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and the elementary schools in Yunlin, has set up a
second Character and English Institute, focusing on the
developing participants' core character values and crucial
skills, along with their interest and skill in the English
language. HTC provides full sponsorship for all the costs
of the education, including establishment and renovation
of the facilities and the costs of course materials and
instructors, as well as meals, accommodations and
transportations for the participants. The five-day, four-
night camps for English and character-building courses
are provided free of charge for 2,000 students in Yunlin
County every year, helping to bridge the difference in
foreign language learning resources between urban and
countryside areas.
• In September 2011, HTC established a third Character
and English Institute in Chiayi.
• HTC continued to sponsor "Good Deed
Representative" Yin Guanghua for the fifth consecutive
year in giving character-building lectures at hundreds
of schools and prisons around the country.
• HTC has provided free Dale Carnegie course teacher
training through the Pan Shi ("Bedrock") Education
Project for a cumulative total of 32,375 persons;
character training for teachers for a cumulative total
of 26,047 persons; deep communication and self-
expression training for 4,107 persons; character-
building education lectures for 1,442 persons; and
character-building lectures by celebrities for 4,028
persons. A total of 68,000 persons throughout Taiwan
have received training through the Project. The Project
began promoting Character Building Schools in
Taoyuan County in 2008, and has provided a total of
NT$24 million in sponsorship for 100 different schools.
• HTC continues to promote its "Township Character"
plans for public servants in five different townships,
providing training to a cumulative total of 4,300 persons.
• For the 7th consecutive year, HTC is continuing to
sponsor life and character-building education institutes
for teenagers, such as the Champions Education
Association and Rainbow Family Life Education
Association, in order to promote life education and
character-building education for teenagers.
• For the 3rd consecutive year, HTC is continuing to
sponsor 21 public schools in Costa Rica to promote
character-building education programs, which has so
far benefited more than 23,000 students.
7-2. Community Building
(1) Blood donation drives
Each year HTC invites the HsinChu Blood Center to
conduct 4 blood donation activities at HTC, and since
2006, many of our warmhearted employees have
made it a habit to donate blood on a regular basis.
When they hear the blood donation bus is on the
way, they automatically roll up their sleeves, taking
immediate action and giving their warm support to
the community. Each year HTC wins the HsinChu
Blood Center's award for outstanding blood donation
organization.
HTC has set a goal of over 1,000 bags of donated
blood per year. In 2011 its total was 1,245 bags of blood
donated.
(2) Environmental Cleanups in Mountain and Seaside Areas
HTC has chosen the area surrounding its Taoyuan
headquarters for green activities to help create cleaner
mountains and seaside areas. By getting closer to nature
in their off hours, HTC employees more spontaneously
engage with environmentalism and take positive action
to show their determination to protect and maintain the
environment.
(3) Subsidizing Education for Needy Children
For a number of years now, the HTC Foundation has
also devoted effort to helping underprivileged groups
by providing educational opportunities to children
of needy families. In addition to providing programs
to encourage their continuing education, HTC works
tirelessly to participate in the community and serve
society by helping promote core values that will foster
individuals who are upright, honest, caring, concerned,
and respectful, and to promote positive thinking and
concern natural resources.
Public Service Activities in Taiwan:
• Since 2008, HTC has been sponsoring participation
by children from low-income households in "English
Village" activities in Taoyuan County, contributing a
total of over NT$2.7 million in sponsorship.
• HTC, in cooperation with World Vision Taiwan, has for
9 consecutive years been supporting 72 impoverished
children in the Yuli area in Hualien, and from 2003 to
2011, 200 other impoverished children abroad. HTC
organizes hot pot gatherings every year and offers
educational gifts.
• For the 7th consecutive year, HTC has continued to
sponsor after-school supervision for 300 children
from low-income households, in cooperation with the
Chinese Christian Relief Association.
• For the 4th year, HTC continues to sponsor the Joy
Association in Shoufeng, Hualien, providing after-school
tutoring for 50 disadvantaged teenagers and character-
building education for 200 children every year.
• For the 4th year, HTC continues to sponsor the Bread
of Life Christian Church in Xihu, Changhua, providing
after-school remedial education for 50 disadvantaged
teenagers.
• HTC set up scholarship awards for impoverished
students in 3 high schools in 2010, which have
providing financial support for a total of 350 students.
Public Service Activities in Foreign Countries
• HTC, in cooperation with World Vision Taiwan, provided
support for 500 children from low-income households
in Central America, Guatemala, and Salvador (2004-
2005); 500 children from low-income households in
Haiti and the Republic of Ghana (2006-2007); and 200
children from impoverished households in Haiti and the
Republic of Ghana (2008-2011).
• Since 2007, HTC has been providing scholarships for
students from impoverished households at schools
in China's remote northwest regions and Qinghai
Province. Twenty-six of those students have received
tuition support from high school all the way to college,
with another 48 students receiving support for their
high school tuition.
• From 2007 to 2009, HTC provided support for 100
high school students in Benxi No. 1 Senior High School
in Liaoning Province and Yinchuang No. 1 Senior High
School in Ningxia Province. Starting in 2011, HTC has
been sponsoring 230 high school students in three
high schools in the disaster stricken areas in the
Province of Sichuan, providing full support for tuition
and living expenses year-round for disadvantaged and
impoverished students.
(4) Provision of assistance for the second consecutive year
to the Rehabilitation Hope Project at the Development
Center for the Spinal Cord Injured.
• In April 2011, as part of the "LOHAS Green Energy
Week," HTC held a "Second-hand Children's Book
Collection Drive" in its plant and office facilities in
Northern, Central, and Southern Taiwan, encouraging
employees to donate children's books from their
homes for donation to the Chinese Christian Relief
Association of Taiwan, helping provide children from
needy homes with quality reading materials to help
them create a more fulfilling future.
• HTC continues to provide assistance to the
Rehabilitation Hope Project at the Development
Center for the Spinal Cord Injured.
(5) Hiring Persons With Disabilities
In an event held by the Taoyuan County Government,
"Sharing Results of the Employment Drive and Awarding
Outstanding Companies—Displaying Aspiration at the
Workplace and Working Together," HTC won an award
for "Outstanding Company for Hiring of Physically and
Mentally Disabled Persons." It was also invited to a press
conference to share its experience as a model company
in this area, an honor that was achieved through
teamwork and cooperation between members of every
department and the support of the high-level policy
makers of the company.
HTC has always believed in quietly doing what it believes
is right and what is helpful to the society. In hiring
persons with disabilities, in takes their special needs
and characteristics into consideration with respect
to their job duties, and works with various supportive
and protective service agencies for job matching. In
particular, for employees working in the production and
manufacturing area, it initially established a dedicated
line for recruitment and provided a series of initial
training courses. At the same time, volunteers among the
employees play the role of "little angels" who help make
arrangements for their basic needs in terms of food,
shelter, clothing, and transportation at the company,
while also keeping up to date with their progress in their
work and any assistance they might require. Through
systematic training and practical work experience, each
of the disabled employees is able to become familiarized
with their work and become productive, and to take
further steps to take up ordinary duties and develop
the same work skills as other employees. HTC's disabled
employees are thus able to grow through their work
experience and achieve economic independence.
Areas in which HTC employs persons with disabilities
include nursing, education and training, personnel
recruitment, salary-related management, document
receipt and issuance, plant engineering, environmental
maintenance, production and manufacturing, and
quality control inspection. In 2010, HTC employed 145
persons with disabilities, 33 more than the statutory
required number. In 2011, it employed 173 persons with
disabilities, or 32 more than required under the law. HTC
has thus not only met but far exceeded the statutory
requirements in this area.
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