Child battling health challenges wins Presidential Education Award
Child battling health challenges wins Presidential Education Award
2025-06-19
Yin Ya-shan, a sixth grader at Taoyuan’s Nanmen Elementary School, is one of the winners of this year’s Presidential Education Awards. The award recognizes students who manage to thrive and excel under difficult circumstances, which is a mild way to describe Yin’s circumstances. She was born with multiple illnesses and by the age of 4, she had undergone eight major surgeries. Now, every day, she needs to carry a 5kg oxygen machine on her tiny back and wears a thin breathing tube on her face to stay alive. However, she’s an optimistic child and wants to set up a foundation in the future to help others.
The child playing beautiful melodies onstage is Yin Ya-shan, a student at Nanmen Elementary School in Taoyuan. In addition to playing the piano, she’s quite a talented painter. The walls of her home are all covered with her artworks.
She can perform all kinds of songs and dances, just like any other child. Ya-shan was born with umbilical fissures, biliary atresia, heart disease and other conditions. By the age of 4, she had undergone eight operations. After a long battle with serious illnesses, she now has to use a ventilator 24 hours a day.
Yin Ya-shan
Presidential Education Award winner
This is a must-have item for my physical education class. Since I consume a lot of oxygen when I run or exercise, this oxygen machine doesn’t supply enough so I have to use a large steel canister.
Yin Ya-shan’s mother
These kinds of children have such a hard time. In fact, it is not just Ya-shan. There are many special education children. They actually have many families undergoing hardships, which is something nobody sees.
Everyday her tiny body must carry an oxygen machine weighing 4kg to 5kg on her back and wear a thin breathing tube on her face. However, Ya-shan refuses to bow to fate. She is optimistic and actively takes part in charity events, and this year she won a Presidential Education Award. In the future, she says she wants to set up an association for those who are fighting for their lives.
Yin Ya-shan
Presidential Education Award winner
I hope my “Life Warrior Award” can encourage many people. If in the future, if possible, I hope to establish a foundation.
Fang Jui-mei
Nanmen Elementary School principal
She’s naturally optimistic and full of smiles. Every breath she takes is to survive. She is an inspiration to all the students in our school.
Ya-shan is wasting no efforts in a battle to not just survive, but also grow up. Behind this, she has not only received the care of her family, but also the companionship of teachers at her school. She is writing her own life story with a smile and courage, hoping that her own life experience can help others.
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"24小時戴呼吸器"仍笑咪咪 小鬥士尹雅汕獲總統教育獎
2025-06-19
今年就讀桃園市南門國小六年級的尹雅汕，先天罹患多項疾病，四歲前開了八次大手術，長期與病魔搏鬥，但她樂觀向上，積極參與公益活動，更榮獲2025總統教育獎的殊榮，她希望將來能創立基金會，幫助更多人。
在舞台上，彈奏出優美旋律，她是就讀桃園南門國小的尹雅汕，除了彈鋼琴外，還相當有繪畫天分，家裡牆壁上全是她的畫作。
就連唱歌跳舞也樣樣行，乍看之下跟一般小朋友沒什麼不同，但她其實一出生，就罹患臍裂、膽道閉鎖、心臟病等疾病，四歲前就歷經了八次手術。長期與病魔搏鬥，現在，24小時都得依賴呼吸器。
[[總統教育獎得主 尹雅汕]]
“這個是我體育課必備的東西，由於我跑步時或運動時耗氧量大，這台攜帶氧沒辦法供給這麼多的氧氣，所以必須要用大型的鋼瓶。”
[[尹雅汕媽媽]]
“這樣的孩子這麼的辛苦，其實不只雅汕，還有很多特教的孩子，他們其實是很多很多辛苦家庭，大家看不到的地方。”
小小身軀得每天揹著4、5公斤重的氧氣機，臉上還得帶著細長的呼吸管維持生命，不過，尹雅汕不向命運低頭，樂觀的她，還積極參與公益活動，榮獲今年總統教育獎殊榮，她說希望未來能成立「生命鬥士協會」。
[[總統教育獎得主 尹雅汕]]
“希望我的生命鬥士獎，是可以鼓勵到很多人。那個基金會未來如果有弄的話，希望就是可以順利起航。”
[[桃園南門國小校長 房瑞美]]
“她自己天生也很樂觀，充滿笑容。她的每一口呼吸都是為了活下去，也鼓舞了我們學校所有的學生。”
奮力成長的背後除了家人的照顧，還有學校師長的陪伴，尹雅汕用微笑與勇氣寫下生命故事，也希望自身經歷能幫助更多人。
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