For the second time in 2021, CoAsia will continue to cooperate with “Changhua Xizhou Friendly Agricultural Products” that advocates non-toxic farming, purchases at a guaranteed price, not using pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides, and strictly adhering to ecological restoration. CoAsia once again purchased Xizhou Shangshui Rice with the “Adopting an acre of Farmland” and the “Annual Generosity” projects, providing it to colleagues for food and giving back to the society as gifts.

In 2020, CoAsia donated rice to the Hongdao Welfare Foundation for the Elderly, the Dazhuang Community Development Association of Xizhou Township, Changhua County, and the Shuangqi Community Development Association of Heping District, Taichung City. Following those donations, in 2021, CoAsia is cooperating with the Nangang Social Welfare Service Center of the Social Affairs Bureau of the Taipei City Government to provide quarterly subsidies to disadvantaged families in Nangang District, the Xinyi Nangang District Resource Center for the Disabled, the Neihu Women and Family Service Center, the Xinyi Nangang District Early Treatment Resource Center, etc. We help those most in need by providing the most basic food requirements.

The Nangang Social Welfare Service Center has been operating in the community for many years, assisting individuals and families facing crisis including but not limited to unemployment, debt, serious illnesses, and injury. In addition to assisting in applying for related subsidies and benefits, the Social Welfare Center also provides various resources to disadvantaged persons for them to meet their most basic needs, such as having three meals a day. With price fluctuations and continued downturns in the general economy, the Social Welfare Center not only does its best to serve, but also hopes that no matter how poor the people are, they are able to "take good care of their stomachs”. The center also hopes that via community food resources, funding, connections with other networks, and assessments of professional social workers, people in need can reliably get help in getting their most basic needs met.

1. Providing rice to disadvantaged persons in need, meeting their most basic needs of survival.

2.  Conveying social warmth, providing relevant welfare and employment information, and helping disadvantaged persons become independent and socially connected.

3. Developing and integrating local charity resources and shops, providing nearby material assistance.

(Part of the content above is an excerpt from the Nangang Social Welfare Service Center)