Doors to Diplomacy Participants

Kang Chiao International School Xiugang Campus(JH) (2020 CyberFair Project ID 8523)
Taiwan, New Taipei
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 2. Community Groups and Special Populations

We estimate 8 student(s) from 16 to 17 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: The topic of this study focuses on the dilemma faced by South-eastern Asian migrant workers in Taiwan, sharing how non-profit organizations help improve their lives. Many of them couldn't find a suitable job in their home countries that couble support family expenses, so they travel housands of miles to Taiwan for any job opportunities: housekeeping, manufactoring, and laboring; however, after they arrived Taiwan, incomplete legal provisions and measures have deprived their rights to work, hence their lives and property cannot be fully protected, which has causedThe topic of this study focuses on the dilemma faced by foreign migrant workers in Taiwan, in order to better understand how non-profit organizations migrating people can help them improve their lives; in the field of many major projects and hospital wards, even in their own homes, many When they saw foreign migrants, they generally came to Taiwan because they couldn't find a suitable job in their home country to support family expenses. However, after to Taiwan, incomplete legal provisions and measures have deprived these migrants of their rights to work, Their lives and property cannot be fully protected, and related social adaptation issues have been extended, which has caused biased news reports and created a social stereotype for them. This also deepens the difficulty of migrating to life; the editor of migration The participants personally visited the migrant workers, learned about their lives and experiences, wrote stories about the migrant workers through the media platform, and spoke to foreign friends in Taiwan. injustice, such as biased news reports and social stereotypes of them. This also increased the difficulty of immigrants adapting Taiwanese society. To improve these social phenomenon, the editors of Migrants personally visited the migrant workers, learned about their lives and experiences, wrote stories about the migrant workers through online media, and spoke for these foreign friends in Taiwan.

Project Description: As the rise of the aged population and the widespread of sub-replacement fertility, the dependency ratio for each young adult rises gradually. In response to this, every 40 people in Taiwan are migrant workers from Southeast Asia. At the same time, nearly 100,000 migrant workers filling the industry positions in factories and social welfare in Taipei. Living in a foreign country, besides the situation of homesickness, they also have to face cultural and food difference. Walking on the streets of Taipei, there are several Southeast Asian grocery stores. Among them, the small Indonesian Street on Peiping West Road around Taipei Station attracts the attention of many Indonesian migrant workers, and satiate their loneliness. As the important hub of Taiwan ’s transportation, Taipei Station connects the north to the south and is a zone for migrant workers to rest. Every Sunday, Migrant workers can be spotted at Taipei Station; some people even come from Hualien to meet friends aside from busy work.

Click Here to View Project Narrative