Taitung Coconut Oil Primary School was selected into the KITURU Dream realization Project of Cathay Pacific Charitable Foundation.

Taitung Coconut Oil Primary School was selected into the KITURU Dream realization Project of Cathay Pacific Charitable Foundation.

6am 20 published photography, diving record the beauty of the Orchid Island Sea

(Taiwan Business Daily News) A camera owned by everyone in the city turned out to be a precious dream out of reach of rural children! The Coconut Oil Primary School, located on Orchid Island on Taiwan's outlying island, was recently selected into the Cathay Pacific Charitable Foundation's "Cathay Pacific KUTURU Dream fulfillment Project". In order to record the beauty of the sea in their hometown, the children demonstrated the courage of the Yami people by jumping harbor and skipping rope relays, hoping to use the power of Cathay Pacific to obtain waterproof cameras to show the unique beauty and ecology of Orchid Island.

Coconut Oil Primary School in Lanyu Township, Taitung County is located on the west side of Lanyu Island, nestled next to the coconut oil tribe, across the sea from Taiwan, located in a remote mini primary school surrounded by the blue sea, is a traditional Yami school. Children on the island have symbiosis with the sea since childhood, and have the characteristics of the integration of Yami people and nature, so they all have a heart of love for the sea, so I hope to record undersea life and landscape by camera. Let the outside world see the unique marine beauty of Orchid Island.

The leader of Xiao Li Jiande, Coconut Oil State, said that the school attaches importance to the diversified development of students and integrates Yami traditional culture into the curriculum materials, so that students can continue the unique tribal culture of Orchid Island. in addition, the school has carried out the Aihai Clean Beach campaign for a long time. Let children learn from an early age to love nature and live peacefully with all things. A teacher once came to Orchid Island with a camera and photographed the beauty of the bottom of Orchid Island with a waterproof lens. this special camera planted the seeds of love of photography in the hearts of children, because of the dream of photography. This time, they took the children to realize Cathay Pacific's dream by jumping 30,000 times with a relay rope, and took the courage to jump into the harbor to take an oath of determination. Through joint efforts and extraordinary courage, students had the opportunity to acquire undersea cameras and record the beauty of their hometown.

Gong Zhirong, director general of the Cathay Pacific Charitable Foundation, who visited Coconut Oil Primary School a few days ago, said that the determination and courage of the children should be encouraged. They, who have achieved their goals, have made good use of the dream gift of undersea cameras to actively learn photography skills. Their photography will be displayed in the results presentation, so that everyone can have a glimpse of the beautiful ocean, hoping that they can cultivate their interest in photography, enhance their self-connotation, and record good memories.