Center for people with disabilities receives presidential award

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/09/07
By: Chang Chi and Chung Yu-chen

Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) The Taiwan Mennonite New Dawn Educare Center, a facility for individuals with disabilities in the eastern county of Hualien, recently received a Presidential Cultural Award in recognition of its decades-long dedication to humanitarian efforts.

The center, founded in 1977 by Canadian pastor Otto Dirks and his wife Elaine Dirks, had capacity to care for only five people when its was first established.

Currently, it accommodates 250 individuals and has evolved to provide a range of humanitarian services that help the disabled integrate into society.

In a recent interview with CNA, New Dawn Educare Center Executive Director Liang Kuei-hua (梁桂花) said center staff see their mission as working to safeguard the wellbeing of people with disabilities.    [FULL  STORY]