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.

HIWIN Volunteer Team Services

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.

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.

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.

① Baking activities

The baking activities are designed to engage children from disadvantaged 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, disadvantaged families come together and interact, fostering stronger parent-child relationships.

② 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.

③ 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.

④ 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.

The volunteer team works together with local community social welfare organizations to assist and offer employment and vocational training opportunities to marginalized groups.

① Dumplings with love

The Company’s monthly special meal features handmade dumplings prepared by children from the Shih Fan Disabled Center. This initiative aims to combine volunteer activities with dining among colleagues, supporting underprivileged children and boosting the income of social welfare organizations.

② Mooncake collaboration

The Welfare Commission annually collaborates with social welfare organizations to produce mooncakes. This year, the Welfare Commission collaborated with four organizations: the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation, the Taichung Sound Bright Association, the Eden Social Welfare Foundation, and the Down Syndrome Foundation R.O.C. Together, they produced a total of 4,614 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.

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 2023, the total donation amount reached US$ 1,553.5. The handmade crafts charity sale, organized in collaboration with the St. Coletta Catholic Training Center for Special Needs, raised an additional US$ 1,824.1. The HIWIN gardening team at the factory contributed US$ 546.7 from the sale of plant products. Together with HIWIN’s annual sports event, where social welfare groups, local farmers, and disabled massage therapists were invited to set up stalls, the total income from charity sales amounted to US$ 4,762.4.

HIWIN employees also donated a total of US$ 258.5 to various organizations, including the Hong-En Social Welfare Foundation, Genesis Social Welfare Foundation, Xin Yi Children’s Home, Hsiang Shang Social Welfare Foundation, Taiwan Motor Neuron Disease Association, and Xin Yi Orphanage. Additionally, US$ 267 from lost and found donations was given to the Shih Fang Ability Center, Xin Yi Children’s Home, and Hong-En Foundation.

Donation events included contributions of a total of 3,706 items to the Shih Fang Disability Center and Everlasting Home Children’s Home. The used goods donation event saw 465 items donated to the Yunlin Branch of the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families, 924 items to The Garden of Hope Foundation, and 102 picture books to the Taichung Mountain Village Cultural Industry Development Association (Taichung City Heping Tribe School).

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. In total, they donated 328 invoices.

Community Care

In November 2023, HIWIN demonstrated our care for the underprivileged and those with disabilities by donating a selfdeveloped Hygiene System to Min Dao Home in Chiayi County. The aim is to support both the service recipients and caregivers, contributing to the improvement of care services. To date, HIWIN has donated three Hygiene Systems—one to Min Dao Home, another to Yunlin Educational Nursing Home in 2021, and the third to Maria Wufeng Caring Home in Taichung City in 2022—upholding the principle of mutual benefit between HIWIN and local communities.

The Hygiene System is an electric lift bathing and hydrotherapy system that uses HIWIN’s self-produced transmission components. It allows users to enjoy hydrotherapy and SPA treatments, helping them relax, soothe their emotions, and slow down muscle atrophy. Additionally, the bathing transfer equipment aids in moving users, reducing the risk of accidents during transfers and easing the physical burden on caregivers, thus enhancing the safety of the care process.

HIWIN GmbH (Germany) supports industry-academia cooperation by donating a 22.5-meter Single-Axis Robot to the robotics lab at Offenburg University. Additionally, HIWIN GmbH provides scholarships of € 4,000 each to four schools in Offenburg and participate in Offenburg’s annual charity cycling event, supporting the cause of “Environmental and Personal Health.”