Young Taiwanese expatriates from the US and Canada are encouraged to volunteer to teach English in rural parts of Taiwan, the Overseas Compatriots Affairs Committee (OCAC) said yesterday.
This is the fourth year that the OCAC has joined hands with an alliance of Chinese schools in southern California and the Ministry of Education to recruit young Taiwanese expatriates to volunteer to teach English in Taiwan.
Alliance president Yang Hsien-yi (楊賢怡) said the goal was to recruit 275 volunteers this year. Applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 27 and residing in either the US or Canada.
Yang said the project has generated much interest since its inception four years ago, when only 25 volunteers signed up to teach English to disadvantaged children in remote parts of the nation.
Last year, he said, more than 270 English teaching volunteers were dispatched to 44 different junior high and elementary schools throughout the nation, benefiting nearly 2,000 students.
Applications are being accepted from now until Feb. 29.
Applicants can obtain their applications in person at any Taiwan Economic and Cultural Representative Office. The application is also available for download at the OCAC Web site at www.ocac.gov.tw, or at the North American Expatriate Youth English Teaching Volunteer Service Program's Web site at www.aidsummer.org.
Participants are responsible for their own travel from their country of residence to Taiwan, as well as expenses for accommodation and travel fees if they choose to arrive before or depart after the program dates.
The Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Wanda-Zhonghe Line is 81.7 percent complete, with public opening targeted for the end of 2027, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said today. Surrounding roads are to be open to the public by the end of next year, Hou said during an inspection of construction progress. The 9.5km line, featuring nine underground stations and one depot, is expected to connect Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station to Chukuang Station in New Taipei City’s Jhonghe District (中和). All 18 tunnels for the line are complete, while the main structures of the stations and depot are mostly finished, he
The first global hotel Keys Selection by the Michelin Guide includes four hotels in Taiwan, Michelin announced yesterday. All four received the “Michelin One Key,” indicating guests are to experience a “very special stay” at any of the locations as the establishments are “a true gem with personality. Service always goes the extra mile, and the hotel provides much more than others in its price range.” Of the four hotels, three are located in Taipei and one in Taichung. In Taipei, the One Key accolades were awarded to the Capella Taipei, Kimpton Da An Taipei and Mandarin Oriental Taipei. Capella Taipei was described by
Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) yesterday said that private-sector refiners are willing to stop buying Russian naphtha should the EU ask them to, after a group of non-governmental organizations, including the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), criticized the nation’s continued business with the country. While Taiwan joined the US and its Western allies in putting broad sanctions on Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, it did not explicitly ban imports of naphtha, a major hard-currency earner for Russia. While state-owned firms stopped importing Russian oil in 2023, there is no restriction on private companies to
President William Lai (賴清德) is expected to announce a new advanced “all-domain” air defense system to better defend against China when he gives his keynote national day speech today, four sources familiar with the matter said. Taiwan is ramping up defense spending and modernizing its armed forces, but faces a China that has a far larger military and is adding its own advanced new weapons such as stealth fighter jets, aircraft carriers and a huge array of missiles. Lai is expected to announce the air defense system dubbed “Taiwan Dome” in his speech this morning, one of the sources said. The system
RSS