Artwork “Light Up Your Dreams” outside and inside of the FLOMO Educational Foundation building by Wang Wen-Chih
FLOMO Educational Foundation is a foundation donated by Flomo Shen, the founder of FLOMO Co., Ltd., adhering to the mission of creating corporate value and enhancing the upward progress of society, and practicing its commitment to corporate social responsibility with practical actions.
Mr. and Mrs. Shen
The Foundation's mission: Caring for the underprivileged, promote education, protect the environment, and protect the future of Taiwanese children.
A. FLOMO Educational Foundation:
Since 2013, the Foundation has cooperated with 41 primary schools in Hunei District, Tainan City North District and Annan District of Kaohsiung City, and the Foundation has sent English teachers to teach primary schools in various districts, cultivating children's ability to stand on the international stage with lively and diversified English learning resources, benefiting more than 5,000 people.
B. Eco-friendly Erasers Gift Program:
In order to maintain the health of school children and reduce the damage of plasticizers in the environment, we show our commitment to sustainability and serving underrepresented populations through this program. Environmentally friendly and non-toxic erasers are given to the public for free every year, and a total of 20 million pieces are given away.
C. Promoting English:
English is one of the indispensable requirements in the face of a global competitive environment, and the Foundation has taken the first step to continue to promote Taiwan as a bilingual country ahead of government policies, implement English in life education, and enhance Taiwan's international competitiveness. Additionally, it supports the Tainan Municipal Government's efforts to promote English as a second official language by providing funds to do so and working with teacher training programs for the English Workshop and other English promotion initiatives.
Specific Actions of the Foundation
2004-2010
Tainan FLOMO Education Foundation was established
★ Public Welfare★ Refuse to allow PVC on campus, and distributes millions of erasers
More than one million non-PVC [environmentally friendly and non-toxic erasers] were given to lower primary school children across the country for free, in addition to 20,000 FLOMO environmentally friendly non-toxic erasers were arranged into large dominoes prohibiting PVC, and they worked with children to knock down the dominoes and declare their determination to refuse toxic stationery from entering the campus.
★ Public Welfare★ exchange to wipe the earth, national campus tour action vehicle
It took half a year to tour more than 100 primary schools across the country, allowing children to take and use PVC-containing erasers, free exchange for environmentally friendly and non-toxic erasers. The activity was replaced by former Vice President Xiao Wanchang's wife as the spokesperson, a total of about 2 tons of PVC erasers, and also gave Taiwanese children a cleaner and more environmentally friendly learning space.
2010
Through the joint efforts of FLOMO and environmental groups, the government began to regulate the content of plasticizers in erasers
2011
★Public Welfare★ cooperates with Tainan Primary School to carry out positive thinking experimental teaching to cultivate the ability of positive thinking, so that students can change their minds and create a better life when they encounter difficulties and setbacks
★Public Welfare★ In addition to hiring excellent teachers, we have compiled 7 volumes of I LOVE FLOMO English textbooks, providing free opportunities for disadvantaged students to learn English, and opening free e-book downloads
The FLOMO Academy headquarters in Xi-men Road, Tainan City, had students from 18 primary schools, and it also collaborated with about 40 primary schools in Kaohsiung City's North District, Annan District, and Hunei District, where classes were held close to the school's teaching points, and about 800 disadvantaged students learned English for free through the FLOMO Academy Program each year.
2014
★Public Welfare★ handling of 'FLOMO Loves the Earth, millions of erasers for you’ gift plan, free of charge environmental protection and non-toxic eraser for people to obtain for free. It is hoped that Taiwan will fully use environmentally friendly and non-toxic eraser as soon as possible to create an environmental paradise.
2015
Professor Chao-Ming, Chen, from the Department of Applied Foreign Languages of Shih Chien University, was commissioned to conduct the policy white paper "English as a Second Official Language”
Held a FLOMO Education Forum with the Second Official Language Project Office of the Tainan Municipal Government, inviting scholars and experts, the Second Official Office of the Tainan Municipal Government to discuss "the necessity and promotion of English as a second official language"
2016
★Cooperate★ with the Tainan Municipal Government to establish an English teaching talent pool in the "English Teaching and Learning Workshop" reserve teacher training program
Tainan Bo-ai Elementary School was entrusted to handle the children's English compensation plan-diversified fun learning project research
Commissioned the Taiwan Local Governance Research Forum to conduct the "Tainan City Public Opinion Survey on Promoting English as Taiwan's Second Official Language"
★Cooperate★ donated $10 million to the Tainan Municipal Government to promote the policy of "English as a Second Official Language"
Tainan Yujing junior high school was commissioned to conduct "Research and Development of Basic Sentence Pattern Diagnostic Test Questions for Middle School Students and Discussion on the Effectiveness of Testing"
★Cooperate★ donated to the Penghu County Government to promote the Hello Island-wide English-Speaking Project in the World's Most Beautiful Bay
★ Glory ★ Chairman Kun-Zhao Shen was awarded the "Tainan City Outstanding Citizen"
2017
★Cooperate★ Chihkan Rotary Club Online English Teaching Started (Shenkeng Primary School, Xinguang Elementary School, Wenhe Elementary School, Chonghe Primary School, Tainan City, Longqi District, Tainan City, Tainan City, Longqi District / Tainan City Xincheng District Taisha Elementary School / Pingtung County Wutai Elementary School).
★Cooperate★ donated to Yunlin County Government to promote the "English Learning Class for the Elderly" project
★Cooperate★ donated another 10 million yuan to the Tainan Municipal Government to promote the policy of "English as a Second Official Language"
★Cooperate★ to attend the public hearings of the Legislature on "Promoting English as a Second Official Language"
★Cooperate★ with the Tainan Municipal Government to establish an English teaching talent pool in the "English Workshop" reserve teacher training program
★Cooperate★ supported the 4th WBSC U12 World Cup Little Baseball Championship off-field activity - Mad Baseball Learn English, sponsored the commemorative edition of the tournament Jing Liang Rub and Tainan Young Baseball Story Bilingual Picture Book to the participating teams
2018
★ Public Welfare★ sponsorship TOEIC Bridge TOEIC Popularization Test Tainan Citizens Free Test Project Wenchang Stationery
★ Public Welfare★ The parent-child class course at FLOMO Academy was launched
★ Collaborate★ to assist the Tainan Municipal Government in compiling English conversation teaching materials for taxi drivers
★Cooperate★ with the Tainan Municipal Government to establish an English teaching talent pool in the "English Workshop" reserve teacher training program
★ Cooperate★ assist the Tainan Municipal Government to the libraries of various districts to handle the Tainan City English Reading Season Peppy Pig Story House
2019
★Public Welfare★ English teaching at Nantai University of Science and Technology was launched (Homestead National Primary School).
★Cooperate★ with the Tainan Municipal Government to establish an English teaching talent pool in the "English Workshop" reserve teacher training program
★Public Welfare★ donated 2 million to Wenzao University of Foreign Languages to implement a multi-Chinese teacher training program
2020
★ Public Welfare★, Tainan Social University and Zhengxing Street stores jointly launched the "Come to Tainan to Speak Taiwanese" activity, donated Taiwanese gramophone erasers, and promoted local culture
★Cooperate★ with the Tainan Municipal Government to establish an English teaching talent pool in the "English Workshop" reserve teacher training program
★Public Welfare★ once again donated 2 million yuan to Wenzao University of Foreign Studies to implement a multilingual teacher training program
★Public Welfare★ Expand enrollment of parent-child classes at the headquarters of FLOMO Academy
2021
★ Public Welfare★ continued to cooperate with Tainan Community University and Xinyi Street stores in the "Come to Tainan speaking Taiwanese" activity, donated Taiwanese gramophone erasers, and promoted local culture.
2022
★Public Welfare★ Transformation Launched the "English Digital Learning Program" to provide online English and bilingual character education courses
★Public Welfare★ cooperated with National Jinan International University to organize "programming" Scratch and Micro:bit courses
★Public Welfare★ Short film editing, bilingual creative aesthetics, and listening to world famous songs to learn English are among the online classes offered.
