The 10-meter-high Christmas tree was lit at Okayama Tesco Plaza.

(Photo by reporter Huang Xulei)

[Reporter Huang Xulei/Kaohsiung Report] "Christmas with Love‧Light Up the Rural Village" Christmas tree over 10 meters high will be lit up at Gangshan Tesco Plaza tonight. Children from Dona Elementary School in Maolin District, Kaohsiung enjoy the romantic snow show and call for kindness People enthusiastically subscribed for World Vision Taiwan's Christmas card wishes.

The lighting ceremony was held at 7 o'clock tonight. The Tathenay song team of Dona Elementary School sang ancient songs to bring the melodious music of the mountain city, and fired a symbolic gun into the sky to bless. Store manager Lai Yijie and hundreds of schoolchildren and their parents look forward to seeing colorful Christmas trees gradually lit up, romantic white snowflakes falling, and schoolchildren rushing into the flower rain to play happily.

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Lin Huijun said that under the impact of the epidemic and inflation, the livelihood of disadvantaged families has become more severe, and children and their parents are facing a sharp drop in income. It is expected that more than 18,000 economically disadvantaged children in Huinan District will be struggling to survive the year.

World Vision Taiwan launched this (December) Red Packet Spreading Love Campaign to raise the nutritional needs of children under the age of 6. People can choose to donate to 4 types of red packets: school education, health, safety and hope.

Tesco Plaza gave priority to donating 100,000 yuan in response to supporting the Vision Society’s domestic student aid program. From now until December 25, a Christmas subscription wish wall was set up on the third floor of the plaza, and disadvantaged children filled in their wishes on the wish cards. Enthusiastic people subscribed and handed it over to the staff of the Vision Society for distribution, gathering sand into towers to illuminate children with meager strength.

Lai Yijie said that from December 15th to January 2nd of next year (2023), there will be a romantic Christmas snow show every 15 minutes from 5:30 every evening. Welcome the whole family to experience the Christmas tree lighting and experience The snow is flying and the atmosphere is happy.

The World Vision Christmas tree was lit, and the children of Donna Elementary School enjoyed the snow show.

(Photo by reporter Huang Xulei)

World Vision encourages people to light up hope in rural areas.

(Photo by reporter Huang Xulei)