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for the help in the past, such as donations the disease from continually spreading, which
during 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami really realize 2021-22 presidential theme
happened in Japan. Under the partnership, "Serve to change lives".
the donation of medical tents was finally
completed on 8 July, 2021.
Through this project, more than 2,000
fellow Rotarians of District 3482 in Taiwan
united their effort to fight against COVID-19
and the cooperation of Taiwan and Japan
also promoted its interaction of international
Services and world peace.
District Governor "Frank" Ling-Yu Hsu
said that with "Service" in mind, Rotarians
from different countries will be more united to
face with the epidemic and try hard to prevent

3482 The community service of beach cleaning

After viewing the video "Plastic Ocean",
the chair of environment protection committee
"John" from RC Taipei Harmony of District
3482 realized that more and more marine
lives will increase risk of death resulting from
plastics, abandoned fishing nets, and so on.
The film showed the death of two animals
because of ocean waste: the sea lion died of
suffocation after being entangled in a discarded
fishing net; the seagull died of indigestibility

after eating plastics. And inspired of learning
the waste people discard in the ocean must
return to humanity, the chair "John" thought
about how to host the activity during the severe
Covid-19 pandemic by inquiring of the district
governor "Frank" Ling-Yu Hsu, the chair of
the community service committee, the former
chairs of environment protection committee,
trustees, and consultants. Then, he and the
trustees of his committee decided to focus on

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