Taichung YMCA GATN Story

Last Updated (Friday, 30 July 2021 15:20)

A village on the rainbow hidden in the mountain.

If you drive along the seaside, it only takes 2 hours to reach the highest mountain in East Asia and Taiwan- Mountain Jade with amazing scenery. With nearly 4000meter altitude and located in the subtropical area covered with white snow all winter, people called it “Mountain Jade”.

In the summer of 2020, we stood before mountain Jade, a place called Donpu, also known as “rainbow village”. Donpu village is the starting point to cross the central mountains range. If you want to challenge this route, you have to start from here and cross the highest suspension bridge in Taiwan. Then you have to walk along the cliff with hundreds of meters depth into the remote and dislocate mountain area. After hiking for five days, it will bring you to the other side of Taiwan- the city on the east coast- Hualien. This route is incredibly challenging for all but still popular among the hiker groups, not only because you get to enjoy astonishing mountain views but many unique nature diversities. Of course, we have to remember that we were here to serve, so we stayed in Donpu and were welcomed by the local church.

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Last Updated (Friday, 30 July 2021 15:10)

38^th Advanced Studies Program

4-22, October 2021
Venue: Virtual

Theme: Leadership and Mission in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic

Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs

23 Waterloo Road, 6th Floor, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

Tel. 852-27808347, 2770 3168, 2783 3058; Fax.852- 23854692

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Laos YMCA Green Ambassadors program

Last Updated (Thursday, 22 July 2021 16:09)

The Green Ambassador training was organized by the Laos YMCA together with the Northern Agriculture and forestry college. They had invited eight schools nearby to attend and learn about green ambassadors to empower them to continue to do more about the environment in their school and expected them to conduct the green program in their school.

The focus subject was Networking Green Team. The following eight schools participated:

1. Pakxaeng secondary school.

2. PakOu secondary school.

3. PakOu High school

4. Kokwan secondary school

5. PakXueng secondary school

6. Phonexay Secondary school

7. XiengNguen secondary school

8. XiengNguen High school.

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Last Updated (Thursday, 22 July 2021 14:57)

Cycling for Youth with Special Needs at the

YMCA Special Needs Inclusive Cycling Challenge 2021

On 4 July 2021, a team of five joined the YMCA Special Needs Inclusive Cycling Challenge to cycle 125 km, the perimeter of Mount Fuji, held at Shimano Cycling World in Singapore. The event is part of the YMCA Special Needs Inclusive Challenge 2021, which engages the public in raising funds and awareness for youth with special needs.

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