我們上報了!! 看看CNA怎麼報導暑期青年志工

FEATURE: Taiwan offers overseas youngsters chance to volunteer

2012/9/8 下午 06:53:00

By James Lee, CNA staff reporter Walking in the high mountains and breathing the fresh air, a group of foreign college students from eight different countries enjoyed a rare opportunity to experience Taiwan in a way that few tourists can. They are on a two-month program that allows them to stay for free in dormitories operated by the Forestry Bureau, while volunteering their services in Taiwan's forest recreation areas. "Even before I leave Taiwan, I've already started to miss it," said Maya Le of Vietnam, one of the 16 college students who participated in what the volunteers called the "insightful volunteer tourism" program on the island between July 1 and Aug. 31 through the global youth organization AIESEC. Taiwan has long been noted for its delicious cuisine and its food culture, but during her stay, what impressed Le the most was its "breathtaking" scenery, said the 20-year-old English major. "I have fallen in love with the mountains," Le said, adding that she used to be a city girl but her stay in Taiwan has convinced her to spend more time in nature. The Forestry Bureau under the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture kicked off the volunteer program in 1996 and since then has recruited some 1,500 volunteers to work as tour guides across the country. But this year is the first time the program has been opened to overseas youngsters. "We would like to attract more young people to join the effort to maintain the forests and, at the same time, promote Taiwan's nature," Weng Li-hsin, a section chief at the bureau, told CNA. This year, 16 foreign and 34 local volunteers have been recruited. They were assigned to eight different district offices of the bureau and were asked to mainly do manual labor. Part of their work includes learning from experienced volunteers to help bureau maintain the forest recreation area, organize summer camps and sometimes give guided tours. As part of the program, all the young volunteers were encouraged to post articles and pictures of their experience on the Internet, with the aim of promoting Taiwan tourism, especially its forest recreation areas to overseas visitors, said Weng. Taiwan attracted over 6 million foreign visitors in 2011 -- a record number for the country, but only one fifth of the tourists visited its 18 forest recreation areas, according to statistics. Some 60 percent of the foreign visitors were from China, while those from the United States and Europe accounted for less than 10 percent, statistics showed. Weng said she wanted to use this opportunity to let the volunteers spread the word so that more people around the world, as well as in Taiwan, will know about its other side, which is generously endowed by nature. So far, foreign volunteers' blogs alone have attracted some 30,000 clicks. Lee Tao-sheng, the bureau's director-general told CNA that this program has gotten great feedback. The bureau is planning to not only duplicate it but also expand the project next year in terms of the number of volunteers or their service hours. It will serve as the foundation of other similar projects, and the bureau will gather all participants' opinions and use them to further improve and enhance any future activities, he added. Describing the program as "successful and rewarding," Lee said it is one of the best ways to experience the beauty of Taiwan, not just the landscape, but also the local culture and friendliness of Taiwanese people. At the farewell party for the volunteers, Cuong Dao of Vietnam said his Mandarin has greatly improved over the past 60-odd days, which is another bonus. Dao said he chose to volunteer in Taiwan over Malaysia and Indonesia as he wanted to improve his Chinese. "I wanted to be a tour guide in the future, so this volunteer job is like my dream job," he told CNA. Other volunteers also enjoyed their stay in Taiwan, making good use of the time by exploring the subtropical island in their own ways. Some went biking along the eastern coast. Others went camping by the 3,310-meter-high Chia Ming Lake. Still others made cultural excursions at local temples and historic sites. It was like "playing and working at the same time," they said. "I'm really impressed by Taiwan and everything here," said Agnieszka Kurzeja of Poland, who said she is in love with Asian culture and has learnt a lot about Taiwan during the program. "I think it even surpassed my expectations." Olga Timakova of Russia said that she is already planning to visit Taiwan again for at least several weeks with her friends, as she wants to participate in Taiwanese festivals. "There are so much worth to see and so much worth to do here," she said. ENDITEM/cs

大雪山的故事還在繼續~

大透目天蠶蛾-台灣的環境一定哪裡出問題了，今年春夏兩季，整個大雪山的蟲子少得可憐，曾經問過拍鳥、拍蟲、抓蟲的，都說野外還好，但問散在山上各點不曾從大自然"獲利"的人，都覺得山上東西真的變少了。真相是甚麼?但願我們從大自然獲利的朋友，對台灣脆弱的自然環境，多一點敏感度，少一點觀光的心態。

 圖文轉載自大雪山森林遊樂區員工-陳怡裕先生

Fungi Paradise ♥

一眨眼 兩個月在山上的日子就這樣過去了 LOL

感謝所有照顧過我的人們 、 來閱讀我們blog的人  :^D

在此 送上這兩個月我在山林中所拍到的所有蕈類!!!!!!!!!!!

香菇實在太可愛了 >/////<

By 郁潔

101年林務局暑期志工計畫印象之最-成果發表會

為期兩個月的暑期青年志工計畫已接近尾聲，從最初的備審資料審核、分組面試、基礎培訓、進階訓練、分區培訓，到隨隊解說、帶隊導覽、營隊支援、教育訓練，最後的是成果發表。學到好多的知識、創造好多的故事、體驗好多的感動，付出的淚水與汗水，化為滋養大地的精隨……太多了 只好用影片解決囉XD

歡迎大家參加！！

昆蟲研習營之生物繪圖

這天下午

一位來自國立自然科學博物館的老師來教導大家如何畫生物繪圖哦!

看著白板上一張張精美的生物圖

讓我想到前幾年達爾文特展中

那些我所見到的美麗手繪植物圖!

這就是我一直想學習的阿 >_______< (!!!)

上課的時候一直都好興奮!

很認真聽著老師所說的每一件事…

生物繪圖重要的是比例大小關係!

用點來畫出明暗!

大家要喜歡自己的畫 因為這是自己很認真 努力後畫出來的哦!

於是我們開始下筆

選了自己喜歡的生物標本

我開始認真的畫起了虎頭蜂…

打草稿!

換完草稿後還要製作複印紙

將草稿畫到定稿紙上…

要注意上下左右要留一些空白處 才可以寫字 也不會看起來太擁擠 ♥

一個下午的時間

我完成了我虎頭蜂的外型了 :D

By 郁潔