SHOWCASING TAIWAN’S CULTURE, ONE ARTIST AT A TIME

•• Barely a decade ago, Xiong was still unemployed, struggling to support himself despite being wheelchair-bound. Now, he is a well-known stone crafter in Taiwan, and has touched the hearts of many Taiwanese with the publication of his life story.

All this was made possible through Cornerstone Works, a Christian social enterprise based in Taiwan. The organization helped develop Xiong’s interest in stone crafting. And with marketing assistance from Taiwanese social enterprise Lovely Taiwan, Xiong’s art works can be purchased in many other cities outside of a small workshop in Hualian town where it was produced.

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LOVE TRAVEL CO

•• When she was a little girl, Zheng Chu Yun loved to watch airplanes flying across the sky and she even chased after them. Though she could no longer do that post diagnosis with muscular dystrophy, she made a vow that one day she would sit on the plane and let it bring her to wherever she wished to go.

She has since done that and much more. She brings many others like her on board with her travel agency, Love Travel Co. Ms Zheng who shares her vision, challenges and experiences running the Taiwanese social enterprise with SEforum.

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