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District 3521 Taiwan - Zone 9                            61 Clubs 2,261 Members
                                                                                  as of 28 Feb 2022








                                         Chien, Chen-Ying                            Lee, Tse-Ju
                                         (Dennis)                                    (Joni)
                                         District Governor                           District Governor
                                         2021-22                                     2022-23
                                         D.3521                                      D.3521









                 3521    Rice Donation and Kidney Disease Prevention for isolated communities




                    The Rotary Club of Taipei Chungshan
                completed two service projects in
                December:
                1. Heart-warming rice donation in winter:
                    As Rotarian Zhi-jian Tsai realized that
                members of an isolated tribal community in
                Hualien in eastern Taiwan needed help he
                planned and coordinated a project to support
                them. On December 9 and 10, 2021, his club
                president Yuan-fang Tian and past president
                Zhi-xiong Jin, his spouse Xiaoqiu, past
                president Guo-shuo Gao, and past president
                Mei-yi Li traveled from Taipei to Hualien
                for a ceremony to distribute gifts of rice to the   2. Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment
                deprivileged indigenous families. After the         Project in Yunlin:
                ceremony, they immediately took to the road          RC Taipei Chungshan partnered with RC
                to visit tribal communities of Fuxing, Baliwan,   Taipei Chi-Shan to sponsor a medical service
                Jingpu and others for assessments on sequent     project in Taixi Township, Yunlin County. On
                projects of tribe development and making         December 18 and 19, they offered free tests of
                more employment opportunities. The goal is to    kidney disease screening and public forums on
                attract young people returning to their tribes and   kidney disease prevention and treatment at the
                preserving their beautiful culture.              square of Temple Annan in Taixi. Like other


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