Regional Care for the Cancer-Affected
Since 2005, the TOT business Unit has been working with cancer-related non-profit organizations to organize a series of seminars on cancer prevention diet for junior high school students. In year 2023, we invited professional medical specialists from major medical centers to visit 41 different junior high schools in Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan, Miaoli, Hualien-Taitung and outlying islands. Through these seminars, we hope to strengthen cancer prevention education in the nation.
The purpose of this seminar series is to convey the correct knowledge and method of preventing cancer and living healthy life to junior high school students. Through knowledge transfer, we hope that these junior students may help their family members develop a correct understanding and idea of preventing cancer, starting from the little things in daily life.
Health Education
Together with NPOs, TTY spreads information regarding treatment trends as well as nutrition and health guidelines for cancer among patients and their families, helping patients deal with discomfort from treatment and disease while gaining the proper knowledge to fight cancer. In 2023, 3 physical lectures were held, with a total of 160 participants. Since 2009, a total of 6,871 cancer patients and their families have participated in the lectures.
Additionally, TTY also held health education lectures on osteoporosis and bone health. These lectures provided public testing to prevent the causes of calcium and vitamin D deficiency. In 2023, 29 sessions were held, with 27 physicians serving as the main speakers of health education activities (including those from hospital and community health education, patient associations, etc.). These physicians guided and advised attendees on how to achieve sufficient calcium intake from diet and daily life, with a total of 2,930 participants.
Love and Care Painting Competition
TTY actively collaborates with non-profit organizations related to cancer to deepen awareness of cancer and promote healthy living in Taiwan. In 2023, we held the 11th "Love and Care for Children Painting Competition", aiming to deepen children's understanding of cancer through painting. To complete the work, students actively sought information, explored how to maintain physical health, and provided encouragement to cancer patients and their family members. Every work contained power and inspiration, transmitting positive energy to every corner of society.
Financial Aids and Scholarships for Cancer-Affected Family’s Students
The younger cancer population in Taiwan also means that most cancer patients are the economic pillar of their families, so treatment expenses are a particularly heavy burden on families and have an impact on children's lives and studies. To reduce the economic burden on families impacted by cancer, TTY has sponsored the Hope Foundation for Cancer Care since year 2010 and offers a scholarship of NTD$20,000 for each student. Year 2011-2023 for totay 13 years, learning subsidies have been given each year to totaling 540 children affected by cancer to help alleviate the financial burden so children can give their undivided attention to their learning. Every year we funded NTD$1 million to support events that help cancer-affected college students learn under an equal, quality education system.
A portion of this sum was also used to support the foundation's "HOPE Camp-Young Volunteer Training" program by helping cancer-affected family’s students through care and companionship, and hardships that the children of cancer patients bear can be lifted. Meanwhile, through this life stage of self-discovery, the students can better position themselves with their strengths. By listening to and sharing in the project, helped release their stress and adjust to a better mental state for learning, while also giving them actual financial assistance.