Volunteer Service
“Entering into children’s mind with love, and believing that companionship can change the children’s world” has been the intention of the Novatek Foundation’s volunteer team for many years. Through youth volunteer services, and by taking a one-to-one approach, visually impaired and disadvantaged students are guided to learning in real-life scenarios. In addition, having volunteers to accompany them encourages disadvantaged students to challenge themselves to new things, allowing them to enhance their interpersonal communication skills and increase their self-confidence. Moreover, since 2023, Novatek has sponsored the Sea Viewing Park of the Hsinchu Air Quality Purification Zone for 2 consecutive years, and arranged for corporate volunteers to regularly clean the environment, care for the landscaping, and even expand the maintenance and sponsorship area. Novatek is committed to contributing to environmental conservation and making efforts to maintain the surroundings, and it hopes to utilize its corporate power to make a difference. In 2023, Novatek organized three beach cleaning sessions, where Novatek volunteers joined hands with disadvantaged students to collect over 105.5 kg of marine debris in Keelung and Taichung. Through environmental education and practical action, the Company aims to instill correct concepts and attitudes towards environmental conservation in young students.
Over the past 14 years, Novatek volunteers have adhered to their original intentions and used practical actions to accompany visually impaired students, high-care teenagers, and disadvantaged students on their journeys of learning and growth. Through such efforts, Novatek was awarded the “Excellent Utilization Unit for Volunteer Service in Education” in 2019 and 2023 by the Youth Development Administration, Ministry of Education (MOE) and the “2018–2023 Youth Volunteer Outstanding Utilization Unit” for 6 consecutive years, totaling eight recognitions through these two volunteer awards. In the future, we will continue to move forward with the momentum of love, give full play to the power of corporate volunteers, and contribute our own strength to give back to the society, bringing the warmth of love to wherever we go.
In addition, from 2022 to 2023, Novatek has implemented a trial program for Corporate Volunteer Leave for two consecutive years, which provides paid volunteer leave for employees, with each person entitled to 16 hours of volunteer leave per year. Throughout the year, a total of 3,015 volunteer hours was reached. Starting in 2024, Novatek officially implemented paid corporate volunteer leave, encouraging employees to participate in social welfare in a more flexible and diverse manner, from the bottom up. This initiative allows Novatek to contribute to society and the environment, and fulfill its responsibility as a responsible corporate citizen.
Volunteer for accompanying visually impaired students on countryside tour and local food exploration
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Problem to be solved:： |
80% of human learning is based on the use of eyes. For children who lose their eyesight, this is equal to being behind a large proportion of normal children at the starting point of learning. For children who have congenital or acquired vision problems, due to the visual impairment, their learning and movements are limited.
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Visually impaired students from Taichung School for the Visually Impaired & Changhua Visually Impaired Caring Association |
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Novatek, with image and display technologies as its core capabilities, has long been committed to enhancing and optimizing image display technologies to provide people with a better visual experience. Therefore, since the establishment of Novatek Foundation, it has chosen to serve a group of visually impaired students who cannot enjoy image or display services. Since 2010, the Foundation has been accompanying visually impaired students from Taichung School for the Visually Impaired and inclusive classrooms in Changhua, and conducting the “countryside tour and local food exploration courses for visually impaired students”. Through the one-to-one guidance provided by our volunteers, these students are led out of the school and into the natural world. By using the four- senses learning method of listening, touching, smelling, and tasting, they walk on trails with ecologically diverse natural habitats to appreciate the beauty of seasonal changes and recognize the characteristics of plants and animals, allowing them to use non-visual approaches to engage in agricultural experiences, local farming, and other activities.
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| 936 hours In 2023, 8 sessions of volunteer services were held, for a total of 936 volunteer hours. Services were provided to visually impaired students in 110 instances. |
1,395 instances ver the past 14 years, volunteers have contributed a total of 11,502 volunteer hours, offering long-term companionship for visually impaired students across 1,395 service instances. |
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Volunteer service for high-care disadvantaged students
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Disadvantaged children with imperfect family functions and long-term residence in resettlement institutions have limited cultural stimulation and limited life experience as well as horizons due to insufficient family resources.
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Disadvantaged children |
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Since 2010, Novatek volunteers have been accompanying and caring for the students of the “Night Angel Program” at Puhe and Yu Shan Elementary Schools in Hsinchu County, as well as the children of the Hsinchu Renai Orphanage. Through the long-term companionship and guidance of Novatek’s volunteers, we can give more warmth and care to disadvantaged children with imperfect families, and increase the opportunities for resource-limited children to get to know more about humanities. Through the activity design and on-the-spot learning, disadvantaged children can learn from the activities in an interesting way and experience cultural stimulation that is rarely encountered in their daily life. |
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| 414 hours In 2023, 4 sessions of volunteer service were held, totaling 414 volunteer hours and benefitting disadvantaged children in 48 instances. |
1,096 instances ver the past 14 years, 6,705 volunteer hours have been provided, offering long-term companionship for disadvantaged children in a total of 1,096 instances. |
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Volunteers for high-care disadvantaged teenagers
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Problem to be solved:： |
Disadvantaged teenagers who live in resettlement institutions have suffered from changes in their families and loss of their family functions. These disadvantaged teenagers have insufficient resources for imagining and exploring their future careers.
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Disadvantaged teenagers |
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Since 2016, the Novatek Foundation has chosen to accompany teenage students who are highly-caring, economically disadvantaged, and weak in learning. Through the companionship of Novatek volunteers on a one-to-one basis, students participated in one-day learning activities. The “Disadvantaged Teenager Workplace Exploration Activity” was organized, with volunteers accompany teenage students to explore a new type of workplace, trying various farming activities and work experience. Such experience enables junior and senior high school students to understand various career choices and the knowledge of related field, enjoying the happiness of mental and physical relaxation. Through learning from the volunteers in close, we allowed the disadvantaged teenagers to learn about different ways of social life. |
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| 495 hours In 2023, 4 sessions of volunteer services were held, with 495 volunteer hours provided, benefiting disadvantaged students in 56 instances. |
417 instances ver the past 7 years, 3,510 volunteer hours have been provided, offering long-term companionship for disadvantaged students in a total of 417 instances. |
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Environmental Protection Volunteer
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To maintain public leisure spaces, promote air purification, protect green spaces and air quality, while also providing opportunities for leisure, ecological education, and sustainable resource utilization for the public.
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- Novatek has sponsored the "Sea Viewing Park" of the Hsinchu Air Quality Purification Zone for 2 consecutive years. This area has a total of 69 plants with a carbon sink capacity of 4.237 metric tons of CO2e, which can naturally purify 6,007 metric tons of CO2e annually. The Company has also voluntarily expanded its maintenance and sponsorship area beyond the original one-hectare zone, demonstrating its commitment to promoting environmental sustainability and preserving the natural ecology through the joint efforts of the Company and its volunteers.
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Novatek Foundation organized three Beach Cleanup events in 2023.Under the one-on-one guidance of Novatek volunteers, visually impaired students from Taichung and Changhua, students from the Night Angel Program in Hsinchu County/City, and disadvantaged students from orphanages have collectively removed over 105.5 kg of marine debris from Keelung and Da'an Beach in Taichung. Through environmental education and practical action, Novatek aims to instill in these students the correct concepts and attitudes towards environmental conservation.At the Da'an Beach cleanup event in Taichung, Novatek also invited visually impaired adults from the Taichung Biking Association for the Visually Impaired to join in, offering them their first-ever beach cleanup experience and ecological learning opportunity. By involving local community volunteers in events, Novatek aims to broaden its social impact.
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| 39 hours In 2023, 21 volunteer hours were contributed, with a total of 39 volunteer hours invested over the years. |
4 sessions Volunteers of Novatek regularly visit the "Sea Viewing Park" of the Hsinchu Air Quality Purification Zone to carry out environment cleaning work for four sessions in 2023. |
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Visually impaired students
After several accompanying experiences, I gradually became familiar with Novatek's volunteers. We interacted like old friends, relaxed, comfortable, and happy. I am grateful to the volunteers who were willing to spend their holidays accompanying the children to explore the mountains and oceans, guiding their footsteps. I could truly feel that their motivation came from the love within. For me, it was not easy, especially dedicating precious time outside of work to care for children who are not my own. As a mother, I was deeply moved. I must express my gratitude to Novatek Foundation, the volunteers of Novatek, and Changhua Visually Impaired Caring Association, as well as the parents and children who trust the volunteers. It is through everyone's joint effort that we can create beautiful memories and experiences. I believe the children can feel the love from each and every one of us.
Disadvantaged children
Thanks to Novatek for assisting with the Night Angel Lighting Program at Yu Shan Elementary School. This program helps disadvantaged children such as those with no one to care for them after school, those in intergenerational care, and those from low to moderate-income households. With the support and guidance of peers and teachers, these children can complete their schoolwork and engage in various activities like reading, board games, physical exercise, and arts and crafts. This not only helps them academically but also enhances their critical thinking skills, contributing significantly to their growth. Without the Night Angel Lighting Program, these vulnerable children might spend most of their time at home watching TV, playing on tablets or smartphones, and may even struggle to complete basic homework assignments. Therefore, we are deeply grateful for Novatek's compassion in providing these children with a healthy and nurturing environment, and offering them more hope and opportunities for the future.
Volunteers for high-care disadvantaged teenagers
I'm glad that I could join the Novatek event this time. I learned a lot during the activities, such as the skills for operating drones. Thanks to the volunteers for their companionship. I hope to participate in similar activities again next time and learn new things.
