Hope Maker & Rare Disorders Scholarships, Taipei

Amway Taiwan partnered with Li-Ta Basic Training Center and Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation to produce 20,000 holiday gift sets that included a shopping bag, bath towel, pillowcase and tissue case. The One by One logo was featured on these items, which were sold to benefit the respective charities.

The partnership was launched with a charity television commercial featuring Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou and a press conference, resulting in high media exposure. As a result, the Hopemaker gift sets were enthusiastically received by IBOs, selling out after only two weeks on the market.

Children from Li-Ta and burn rehabilitation patients from Sunshine helped to sew and pack the gift sets. These disadvantaged children were well-paid in the cooperative program funded by Amway Taiwan, giving them a rare opportunity to learn new skills for which they can earn a fair wage, and most important, the opportunity to be self-sufficient.

Amway Taiwan hosted a One by One Rare Disorders Scholarship Ceremony on April 25. Fifty-nine children with rare diseases received scholarships funded jointly by Crown Ambassador Foo Howe Kean and Amway Taiwan. Local officials, Crown Ambassador Foo, scholarship recipients and their families and over 70 IBOs attended the event, along with 25 media representatives.