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museums, libraries, family education center, 22 domestic non-profit seeking
organizations in 22 counties and cities of Taiwan and 12 allied countries
(Guatemala, Paraguay, Ecuador, Dominic Republic, Peru, El Salvador, Belize,
Nicaragua, Mexico, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia). Continuing from
last year (2012), ASUS contributed recycled and new computers to the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education to help promote computer
learning program in young students, disadvantaged or seniors in Taiwan and in
allied countries. The TabletPC contributed in 2013 become the tools for
promoting mobile service, mobile reading and happiness initiation. The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education have presented
crystal trophies and letters of appreciation to commend on the long-term
commitment in education and cultural charity business by ASUS Foundation.
(3) DOC Project and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Project: Digital Gap Shortening
project continues (7th year) to establish digital leaning center and hold activities
that promote digital learning through ADOC platform and cooperating with
non-profit seeking organization via Ministry of Foreign Affairs for computer
contribution, ASUS has cooperated with international volunteer teams of
domestic universities for the International Volunteer Project since 2011, who
jointly visit remote areas in Taiwan or overseas to provide digital teaching
services.
a. ADOC Project: In addition to the computer contribution, international
volunteer project, and picture competition, ADOC Project is added with
short-film competition and the “I Can Fly” Internship Competition cooperated
between ASUS Philippines and Vietnam, assisting the outstanding youths in
poverty with opportunities to work with ASUS.
- Picture/Short Film Competition: This is the fourth year in a row for ASUS
to co-sponsor ICT competition event with Secretariat to encourage
members at the international ADOC digital learning center to share learning
experience, technical exchange, and successful stories of digital learning
via this platform. The 2010 Blog competition,, 2011 picture competition,
and the 2012 and 2013 picture competition and short-term competitions
were quite popular and supported by members. There are 10 countries
(participants: Chile, Peru, Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam,
Thailand, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and Russia) participating in the
competition. The ADOC website integrates with FB ADOC Facebook to
cast votes and undergo professional judges to select 12 teams with the
highest scores. The stories of international digital learning are prepared into
2014 calendar to promote digital learning.
- Establishing digital learning center: setting up one computer room in Peru,
Indonesia and Vietnam.
Peru: 4 digital learning centers established as of 2013.
Contributed computers in 201 to assist President Elementary
School and World Vision with establishing two computer rooms.
Continued to cooperate with World Vision in 2012 to establish
third computer room in Andinos, the poorest place in Peru, and to
provide students in that area with access to digital learning.
Cooperated with PROMPERU for tourism export in 2013 and
participated in ADOC in-depth digital counseling project.
Established 1 center in Cusco and established Alpaca textile and
featured food industry clusters in local area.