Caring for Children
Our mission
- Care for children's growth and address educational issues, promoting specialized education to build their self-confidence
- Cultivate college students' values and sense of University Social Responsibility (USR), providing resources through projects to support students in proposing and implementing initiatives
Our role
- Providing sponsorships to develop specialized and subject-specific education in Tunan Elementary School and Siang Bi Elementary School
- Encourage university clubs to submit activity proposals that care for disadvantaged children in rural areas, serving as a strong support for dual-purpose assistance in both social issues and public welfare
- Create educational materials by using the core business of wireless communications to broaden the horizons of children in rural areas via WNC Classroom
Our actions
- Sponsorship Program for Rural Schoolchildren (working together with Family Support Center)
- Differentiated English Teaching Program (with Boyo Foundation)
- WNC Classroom, arousing children's curiosity about wireless communications
- Assisting university service clubs in caring for children and youth in disadvantaged communities in rural areas, promoting science education and other social services initiatives
The changes we have brought about
- Expanded the learning horizons of students in remote areas and increased the meaningfulness of cultural, environmental and science education
- Provided equal learning opportunities to students of different levels
- Encouraged students in rural areas to continue their education so as to boost future employment opportunities
- Cultivated a spirit of volunteerism amongst employees
- Cultivated college students' concern for society and values, and project planning and execution skills
Rural Education for Elementary Schoolchildren
WNC cares for underprivileged children and recognizes the importance of developing education tailored to rural communities. WNC has provided sponsorships to Tunan Elementary School in Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County, since 2013, assisting the school in organizing courses on judo, choir and archery. In 2023 courses on Atayal culture were introduced. These courses were continued in 2024, and WNC and employees donated a total of NT$350,000 to Tunan Elementary School to cover expenses relating to facilities, equipment, coach/teachers, and tournament participation.
Since June 2017, WNC’s social care program has provided support to Siang Bi Elementary School in Miaoli County to help their students practice archery, help regenerate traditional Atayal hunting practices and archery culture to be passed on to future generations. In 2024, WNC and employees donated a total of NT$200,000 to Siang Bi Elementary School to purchase archery equipment, clothing, and cover administrative expenses for participating in regional competitions. In addition to the children in the school, archery team graduates continued to perform well, achieving excellent results in the President’s Cup, Youth Cup, and the National High School Games.
We also plan to organize environmental education courses at elementary schools in urban-rural fringe areas in 2025 so that students in these schools can gain ecological knowledge and cultivate environmental protection awareness through hands-on activities. We have therefore expanded the number of organizations that we support and the topics we focus on.
Sponsorship Programs for Rural Schoolchildren
In June 2019, WNC began working with the Miaoli Chunan Family Support Center on a sponsorship plan for schoolchildren in rural areas. WNC successfully duplicated this success in a joint program with the Hsinchu Family Support Center in 2020, extending support for specialized education in rural primary schools. The scope of support also increased in 2024 with sponsorship to the tune of NT$1.81 million, helping a total of 124 schoolchildren. An additional 43 employees joined the cause compared to the previous year. These employees demonstrated their generosity by continuing their support for the program, ensuring uninterrupted attention to these children in need.
Differentiated English Teaching Program
WNC and the Boyo Social Welfare Foundation launched a three-year Differentiated English Teaching Program to provide free after-school English classes for Tunan Elementary School students in Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County from 2020 to 2022. The aim of this program was to supplement the English learning resources in remote indigenous areas, and assist elementary school children to move on to the middle school curriculum. This program features “individualized learning” where different teaching materials are used based on the varying levels of the children. It aims to bridge the learning gap and assist them in reaching the proficiency level required within the education system. This program therefore uses specially-designed English teaching materials and utilizes small-class teaching and individual guidance.
In the second half of 2023, WNC decided to promote an “English Teaching 2.0” program to run from 2023 to 2026. The courses in the program are divided into two plans, each customized according to students’ available learning time. For students with fewer study hours (need to cooperate with transportation scheduling or participation in sports competitions and clubs), the goals will be slightly lowered so that students can gain something even with fewer study hours and help build students’ confidence in continuing learning. Those who have sufficient study hours will continue to enhance their English ability through the teaching materials compiled by the Boyo Foundation, qualitative assessment, and Boyo’s own 400-word Fun English module.
The NT$808,000 raised in 2024 has been fully utilized for Tunan Elementary School, covering expenses such as hiring of teachers, course materials, English camps, and outings. In May, 18 employees and their family members organized an English camp activity, including the CEO, and the Chief Sustainability Officer. They accompanied the students in learning vocabulary and grammar.
Photos of students in WNC’s Differentiated English Teaching Program
Volunteer Activity: WNC Classroom
Leveraging its industry knowledge, WNC designed a series of basic communications and science teaching materials in 2020. These are provided to elementary schools in remote areas as supplementary materials for science and technology classes to bridge the rural-urban divide. WNC also invited Tsing Hua University student interns to participate in the WNC Classroom course planning and writing. The game-based course contents are designed for grade one through grade six to make exploring technological trends and applications more fun. After several twists and turns during the pandemic, we went to Tunan Elementary School in 2023 and Siang Bi Elementary School in 2024 with our WNC Classroom teaching materials to start on-site teaching.
In 2024, six present and former employees designed age-appropriate lesson plans, and through on-site teaching brought a different type of technology course to students at Siang Bi Elementary School.
Photos of students in WNC Classroom
Assisting University Service Clubs
To encourage college students to serve as volunteers WNC started to provide long-term subsidies for student clubs back in 2009. The company has provided long-term subsides to the NTHU Indigenous Culture Club, the NTHU Science Promotion Club, the NTHU WHYOU Club, the NCKU Social Service Team, the NCKU Philanthropy Club, and the NCKU Students Service Club. In the second half of 2024 National Yangming Chiaotung University’s Smrangi Sanfu Club was added to the roster. In 2024, WNC and employees donated NT$930,000 to the seven university clubs mentioned above as funds for serving rural and disadvantaged groups. WNC requires club members to submit proposals at the beginning of the semester and submit results reports at the end of the semester. This boosts club members’ planning, execution, and presentation skills and helps lay a solid foundation for performance in their future careers.