roof in hard, uneven bursts. “Hold him still!” Baosheng pressed one hand against the stranger’s brow as the man twisted on the wooden bed. His left eye was swollen shut. The right one burned red like a coal. “It feels like fire,” the man gasped. “Like something is clawing inside.” Thunder rolled across the mountain. Baosheng leaned closer. The man’s skin was cold, but heat rose from his face. A strange smell hung in the air. He began the four methods of diagnosis: looking, listening/smelling,
RSS