Charity call for donations to help people over Lunar New Year

2022-12-30

Over the Lunar New Year holidays, many charities hold annual banquets for disadvantaged groups. This year, the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation is giving out Lunar New Year meals and red envelopes to people in need. If you’d like to help out, the foundation says donations can be wire transferred through the post office. FTV reporter Stephany Yang has the details.

Three actors, Tsao Yu-ning, Liao Xiao-jie and Sean Lin, mix the paint and then pour it onto the rabbit sculpture. They wish everyone a happy Lunar New Year and also encourage the public to donate to the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation to help those in need.

Liao Xiao-jie
Actor
A small action can affect many people or help many people. We must unite and work hard on this. Whether it is monetary or material donations, they can actually help people.

Sean Lin
Actor
When I walk outside on the streets, I always help them. Especially now the weather is colder, I try to help a bit more. For them, it is a warm and kind act.

Due to the pandemic, the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation has canceled its annual Lunar New Year banquet for the second year in a row. Instead, they will be giving out a Lunar New Year meal and a red envelope to people in need. Organizers say that with not long left till the Lunar New Year, their donations have only reached less than 60 % of the target.

Wu Chao-fen
Genesis Social Welfare Foundation
We expect to start sending gifts and red envelopes from Jan. 9 to Jan. 19, but currently, our total fundraising is at less than 60% of the target. We are very worried. The Genesis Foundation has taken care of nearly 2,000 people in unresponsive states. In addition, we have some families of unresponsive patients who may not be willing to send them to our nursing home. They take care of them at home, so we also provide service at home, where we visit the client’s home to assist and coach them in caregiving skills.

The Genesis Social Welfare Foundation has been providing care to people with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome for over 30 years. The foundation plans to send out 12,000 red envelopes and gifts to help families that have family members in an unresponsive state, older adults living alone, homeless people and single mothers, so that all can have a warm and happy Lunar New Year.

過年前送暖創世基金會為弱勢募款

2022-12-30

農曆新年假期，許多慈善機構都會為弱勢團體辦尾牙。今年因應疫情，創世紀金會改發放禮盒和紅包，也發起募款，期盼民眾共同響應。

演員曹佑寧、小杰和林敬倫
顏料，倒在陶瓷兔子上，手拿著彩繪兔子祝大家新年快樂，也鼓勵民眾捐款給創世基金會，幫助有需要的人。

[[藝人小杰]]
"一個小動作你可以影響到很多人，或是幫助到很多人。我們要一起團結來為這個事情努力，不管是捐款或是實質上的物質的捐贈，都能夠實質的幫助人。"

[[演員林敬倫]]
"尤其像最近寒流來了，走在路上，都會覺得我給他們多一點幫助，對他們來講也是一份溫暖。"

創世基金會以往都會舉辦「寒士吃飽30」，今年因疫情採「送禮到家」，他們將年禮和紅包送給弱勢族群，創世基金會表示，快過年了，基金會募款卻不到六成。

[[創世基金會公關主任吳昭芬]]
"我們預計1月9號到1月19開始送年禮跟紅包，但是到現在，我們的整個經費大概募集不到六成，所以我們很擔心。創世基金會現在已經安養了將近有2，000位植物人，另外，我們有一些植物人家庭有可能不捨得送到我們的安養院，他在家照顧，我們也提供到家的一個服務，到個案家去協助他們，
導他們照顧的技巧。"

創世基金會協助植物人護理照顧超過三十年，這次除了將送年禮及應急紅包給植物人家庭，也包括清寒獨居長輩、街友、單親媽媽等，共12，000份，希望大家都能度過溫馨幸福的農曆年。