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Yuanta Financial Holding Company (FHC), Yuanta Cultural and Educational Foundation, and Down Syndrome Foundation are long-time public welfare partners. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of volunteers has declined, and in order to make the Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake gift boxes in time, the workload of the youths with Down Syndrome in the Shelter Workshop of the Down Syndrome Foundation has increased greatly. The Yuanta Cultural and Educational Foundation recruited internal volunteers to join the ranks of love, and together they went to the Shelter Workshop of Xinzhuang Handicraft Experience Center (ABRAZO) to fold the limited-edition paper gift boxes with the youths with Down Syndrome for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Through practical actions to convey warmth and blessings, inside and outside the gift boxes are full of sincere feelings. Yuanta volunteers are making employment dream come true for youths with Down Syndrome on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to statistics, one out of every 1,263 newborns in Taiwan is a “Down Syndrome baby.” Cheng-Hsia Lin, chairman of the Down Syndrome Foundation, said that Yuanta Group is the biggest helper behind all social welfare groups. For example, Yuanta FHC donated the “Economy Revitalization Love Cash Cards” two years ago, and Yuanta volunteers made handmade soap with youths with Down Syndrome four years ago. In the most critical moments, you can always see Yuanta partners. On behalf of the Down Syndrome Foundation and the more than 30,000 people with Down syndrome, he thanked the Yuanta Group for their long term care. The Yuanta Cultural and Educational Foundation said Mid-Autumn Festival is a romantic and happy festival. With the pandemic this year, it is especially meaningful to contribute Yuanta Group’s volunteers to help fold paper boxes and pass on the warmth of happiness at this time. Through each other’s efforts, we believe that 1+1 can generate a strong “king-like” (the Chinese character “king王” looks similar to “1+1”) power to overcome any difficulties. The event venue, Down Syndrome Foundation Xinzhuang Shelter Workshop, is a three-minute walk from Yuanta Securities’ Xinzhuang branch. When Yuanta Securities’ management team learned of the need for manpower for the Shelter Workshop, five employees volunteered to join the team at the first opportunity, demonstrating Yuanta’s dedication and enthusiasm for public welfare and the Yuanta Group’s commitment to community cohesion. Participating colleagues expressed that it was very rewarding to be able to implement corporate social responsibility in a practical way instead of chanting slogans. This time, not only Yuanta colleagues but also five youth students who are still studying participated in the volunteer activity. One of them is a “Yuanta Baby” who has received a Yuanta Scholarship for Outstanding Underprivileged Talent. The college junior surnamed Chen said that when he started to fold the boxes, he found that it was not easy to fold. But, he thought that many gift boxes were done by the hands of the youths with Down Syndrome, and he thought that the youths with Down Syndrome were amazing and admirable. Four other students have parents who work for Yuanta Group, and a pair of them, who are twin brothers surnamed Han, said in unison that it was meaningful to use the summer to join in activities and give back to the community through practical actions. The Yuanta Cultural and Educational Foundation and the Down Syndrome Foundation are long-time partners in the path of philanthropy. This year, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, we are working together to successfully complete our mission of love, converging every little bit of goodness into abundant love and forming a cycle of goodness.

Due to the impact of the pandemic and inflation, social welfare organizations are short of donations, and with the start of the school year approaching, Yuanta Financial Holding Company’s (FHC) long-time charity partner, the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families (TFCF), is still facing a huge shortage of scholarship funds, with more than 10,000 children in need of external assistance. Yuanta FHC believes that education is the seed of hope, and announced today (8/29) that it is expected to donate NT$10 million to the TFCF, which will serve as a sprat to catch a whale to call for donations from all walks of life, so that disadvantaged children can attend school with peace of mind. Chief executive officer of Yuanta FHC, Chien Weng, said that the financial tsunami more than a decade ago caused an enormous impact on social welfare organizations. With the spirit of “what is taken from the society is used in the society,” Yuanta FHC sent warmth to the TFCF in the midst of the recession winter, and started the “Yuanta Comes to TFCF with Blessings” program, which includes financial support and child protection services, to provide the warmest care and protection to the disadvantaged children and their families through direct actions. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, social welfare organizations were again hampered in their support efforts. Yuanta FHC donated the “Economy Revitalization Love Cash Cards” to the TFCF for nearly 30,000 families to accompany them through the difficulties of the epidemic. According to the survey report of the TFCF, under the pandemic, nearly 90% of families are affected financially, and 83% of parents are affected at work. Among the occupational categories, temporary workers face the most financial, family, physical, and psychological difficulties, which aggravate the burden of learning on students from disadvantaged families. Among the TFCF support recipients, more than 12,000 people have been diagnosed this year. Under the pressure of declining emergency relief funds and child support resources collection, as of mid-August, there is still a NT$60 million shortfall in support for the NT$150 million in learning resources needed. In the post-pandemic era, “warmth” becomes the most important issue and motivation for social cohesion and continuity. Yuanta FHC takes care of every heart that needs to be cared for with warm actions. We hope that this donation campaign will lead all walks of life to lend a helping hand and light up the schooling path of disadvantaged students with love. Yuanta FHC will continue to integrate the Yuanta Group’s resources to respond to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in various social welfare activities and implement the three philanthropic strategies of promoting philanthropic care (SDG1), helping students to cultivate talents (SDG4) and realizing the community common good (SDG11).