An Achiever of Common Good in Society

Community Care

HIWIN actively participates in community care initiatives in the areas where the Company operates. By leveraging corporate resources and the dedication of HIWIN volunteers, we strive to make meaningful contributions to society.

The HIWIN Education Foundation established the HIWIN Volunteer Team in June 2012, with a primary focus on education and community services. The objective is to provide internal care and support services to Company employees, while also engaging in external educational and social public services. This aligns with the Company’s vision of enhancing human welfare and addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, thereby making a positive contribution to society.

 Long-term stationed volunteer service

The HIWIN volunteer team offers ongoing assistance by being stationed at the institution for extended periods of time. They provide support in various tasks and interact with the children. The primary services they provide include organizing invoices, accompanying the children, sorting and shelving second-hand goods, and maintaining cleanliness in the environment.

 Educational volunteer service

Since 2016, the HIWIN volunteer team has been engaged in educational volunteer activities, providing assistance to children from social welfare organizations in close proximity to the HIWIN Factories. The team aims to empower children from underprivileged backgrounds within the local community, as well as those from disadvantaged families, by offering them opportunities to broaden their horizons and foster boundless imagination for the future through enjoyable experiences and hands-on accomplishments.

• Baking activities

The baking activities are designed to engage children from underprivileged backgrounds or families. Volunteers assist the children in baking cookies or cakes, providing them with a hands-on experience of the joy of baking through group activities. Additionally, the children have the opportunity to share the cookies and cakes with their families or friends. By participating in these activities, underprivileged families come together and interact, fostering stronger parent-child relationships.

• Handicraft workshop

Children bring their vivid imaginations to life through engaging in handicraft activities. This process of exploration, problem-solving, and self-directed learning cultivates a consistent attitude towards learning and a strong sense of responsibility. In addition to creating handcrafted art pieces, children also experience a profound sense of achievement.

• Farming education

The HIWIN volunteer team accompanies children on nature excursions, where they visit organic farms and participate in hands-on activities to learn about the planting, growing, and harvesting of crops. These experiences help them appreciate the effort required to produce food and encourage them to value and avoid wasting it. Additionally, they develop an understanding of food safety and foster stronger parent-child relationships through their involvement.

• Environmental education

Children gain awareness and appreciation of pertinent issues through environmental education. Additionally, education enables children to engage with their surroundings and cultivate proper values, as well as acquire the ethics, knowledge, and attitudes essential for safeguarding and enhancing the environment. Moreover, education fosters children’s concern for the environment and contributes to the attainment of sustainable education objectives.

 Social inclusion

The volunteer team collaborates with local community welfare organizations in supporting and providing employment and vocational training opportunities for underprivileged groups. This initiative not only increases charitable income for social welfare organizations but also creates value toward building an inclusive society.

• Mooncake collaboration

The Welfare Commission annually collaborates with social welfare organizations to produce mooncakes. In 2024, through the voting of the Welfare Committee members, three social welfare organizations (St. Coletta Catholic Training Center for Special Needs, Taichung City Welfare for The Disabled Association, and Children Are Us Foundation) were selected to produce a total of 443 boxes of Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes. This initiative not only provides employment and vocational training opportunities for disadvantaged groups, but also contributes to social stability.

 Donations with love/sales and material fundraising

Through a charity sale event, the children at the orphanage received warmth on Children’s Day and helped prevent hunger among other children. The event also promoted the sale of handmade crafts to generate additional income. In 2024, the total donation amount reached NT$32,400. The income from the sale of plants made by the in-house gardening staff was donated to Daniel A. Poling Memorial Babies’ Home, totaling NT$7,500. Together with HIWIN’s Family Day, where social welfare groups, disabled massage therapists were invited to set up stalls, the total income from charity sales amounted to NT$42,031.

HIWIN employees also donated a total of NT$5,306 to various organizations, including the Yunlin County Little Angel Development Association, Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute, Yi-Xin Children’s Home, Tsu-Hsin Children’s Home, Sfang Social Welfare Foundation. Additionally, Emergency relief fundraising, totaling NT$840,750, NT$3,203 from lost and found donations was given to Sfang Social Welfare Foundation, Yi-Xin Children’s Home, and Hong-En Social Welfare Foundation.

Material donation activity: Donated to Sfang Social Welfare Foundation, Mu Xin Service Association, Chinese Christian Relief Association, and Zenan Homeless Social Welfare Foundation, with a total of 3,027 items. Second-hand Material Donation Activity: Donated to Taichung Spinal Cord Injury Association, with a total of 679 items; donated to Chiayi Spinal Cord Injury Association with receipt, 222 items; donated to Parents’ Association for Persons with Intellectual Disability, Taichung City, 754 items.

Charity invoice donations: The HIWIN volunteer team established a charity invoice collection box within the Company, through which they regularly contributed the collected invoices and cash to social welfare organizations and conjunction with in-house gardening staff, conducted a charity plant exchange activity using uniform invoices. In total, they donated 1,542 invoices.

 Supporting international medical charity: Aid for a Cambodian child

HIWIN upholds the philosophy of striving for the betterment of humanity and has actively participated in the medical robotics field for many years. This year, HIWIN collaborated with China Medical University Hospital on the “International Charity Medical” project to support a Cambodian child diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma in receiving anti-GD2 immunotherapy, providing a vital lifeline for survival.

Due to this illness, five-year-old Mok received treatment in Singapore for two years. In April, Mok came to Taiwan for further care. After two phases of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, his condition improved. However, as he prepared for the third phase of anti-GD2 immunotherapy, his family could no longer afford the high medical expenses. As part of its corporate social responsibility, HIWIN donated NT$ 1,000,000 to ensure Mok could continue treatment. HIWIN also hopes to inspire other enterprises to join hands in improving the quality of human life.

 HIWIN Korea

HIWIN Korea signed a memorandum of understanding with the NGO Good Neighbors to help improve education for disadvantaged children in South Korea, and was awarded the “Family-Friendly Workplace Certificate” from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family in December.

 HIWIN GmbH (Germany)

HIWIN GmbH (Germany) supported the “Hands-on Lab” at Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, where 38 students from the Mechanical Engineering and Energy & Environmental Technology programs visited HIWIN GmbH to explore smart manufacturing R&D capabilities. Additionally, a cycling event was organized in collaboration with the city of Offenburg to promote the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.