Doors to Diplomacy Participants

Affiliated Experimental Elementary School of Taipei Municipal University of (2014 CyberFair Project ID 7712)
Taiwan, Taipei
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 2. Community Groups and Special Populations

We estimate 6 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Our school is located in Chungcheng District, Taipei Bo-ai District, close to the presidential palace and official residence. It is the only elementary school of the ancient Taipei City, and is also a university affiliated experimental elementary school responsible for the mission of nurturing and educating the national seedlings.

Project Description: The Lo-Sheng Sanatorium used to be an isolation facility where leprosy patients were segregated from the rest of the world. Leprosy results in patients’ deformed bodies, lack of mobility, and inerasable harm to their mind due to other people’s long-standing misconceptions and discrimination. As a result of relevant policies and the public’s deep-rooted misconceptions and discrimination, residents at the sanatorium have become unable to return to the society and instead regard the sanatorium as their home. Nevertheless, when faced with enforced evacuation from their home in order to make room for the construction of a Metro Rapid Transit maintenance depot, they bravely established the Lo-Sheng Self-help Association and the Happy Lo-Sheng Alliance, standing up to defend their rights to life with their soul behind their frail bodies.

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