Volunteers build bridge in Chiayi without disrupting water supply to key businesses
Volunteers build bridge in Chiayi without disrupting water supply to key businesses
2026-06-15
Well-known for its good deeds, the Chiayi Charitable Organization mobilizes hundreds of volunteers on the weekends to repair bridges and pave roads. They arrive on packed tour buses from around the country, working together to improve community infrastructure. This time, they built a bridge in Chiayi’s Shuishang. Since it runs over the vital Chianan Canal, to avoid interfering with the Chiayi Science Park, for the first time, they used a significantly more difficult method that doesn’t disrupt the flow of water.
Workers pour concrete from an excavator, while scores of volunteers work together to haul dirt and rocks. This time, the renowned Chiayi Charitable Organization has brought over 200 volunteers to Chiayi’s Shuishang to build a new bridge.
Volunteer
Building bridge
We’re here to build a bridge! We’re great friends. If he goes, I go. We’ve been doing this from the very beginning until now. Don’t think about what you’ll get out of it. As long as you’re happy, that’s what matters.
Volunteer
Building bridge
It’s fun! It’s like we’re benefiting from the good deeds of the charity, getting to travel around and see nice places.
Some of the volunteers are nearly 90 years old, yet still show up to help out. For this project, the bridge goes over the Chianan Canal. To make repairs in the past, they had to stop the flow of water. But this time, to avoid disrupting operations at the Chiayi Science Park and construction of a new TSMC fab, for the first time, the organization tried out a much more difficult method.
Tsai Kun-chang
Chiayi Charitable Organization director
Stopping the flow would mean companies like TSMC and Formosa Chemicals wouldn’t have any water to use, resulting in huge losses. So this time, we did our best to avoid that.
Cheng Hsiu-yu
Chiayi Charitable Organization chair
We usually work on the weekends, but since the Labor Standards Act now says you can’t ship materials on Sundays, we’ve switched to Saturdays.
Whether donating money or getting their hands dirty, these volunteers will traipse across the country to pave the way forward for Taiwan’s small communities.
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嘉邑行善團動員上百志工嘉義水上”不斷水"修新橋
2026-06-15
知名的嘉邑行善團，為了修橋鋪路，都會利用假日，動員上百名的志工，從各地搭遊覽車來，大家一起有力出力，幫忙修築新橋，這次他們來到嘉義水上蓋新橋，因為底下就是嘉南大圳，就怕影響嘉義科學園區的運作，首次採用不斷水的方式蓋橋，也增加了修橋難度。
派出工程車，開始進行灌漿，還有大批的志工，大家幫忙擔起土石，要來修橋鋪路，知名的嘉邑行善團來到嘉義水上，來了超過200名的志工，要一起修築新橋。
[[現場志工]]
“來造橋，我們兩個好朋友，有他就會有我，我們從一開始就做到現在了，做什麼不要想得到什麼，人生開心就好。”
[[現場志工]]
“很有趣啊，等於說我們沾行善團的福氣，到處遊山玩水。”
有的志工甚至已經快90歲了，也照樣來修橋鋪路，不過橋的下面，就是嘉南大圳，過去在修，都會先斷水，方便修橋的工程，但這次，因為水會通往嘉義科學園區，也包括了興建中的台積電嘉義廠，就怕影響園區運作，首次不斷水修橋，也增加作業難度。
[[嘉義市嘉邑行善團執行長 蔡坤章]]
“我們會影響到台積電、台化公司，我們如果斷水，他們就會連用水都不能用，損失很大，所以我們這次工程盡量不斷水。”
[[嘉義市嘉邑行善團理事長 鄭秀玉]]
“以前我們在做都是週六週日，但是現在因為勞基法週日不能出貨，所以我們就統一改在週六。”
大家有錢出錢、有力出力，全台跑透透，一起為地方築橋造路。
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