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Greetings from Malawi!

The Garden of Hope was honored to welcome His Excellency Ambassador to Taiwan Thengo Maloya from the Republic of Malawi, and visiting Malawi Health Minister the Honorable Dr. Hetherwick Ntaba and Mrs. Ntaba during the health minister's recent trip to Taiwan. The minister and GOH staff were very interested to exchange information about social problems facing both Malawi and Taiwan, as well as successful approaches to dealing with these challenges. Mrs. Ntaba, who is the national coordinator of the Pan African Christian Women's Alliance, was also very interested in the history of social mobilization by the GOH. From, our perspective, GOH staff were very thankful for our visitors' interest and kind comments on our work, and very grateful for the opportunity to hear first-hand accounts of Malawi efforts to combat HIV/Aids.

Above: Visitors and GOH staff are seen in this photo during the visit, from left, Ambassador Thengo Maloya, Malawi Health Minister the Honorable Dr. Hetherwick Ntaba and Mrs. Ntaba, and from the Garden of Hope Foundation Ms. Robyn Taylor, Deputy CEO Mr. Wang, board member Mr. Daniel Chen, and special assistant to the CEO Ms. Lisa Pai.

Left: Ambassador Maloya looks on as Dr. Ntaba shakes hands with the GOH's deputy CEO Mr. Wang. The health minister presented a carved map of Malawi to the GOH to mark the visit.

Join us at the German Cultural Center Saturday, October 1st

If you will be in Taipei on October 1st, come to join us at the German Cultural Center as we take part in stories and kid's activities to mark German National Day at the center. The Garden of Hope will joins many other local groups to make it a great day out for kids and adults.

GOH staff members will be on hand to present a children's story in the "story room", followed by an activity to teach young kids about personal safety. It's an important subject, and the activities will help kids learn a little and have lots of fun at the same time. This year, our friends from the Kaleidoscape Language Academy will join in to help make the afternoon a fun day for all.  Plus, there will be all kinds of fun-filled activites for kids of all ages. We look forward to seeing everyone there - so bring your whole family and get ready for fun!

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http://www.dk-taipei.org.tw/en/

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Thank you Taipei's Community Services Center

A big thank you to Taipei's Community Services Center in Tienmu for hosting an exhibition and sale of handmade jewelry from our Taidong Women's Workshop.

The Center works as important network and support center for expatriates in Taipei, and offers professional counseling, classes, coffee mornings and much more. It also exhibits works by local artists, and kindly offered the chance to the GOH.

If you would like to know more about the workshop, or host your own exhibition of the works, please contact Ms. Robyn Taylor at robyn@goh.org.tw or call (02) 2367-9595 ext. 521 weekdays. You can own some beautiful handmade bead jewelry and help indigenous women at the same time!

Taipei's Community Service Center is open from Monday-Friday from 9am - 5pm at #25, Lane 290, Chung Shan N Road, Sec 6, Taipei. To find out more about the Community Services Center call 2836-8134 or visit their website at: http://www.community.com.tw/

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