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The Yi Chang Junior High School (2008 CyberFair Project ID 5368)
Taiwan,
Taiwan,
Hualien
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 2. Community Groups and Special Populations
We estimate 8 student(s) from 8 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Hualien is a beautiful place, and it’s the biggest county in Taiwan. The reason why there is a lot of beautiful scenery is that Hualien has not been fully exploited yet. Natural scenes are thus preserved.
Because of inconvenient transportation, many places still have not been exploited and Hualien is usually called “the backyard of Taiwan”. In Hualien, many young people leave their hometown and work in other places and leave their children to grandparents to take care of. Therefore, cross-generation breeding is very common in Hualien. Because of cross-generation breeding, many elderly people cannot fully know how their grandchildren learn at school. They even do not know if their grandchildren go to school or not, which leads to a serious problem--drop-out students Examples that drop-out students become juvenile delinquents are generally seen.
Project Description: In recent years, youth crime has become a serious social problem. When minister Huang Mingzhen came to the prison to counsel prisoners, he deeply felt that their histories of committing crimes had started in their youth.
In order to decrease and prevent the rate of youth crime, Prison Fellowship Taiwan imitated the mode of Caffery farm in Texas America and established “Faith Hope Love Youth Academy” in Guangfu Township, Hualien County. They take in teenagers tending to commit crimes or having misconducts; they wish to influence them in a bright way through “the love of Juses Christ” and to keep them away from the edges of committing crimes through efforts and charity of social workers. Under the guardianship of Youth Academy, schools and the society, they can be good strength in the society.
“Younger ages of committing crimes, older ages of keeping away from prisons.” minister Huang Mingzhen wished that establishing Youth Academy could reduce crime rate, that through Cyberfair contest, the public could know more about Youth Academy, and that every one could care more about youth crime to contribute to public security.