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Türkiye-Syria Earthquake Relief Action from Taiwan

 

The General Association of the Scouts of China (Taiwan) Türkiye-Syria Earthquake Relief Project Phase I was Completed Successfully.

 



 

This week, the Scouts of China (Taiwan) cooperated with the Turkish Trade Office In Taipei, the Scouts of China Foundation (Taiwan), the Taiwan Provincial Scout Council, TT&T CO., LTD., and Taipei 360 Neihu Community Scout Group to donate 347 warm sleeping bags and 300 emergency blankets, a total of 42 boxes and nearly 600 kilograms of relief supply to the earthquake victims in Türkiye.

 



 

The donation was delivered to the Turkish Airlines warehouse yesterday (11 February) after sorting the goods and packing them. Today (12 February), they will be transported by Turkish Airlines to Ankara, the capital city of Türkiye, and delivered to the earthquake area.

 



 

Turkish Trade Office Representative Mr. Muhammed Berdibek and Deputy Representative Mr. Nurullah Ayvaz expressed their gratitude to Scouts of China (Taiwan) for their quick and efficient response. And the supplies have been packed and sent directly to the Turkish Airlines storage center in Taiwan and will be sent to Ankara today on Turkish Airlines.

 



 

Different cities and counties' scout councils of Taiwan have also launched various activities in this Scout Action. Taipei City Scout Council has launched a relief supply drive, and Kaohsiung City Scout Council has launched a fundraising campaign. Other scout councils from Taiwan also do their part to help the international community through various activities. The Turkish Trade Office In Taipei thanked the Scouts of China (Taiwan) for completing the collection of supplies and sending them directly to the airline's storage within a concise period.

 



 

Scouts are global citizens, and humanitarian relief is the responsibility of Scouting, in line with the Scout's Messengers of Peace philosophy.

 



 

Scouts of China (Taiwan) has also launched a fundraising campaign, and the fund will go through the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) donation platform to the Scouting and Guiding Federation of Türkiye and the Scouts of Syria to assist the community reconstruction work initiated by the Scouts there.



























 

 

 

TGASCT-Taiwan conduct the National Workshop on New Membership Registration System on 13 to 14 November 2022.  Some 30 full time staff and volunteers from local councils attended the Workshop.


Mr. Su, Te-Hsiang, Secretary General, presided the opening ceremony and he stressed the importance of the membership registration and encouraged local council to increase scout membership after the Pandemic is over.
The workshop explained the procedure of operation for local councils and how to help unit leaders to solve their challenges when log in the new membership registration system.





TGASC-Taiwan decided to launch the new membership registration system for 2023 membership registration. The system was designed in user friendly and the latest software.













 

TGASC-Taiwan had a partnership project “Scout Day” with Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store and Decathlon Sport Retailer to promote Scouting image and also try to recruit young people to join Scouting.




Scout Day is a half day activity which provides Scouting experiences to young kids age from 5 to 12.  Shin Kong Mitsukoshi and Decathlon invited their customers and young kids to sign up and join the Scout Day activities.
 

 


Scout Leaders arranged different base activities and taught these young kids how to tie knots, tent pitching and play fun games.  Kids were excited about these activities and games.  Customers and parents asked about how to join Scouting while they were shopping for outdoor equipment.  












The Scout Day was held in Shin Kong Mitsukoshi on Saturday 1 October and in Decathlon in Taoyuan and Taiwan on Sunday 2 October.  There were some 100 kids participated in Shin Kong Mitsukoshi and Decathlon this weekend.











More Scout Day activities will be held with other branch stores of Decathlon later in October and November, 2023.


































 

2022 National Rover Conference was held on 19 to 23 August at Yangmingshan Scout Camp in Taipei, Taiwan.
The theme of the 2022 National Rover Conference is “Keep Rovering,” which encourages rover scouts to continue their path in Scouting after the Pandemic. This is the first in-person event for Rover Scouts at the national level after the pandemic. It attracted some 150 participants and staff members for this five-day event.

Mr. Su, Te-Hsiang, Secretary General, attended the opening ceremony and outlined the 2022-2025 Triennial plan for TGASC-Taiwan. He encouraged rovers to participate in more international events, like World Scout Moot, Regional Youth forum, World Scout Conferences, Etc.

NRC 2022 invited many speakers, most of whom were former rover scouts, to share their experiences in Scouting and career development. Rover Scouts had a fruitful discussion about the issues concerning young people, and they also discussed programs related to Scouts for SDGs and the Better World Framework. The highlight of the conference was a Hackathon that encouraged rover scouts to submit proposals within 24 hours. The top 4 projects were selected by a jury, and a bonus of USD170 was given as a seed fund for their projects.

Other than meeting and discussion, the participants also enjoyed themselves during the evening campfire, night market, and Summer Party.



 





















 
 

Mr. Wen-Tsan Cheng, Chairman & Chief Commissioner, presided the meeting and had a fruitful discussion on the preparation of 12th National Jamboree, and the draft regulation on membership registration.
 

 
This is the first in-person meeting with Secretary Generals from local councils after the Pandemic. The last meeting was held in December 2021.

 

 
The purpose of the National Secretary General meeting is to communicate national policy or events with local councils. The meeting used to be hold 3 or 4 times in a year.

 

 














 

President Tsai, Ing-Wen graced the inauguration ceremony for the National Scout Council 2022-2025 on 24 July in Taipei. She expressed her appreciations to Mr. Lin, Yu-Chang, the outgoing Chairman and Chief Commissioner and all the members of National Scout Council for the great effort and contribution to Scouting during the tenue of 2016-2022.
She also wishes the best luck for the new Chairman and Chief Commissioner, Mr. Cheng, Wen-Tsan and encourages him to lead the Scouting in Taiwan to a new era and let the World see the development of Scouting in Taiwan.
Mr. Cheng, Wen-Tsan also presented the certificate of appointment to National Training Commissioner and chairperson of various national committee, like National Rover and Youth Committee, National Committee on Gender Equity, etc.




 







 







 






 






 







 













 





 

List of Chairpersons for Various Committees at National Level

We are excited to announce the list of the chairman for various National Committees for the year 2022-2025. To support the operation of our Scout Association, there are various committees at national level, such as adult leader training, youth program, community development and International Relations, etc.

The following scout leaders were appointed by Mr. Wen-Tsan Cheng, the Chairman and Chief Commissioner of our Scout Association for the term of 2022-2025.

1.    Mr. SHU, Song-Fang, National Training Commissioner, National Training Team
2.    Mr. WANG, Fu-Min/Chair, Honor and Award Committee
3.    Dr. YANG, Yung-Chin/Chair, Program and Advancement Committee
4.    Mr. Sherman Hsiao-Ming SHENG, Chair, International Relations Committee
5.    Ms. HSU, Ya-Chuan, Chair, National Public Relations Committee
6.    Mr. LI, Yung-Shan/Chair, Counseling and Unit Support Committee
7.    Ms. HSU, Hsiu-Chieh/Chair, National Rover & Youth Committee
8.    Mr. TSAI, Church-Yueh, Chair, National Community Development Committee
9.    Dr. CHEN, Su-Fen/Chair, National Adult Resources Committee
10.    Dr. LI, Jingling/Chair, National Committee on Gender Equality
11.    Mr. KUO, Tung-Hung/Chair, Religious-based Scouting Development Committee
12.    Mr. SHIEH, Tzu-Chien, National Commissioner, National Sea Scout Flagship
 

Dr. Yang, Yung-chin is the newly appointed International Commissioner of Scouts China (Taiwan).
The newly elected Chairman & Chief Commissioner, Mr. Wen-tsan Cheng just approved his appointment.Dr. Yang will assume his office from 18 June 2022.

Dr. Yang is a current member of APR Scout committee. As a true and dedicate scout, he is very familiar with international Scouting and had attended many world events including World jamborees and World Scout Conferences. We have no doubt Yun-chin will advance our relationships with every NSOs in our Region.

Our Scout Association also expresses our sincere appreciation to Dr. Ie-Bin Lian, the outgoing International Commissioner, for his service for the past 10 years.

Congratulation to Ms. Yukino Kobayashi for receiving International Friendship Award.

Ms. Yukino Kobayashi, Member of Service Team for International Activities, SAJ, received her International Friendship Award from Mr. Lin, Yu-Chang, our Chief Commissioner, at the General Assembly Meeting on 14 May.

The award is to recognize Ms. Kobayashi’s contribution to the exchange program and International Understanding between Japan and Taiwan. Our Scout Association also decided to present the same award to Mr. Lim Wei Yung, Formal Chairman of APR Youth Representatives and member of Singapore Scout Association for his contribution to International Scouting.

The award will be presented on the next available international event. Other than International Friendship Award, there are Green Jade Lion Award, Green Jade Great Wall Award and Green Jade National Flower Award to recognize the contribution and efforts made by overseas Leader for the betterment of World Scouting.

Congratulations to Cheng Wen-tsan on his election as the 27th(2022-2025) Chief Commissioner of the General Association of the Scouts of China(Taiwan).

TGASC held its 27th Board of Directors election today (5/14) at the Scout Headquarter. The current Chief Commissioner, Dr. Lin Yu-chang, firstly expressed his sincere gratitude to the past two terms of the board of directors and the national assembly representatives for promoting Scouting in the country and internationally.
The election of the 27th Board of Directors was successfully concluded with the election of the national assembly representatives. The first meeting of the 27th Board of Directors was held immediately after the election.

Under the leadership of Cheng Wen-tsan(2022-2025), we look forward to continuing the achievements of Dr. Lin Yu-chang(2016-2022) in promoting Scouting education, nurturing global citizens, and creating a better world together.

The handover ceremony and inauguration are planned for 18 June 2022 in Taipei.

Our Scout Association had just published a set of documentary books, titled as the Heritage and Innovation of Scouting in Taiwan 2022.

 

These three books record our achievement in Participation to International Events, Program and Activities at National level and the Renovation of the Yangmingshan Scout Center from 2015 to 2022. Under the leadership of Mr. Lin You-Chang, Chairman and Chief Commissioner, our Scout Association conduct many national events, like the 11th National Scout Jamboree in 2018, GSAT Certified in 2019, and organized many contingents to International Events, such as 24th World Scout Jamboree and World Scout Moot.

 

Please note these books were published in Chinese.





 

TGASC-Taiwan organized the National Scouts Day Celebration at the Yangmingshan Scout Center. March 5th is the National Scouts Day. The events was presided by Chief Commissioner, Mr. Lin, Yu-Chang. Mr. Pan, Wen-Chung, Minister of Education also attended the event.
 

 
President Tsai reminded everyone to keep the Scout Motto, to be prepared, to do a good turn daily and to serve as goal of life, and to make impact to Taiwan society and also to the World. President Tsai also congratulated Mr. Lin for his leadership and contribution to the development of Scouting in Taiwan for the past 6 years.

The celebration also presented the highest award, the National Flower Award to some 50 scouts and long service award to many scout leaders. A Scout Fun Fair was conduct followed the celebration ceremony. The Fun Fair provided many learning opportunities for participants, such as STEM, Scout Skills, Safe from Harm, SDGs, MOP, etc.