Children happily playing with toys at the scene.

(Photo by reporter Weng Yuhuang)

[Reporter Weng Yuhuang/New Taipei Report] The Social Affairs Bureau of New Taipei City, Taiwan Toy Library Association, and Hotai Motors cooperate with the "Toy Love Sharing" toy Easter event. This year enters the 8th year. There will be 15 tour activities across the country. The first one is today Set sail in New Taipei City, the Toy Bank flagship store "Wanjuwo" and Banqiao Dayuanbai were launched simultaneously. Nearly a thousand friends and children played toys together and celebrated the Children's Day holiday together.

The Social Affairs Bureau of New Taipei City established the Toy Bank in 2016. By the end of February this year, 148 metric tons of second-hand toys have been recycled, which is equivalent to the carbon absorption capacity of 25,000 trees for one year. Among them, through the Taiwan Toy Library Association and Hotai Automobile In cooperation, set up toy recycling boxes at Toyota service plants, provide a convenient donation channel for the public, and assist the toy bank to recycle many second-hand toys.

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These toys came to the toy logistics center. After cleaning and sorting by volunteers, a total of 230,000 second-hand toys were regenerated. They were mainly provided to community service centers for children and the elderly in New Taipei City, such as public childcare centers, child development centers, and family service centers. , community care bases, etc., are also provided to other counties, cities and overseas, with a total of 924 service bases.

Xu Xiuneng, deputy director of the Social Affairs Bureau, said that this "Toy Easter" ran in New Taipei on the eve of Children's Day. In addition to resurrecting second-hand toys and reorganizing them into many novel and interesting challenge games, the event also combined the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , convey perpetual education to all friends big and small while having fun.

For example, in the level of helping dolls choose clothes, the concept of gender equality is highlighted, indicating that boys and girls can freely choose their favorite clothes; and use building blocks to form a toy mobile car, loaded with teaching aids to accompany children and elders in rural areas, and lead parents and children Learn about the fair right to education and the concept of lifelong learning.

In addition, various goals such as eradicating hunger, health and well-being, economy and employment, peace and tolerance, and partnership are also presented in each game level.

The 8th Toy Easter Festival set sail in New Taipei City, and a total of 148 metric tons of toys were recycled in New Taipei City.

(Photo by reporter Weng Yuhuang)