In 2006, I formed a Loofah Team at Youmu Elementary School and started growing loofah in campus with the children for them to learn farming and giving. We sold the loofahs and earned their tuitions and miscellaneous fees, school lunch fees and dream funds. I also took the children to Lanyu, learned to compose proposals, plan tour itineraries and negotiate sponsorships, as well as accomplished my first cycling trip around the island.
Grass Book House was reconstructed from a stir fries restaurant by Sanxia Creek. The two-story space is divided into areas for a cafeteria, classrooms, gaming and reading. The small space carries children’s dreams and their expectations for the future. Through the learning and accompanying at Grass Book House, we hope that Grass children can possess six major capabilities, i.e. optimism and passion, responsibility and self-discipline, problem solving, social wisdom, courage to try, and thankfulness and empathy.