Boyo Social Welfare Foundation

In 2002, the Boyo Social Welfare Foundation was established by renowned Taiwanese scholar, Professor Li Jia-Tong, with the principle of "preventing underprivileged children from falling into perpetual poverty." Focusing on providing free tutoring and social work support, the foundation cultivates community tutors, develops learning materials with a focus on English, mathematics, and reading, and integrates science and programming into teaching activities. Boyo has set up 17 tutoring centers in 38 towns across Taiwan, operating approximately 210 days a year from Monday to Friday. With over 3,000 students from junior and elementary schools benefiting daily, they are guided by more t... read more In 2002, the Boyo Social Welfare Foundation was established by renowned Taiwanese scholar, Professor Li Jia-Tong, with the principle of "preventing underprivileged children from falling into perpetual poverty." Focusing on providing free tutoring and social work support, the foundation cultivates community tutors, develops learning materials with a focus on English, mathematics, and reading, and integrates science and programming into teaching activities. Boyo has set up 17 tutoring centers in 38 towns across Taiwan, operating approximately 210 days a year from Monday to Friday. With over 3,000 students from junior and elementary schools benefiting daily, they are guided by more than 700 local tutors towards a future free from poverty. Our commitment lies in nurturing the educational foundation of underserved children, maintaining their physical and mental well-being, eliminating environmental disadvantages, and collaborating across sectors to expand their life experiences and career perspectives. We aspire to reduce innate inequalities, ensuring rural children have ample learning resources and opportunities. Our goal is to enhance their future competitiveness, enabling them to choose their ideal careers and lifestyles, ultimately achieving true "self-reliant and poverty alleviation." In summary, our services encompass: 1.Self-Reliant and Poverty Alleviation a. Free tutoring instruction / Graduate tracking services b. Social work counseling and care 2.Build Educational Foundations a. Training local community tutors b. Developing remedial teaching materials 3.Maintain Children Health a. Diverse nutritional supplements b. Subsidies for student lunches and dinners c. Food boxes for struggling families 4.Expand Horizons a. Workplace visits / University tours b. Diverse field learning: scientific experiments, programming, humanities courses 5.Cross-Sector Collaboration a. Outreach organization collaboration of tutoring programs b. Chinese teacher training program in Thailand For detailed information and related statistics, please refer to the attached program materials file below, "Boyo Foundation SDGs ".