Care 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.
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 special education courses on judo, choir and archery. Recognizing the challenges in cultural preservation, WNC established a curriculum to promote Atayal culture in 2023, aiming to educate children about and foster acceptance of the indigenous way of life and cultural traits, and in turn facilitate the sustainable development of Atayal culture. WNC and employees donated a total of NT$540,000 to Tunan Elementary School to cover expenses relating to facilities, equipment, coach/teachers, and contest 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 2023, WNC employees donated NT$200,000 to help Siang Bi Elementary School purchase archery equipment and participate in regional archery competitions. The school’s archery team performed exceptionally well in the competitions. In addition to the school children, the graduates of the archery team also continued to perform well and achieved outstanding results in the President’s Cup, Youth Cup, and National High School Games.
Sponsorship Program 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 heritage education in rural primary schools. The scope of support also increased.
WNC employees sponsored 99 rural schoolchildren in 2023, for a total amount of NT$1,680,000. An additional 20 employees joined the cause compared to the previous year. These employees demonstrated their generosity by continuing their support for the sponsorship program, ensuring uninterrupted attention to the children in need.
Differentiated English Teaching Program
WNC and the Boyo Foundation began working together to launch a three-year Differentiated English Teaching Program to provide free after-school English classes for Tunan Elementary School students in Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County in 2020. The aim of this program is to supplement the English learning resources in remote indigenous areas, and assist elementary school children to seamlessly 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.
14 supervisors and their family members volunteered to organize the results demonstration event at Hsinchu Zoo. It was also the first outdoor demonstration of our achievements in the three-year program and a rare opportunity for the children to experience life outside the mountains. On June 3, 2023, WNC successfully brought 32 children from Jianshi to downtown Hsinchu. Fourteen supervisors and their family members volunteered to organize the results demonstration event at Hsinchu Zoo. It was also the first outdoor demonstration of our achievements in the three-year program and a rare opportunity for the children to experience life outside the mountains.
Launched in September 2020 and ended in June 2022, the program has received support from many senior executives in WNC with donation totaling NT$2,500,000. In the second half of 2023, the second phase of the Differentiated English Teaching Program was launched. The NT$808,000 raised has been fully utilized for Tunan Elementary School, covering expenses such as hiring of lecturers, course materials, English camps, and outings.
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. In 2023, 11 WNC colleagues and retired employees brought the WNC Classroom teaching materials to Tunan Elementary School. The aim is to spark curiosity among students of all grades about the principles and applications of communications technology through fun and engaging methods, thereby igniting their interest in scientific learning projects. In addition, to promote digital development in rural areas, WNC donated 10 computers and monitors to the children of Tunan Elementary School in November 2023, hoping this will enable them to continue learning even at home.
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. Through its cooperation with 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 WNC helps college students promote after-school assistance and science education for disadvantaged children from remote areas, disadvantaged elderly, children, and people with disabilities. 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. In August, WNC mobilized 16 employees to participate in the summer service camp organized by the NTHU WHYOU Club, where they interacted and had fun with 66 elementary school students, three of whom were from Tunan Elementary School. In 2023, WNC and colleagues jointly funded NT$880,000 for the service-oriented clubs of the six universities mentioned above as funds for serving rural and disadvantaged groups. In August, WNC mobilized 16 employees to participate in the summer service camp organized by the NTHU WHYOU Club, where they interacted and had fun with 66 elementary school students, three of whom were from Tunan Elementary School.