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East Taiwan Family Missions
Project Managers:
Nicholas Wright and Pietro Varroto


Project Managers: Nicholas Wright and Pietro Varroto
The East Taiwan Family Mission provided assistance for the aged, sick, orphans, handicapped and the imprisoned. Their activities involved assisting in a number of local hospitals, prisons, orphanages, homes for the elderly and homes for handicapped children. They focused their attention primarily on indigenous peoples and aboriginal tribes in East Taiwan. ETFM has been recognized by many agencies and governmental organizations, with ETFM volunteers staningd ready to provide relief assistance to the people of Taiwan in the event of natural disasters.
- Chinese Children's DayOn Children's Day, we usually perform programs in the Children's wards of several local hospitals. Last year we took our clowning/singing team to three hospitals, The Mennonite Christian Hospital, The Tsu Chi Buddhist Hospital and the City Government hospital. Here we sang songs, clowned and ballooned, all activities designed to make it a special day for the kids.Typhoon TorajiTyphoon Toraji hit Taiwan on the 30th of July, 2001, causing serious damagefrom flooding and landslides. We sent a team with a load of food and clothing to one of the villages affected, Ta Shing,Kuangfu Hsiang, Hualien. A landslide had buried a large part of this village in the early morning while people were sleeping. Twenty four people died and fifteen were missing, buried under tons of mud and rock.Second Rice Project for Chinese Taiwan Aborigine VillagesAfter the busy Chinese New Year we planned our second rice delivery project to the single parents and neediest folks amongst the Aborigine Mountain Villages here in Taiwan. We approached various sponsors whose contributions helped buy the rice, as well as the Aborigine church pastors for their help in preparing the lists of those needing help. For this second project we amassed another 1000 kilos of rice. We were escorted through the villages by the villages elders who are members of the Presbyterian Church here in Taiwan, founded by missionaries about 100 years ago, the most famous being George Mackay from Canada.