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3510 Rotary clubs help the mentally handicapped by "honey talk"
At an opening ceremony of a seminar,
PP Sting of RC Mei Nung shared tips on
bee-keeping and honey production. The
seminar was a service project in an area
of focus on community and economic
development sponsored by a group of
Rotary clubs in District 3510 to help the
mental disabilities in their neighboring
communities. A former pharmacist and
currently a successful honey-production
business owner, PP Sting was the major economic life.
coordinator and a lecturer of this "Honey Talk" In view of this, Rotary members of RCs
project . A-Kong-Dien, Kangshan, Luchu, Kaohsiung
Through a community assessment, Sing Swallows' Nest, Kaohsiung New Town,
and his fellow Rotarians learned that people Kaohsiung Da Ai, Kaohsiung Elite in the
with mental disorders are usually economically district and sister club RC Bangkorlaem
disadvantaged and need help for steady medical in Thailand, and Big Gangshan mental
resources and access to proper vocational Rehabilitation Association jointly apply for a
training to learn skill for self-supporting. Rotary Global Grant. The project would help
Without help, the mental-handicapped would 200 mentally disabled by teaching them about
shy away and lose their connection with beekeeping and honey production business.
others and require for additional cares from In his speech at the ceremony, club
their families, resulting in even worse in their president Kawai of RCs A-Kong-Dien thanked
everyone who involved in the GG project for
their contribution, even though it was finally
approved after the proposal revised for 10
times. Then, they and the partners met in
Lokan Hospital every Wednesday morning to
check the progress, engaging in grading land,
paving roads, drilling wells, digging reservoirs,
planting fruit trees, building classrooms under
the scorching sun. Rotarians are glad that
through service they change lives of those
mentally handicapped who can now learn the
needed skills, be self-reliant, live a quality
of life, making their families members work
without worries and bring in their community a
better economical development.
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