Zhanghu students donated RMB 48,000 from the coffee sale in 8 days and 7 nights to disadvantaged small farmers

Zhanghu elementary and middle school students sold coffee for 8 days and 7 nights in Taiwan, and the proceeds of 48,000 yuan were donated to disadvantaged coffee farmers. (Photo by reporter Zhan Shihong)

[Reporter Zhan Shihong/Yunlin Report] Affected by the early Wuhan pneumonia epidemic, the sales of coffee beans in Gukeng fell by 30%. In order to help the disadvantaged small farmers, 5 students from Zhanghu Ecological Elementary School joined hands with TGC Taiwan Coffee Manor, a local enterprise in Gukeng, in During the summer vacation, a 8-day and 7-night charity sale trip was held to share the goodness of Gukeng Coffee with the whole country. The proceeds of the charity sale of 48,714 yuan were given to small farmers as education funds for their daughters in primary schools.

Students Jiang Yuezhan, Zheng Hongyi, Ruan Hongyun, Zhuang Yaoyu, and Chen Dingkai first set up a "Traveling Around Taiwan‧Finding the Original Intention" fan page to let the public know Gukeng Coffee and record the process of learning about coffee. Since May, children have practiced hand-brewed coffee after school. Burns and mistakes are common. In order to let people know the quality of Gukeng coffee, the children have been brainstorming and constantly want to build their own brand. Drawn by Zheng Hongyi Packaging design for "Gukeng Coffee, No. 1 in Taiwan".

The 5 children also collected coffee information, interviewed small farmers, experienced coffee farmers for a day, conducted online market research and analysis, designed outer packaging, and contacted and planned charity sales locations. In order to understand the plight of small farmers, the children also interviewed the difficulties of several disadvantaged small farmers. Among them, a mother of a disadvantaged small farmer took care of the coffee garden in Sanfendi, took care of her father-in-law and husband who had been sick for a long time, and Friendly farming that costs more and takes more time, but the hard-working high-quality coffee beans are affected by the epidemic, which makes the mothers of small farmers lose all their hard work for a year and make their lives worse.

In order to experience the hard work of growing coffee, the children also worked as coffee workers for a day, picking branches under the scorching sun, and were even attacked by bees. All kinds of hardships also ignited them. They decided to expand this project, not only to help disadvantaged small farmers, but also to let the public drink it The high-quality Gukeng coffee has built a reputation for Gukeng coffee and established the brand of Taiwanese coffee.

To step out of the first place in the charity bazaar, the inner demon was finally overcome. In order to contact the Jiufen charity bazaar, the student Jiang Yuezhan held his mobile phone and sighed for 20 minutes before he mustered up the courage to contact the other party, but when he contacted for the second time, it seemed that Break through the inner demons, and you can contact them immediately when you get started on the phone; the same situation is also on Dingkai. In order to contact the Gongtiangong Pilgrim Building in Baishatun, the accommodation point, you have to practice with the teacher many times before contacting. Learning so far is not only the learning of skills or knowledge, but also the connection with the real world. Children continue to move from the classroom to the society, and children continue to feel their own growth.

After two months of training and planning the charity sale itinerary in advance, the students will be given the exclusive barista apron and become a little barista under the certification of the teachers in the school. The first Yunlin memory cool charity sale on June 28, Yunlin County Magistrate Zhang Lishan also came to support and encourage the children's activities.

From August 10th, the little baristas will go to Changhua Hehuo Canteen, Taichung Caowu Plaza, Miaoli Yuanli Vegetable Market, Taoyuan Global Shopping Center, Taipei Songyan, Jiufen Old Street and other places for charity sales. Shy and afraid to sell with customers, gradually learn to sell products, respond to various questions from customers, children can adapt to more questions. Sometimes the bazaars are crowded with people, and there will be a sense of accomplishment; other times, there are no crowds, which makes children feel impatient. But children also gradually understand that many things are not going smoothly, and they need more wisdom to detect their emotions when encountering adversity.

Encountered typhoons and scorching sun during the process, the little baristas set off at the morning sun, dragged their suitcases, and moved to various places for charity sales by public transportation. After staying at the hotel, you have to review the day's charity sale and behavior, and constantly improve your awareness, because the original intention of the children to go out for the charity sale is not just to sell coffee and help small farmers, but more importantly, to "pursue a more ideal self."

On the afternoon of August 30th (Sunday) after the heavy rain, Xu Yihong, the chairman of TGC Taiwan Coffee Farm, and Chen Qingzhen, the principal of Zhanghu Lake, brought the results of the charity sale to the small coffee farm. Nursing, vacation and shifts also need to work in the restaurant of the younger sister in order to maintain the family and take care of her. Xu Yihong donated 6,000 yuan on the spot, plus the proceeds from the charity sale, a total of 48,714 yuan was donated to his sister as an education fund through the hands of the children.

The 8-day and 7-night trip will be a deep memory for the children. Walking in the villages and towns during the day, catching the bus at night, dragging luggage, carrying tools, stepping out of themselves and the world, connecting with partners and working together, asking whether the future will be in the Want to go to a charity sale? Zheng Hongyi said that if he has the opportunity in the future, he will definitely continue to participate, and Jiang Yuezhan also said: "Youth is to be crazy", and he wants to continue to travel all over Taiwan so that he can have more connections with this land and create his own Youth memories, because the "original intention" of "traveling all over Taiwan‧finding the original intention" is to make yourself a more ideal self.


Zhanghu elementary and middle school students sold coffee for 8 days and 7 nights in Taiwan, and the proceeds of 48,000 yuan were donated to disadvantaged coffee farmers. (Photo by reporter Zhan Shihong)

Source: Compiled by "Liberty Times" report