2013
Promoting experiential tours has been a key step for our aim to creating sustainable development in the Huatung region. For the past two years, we ongoingly trained local travel agents and shared our business model for experiential tourism in hopes that they can independently run Huatung experiential tours and to involve more people to create larger positive impact on Huatung’s tourism, which will not only bring in more tourists, but will create more business for the agencies.
In 2013, we extended the market internationally in hopes to attract international markets, such as expatriate communities residing in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and Macau. We have successfully passed our knowledge to the agencies, and now play the side role as a consultant.
This year, we continued our focus on education. Because of the challenge to entice quality teachers to move to remote areas, students who are already living in underprivileged circumstances have a much lower chance to succeed. Under the current education system, children from families with lower socioeconomic status tend to lose out. This is by far the most unfair and unjust aspect in our existing education system. We hope Junyi will offer a unique and valuable learning experience for the disadvantaged children. We believe that reforms must be undertaken at the root of the education system in order to structurally transform the future of Huatung and ensure its sustainable development. We believe that education can’t wait, therefore we hope to plant a new seed for the education system in Taiwan by integrating the Waldorf spirit and Junyi mission into Taiwan’s original education system forming a different/new way of education.
Education can open many doors. We also developed vocational programs inviting teachers from National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism to create theoretical and experiential curriculum for hospitality programs, bed and breakfast (B&B) management programs, eco-tourism programs, and more for students in grades 11 and 12. Experiential learning enables students to connect with their real job, and to help develop a direction for students who don’t have one. We aim to set an example for education. Our goal is to demonstrate and share our experiences for the future of education to change the lives of children living in remote areas.
In 2013, we extended the market internationally in hopes to attract international markets, such as expatriate communities residing in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and Macau. We have successfully passed our knowledge to the agencies, and now play the side role as a consultant.
This year, we continued our focus on education. Because of the challenge to entice quality teachers to move to remote areas, students who are already living in underprivileged circumstances have a much lower chance to succeed. Under the current education system, children from families with lower socioeconomic status tend to lose out. This is by far the most unfair and unjust aspect in our existing education system. We hope Junyi will offer a unique and valuable learning experience for the disadvantaged children. We believe that reforms must be undertaken at the root of the education system in order to structurally transform the future of Huatung and ensure its sustainable development. We believe that education can’t wait, therefore we hope to plant a new seed for the education system in Taiwan by integrating the Waldorf spirit and Junyi mission into Taiwan’s original education system forming a different/new way of education.
Education can open many doors. We also developed vocational programs inviting teachers from National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism to create theoretical and experiential curriculum for hospitality programs, bed and breakfast (B&B) management programs, eco-tourism programs, and more for students in grades 11 and 12. Experiential learning enables students to connect with their real job, and to help develop a direction for students who don’t have one. We aim to set an example for education. Our goal is to demonstrate and share our experiences for the future of education to change the lives of children living in remote areas.
Stanley C. Yen
Chairman
Chairman
