Work Report
1. Peace-of-Mind Platform
“Peace-of-Mind Platform”is an official Line account held by a professional team. During pregnancy, different sources of information on the internet are often contrasting, and some of the information is wrong. Pregnant women might be easily overwhelmed by incorrect information. The Peace-of-Mind Platform helps pregnant women whose babies develop birth defects. X5 Foundation provides free service and consultation to those pregnant women who want to ask for a second opinion.
2. Gene Chip Subsidy
About 1-2% of babies are born with some type of birth defect. Most birth defects are caused by genetic or environmental factors, or a combination of the two. Some defects are treatable, but chromosomal defects, or defects caused by genetic factors, can’t be treated. Gene chip technology is used to examine whether the fetuses are developing normally. Our foundation provides subsidies to pregnant women who might carry fetuses with birth defects, so they can receive a more precise and thorough examination (Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization, aCGH).
3. Teenager and Children Dreams-Come-True Program
Suburban or government-owned schools don’t have as many resources provided to students after school. Sometimes some people in those suburbs will open after-school programs, and those after-school programs will prevent children from playing on the streets or wandering alone. Different after-school programs provide different types of resources: some of them want to have musical instruments, and some of them want to provide dinner, to let children eat more healthily. So with different types of requests, we will try our hardest to help.
(1)Who We Help
In the Dreams-Come-True Program, our goal is to mainly help underprivileged children or those who live in remote areas. We do this because their resources are not enough. We think that all children are talented and have potential, and they should not be affected by the lack of resources.
(2)The Budget
Our foundation’s current Dream-Come-True Program will help a single case for a year. The annual budget is close to NT$50,000. Most of the children accept tutors and take music lessons. It's about one class per week, so one month’s budget is about NT$5,000, and it should be enough. So we hope to help the children pursue their dreams with a budget of about NT$50,000 for a one-year plan at a time.
(3)How to apply
Basically, the people who receive help from our foundation are usually chosen from the students’ application, or the school teacher’s application. Neither Dr. Lin nor the foundation can get in touch with all cases directly, so through the teachers’ help and understanding of these children, the foundation will evaluate whether these kids have the potential and want to learn. There will be social workers who assess the family conditions and learning abilities of these children, and provide them with appropriate resource assistance.