COLLEGE STUDENTS HELP KIDS BUILD THEIR OWN CANOES|大學生伴偏鄉學童 打造獨木舟勇敢追夢

During the summer, some college students choose to travel, some would get a part time job and some in the next case, build canoes. A group of students from the National Taiwan Normal University decided to help elementary school students in rural areas building their own canoes and eventually try them out in the river with them. Slicing the wood into smaller pieces, this elementary school student is having a hands-on experience with building his own canoe. ==STUDENT Yilan Dong Shing Elementary School== Ned to slice the wood chip until there's only 1 cm left, so it won't break the skin later. I just want to learn so when I go back to school I can make my own (canoe). Building a canoe is all about team work. One needs to slice the wood, one needs to use the cotton string to tie everything together, and another one needs to apply the glue. Together, 10 elementary school students from rural areas in Yilan, build their own canoes from scratch under the guidance of college students. ==STUDENT Yilan Dong Shing Elementary School == We need to slice the wood, cut it and trim it. If I wasn't picked to be a part of this, I would still want to come, because it's nice to build a canoe. I've never been on one before. ==STUDENT National Taiwan Normal University == In the future, a lot of us will become teachers. Now it's an opportunity for us to guide them and that process can help us at the same time. Instead of traveling overseas during the summer vacation, these students from the National Taiwan Normal University end up helping elementary students at rural areas to build their own canoes. Their associate professor Hsieh Chih-mou is the driving force behind this project. ==HSIEH CHIH-MOU Assoc Prof., Dept. of Civic Education Leadership, NTNU== These children either come from dysfunctional families or families who need some help. Therefore, we hope to provide them some money (through fundraising) so the children don't have to ask money from home. Instead they can have some funds and support their family or even fulfill their own dreams. College student are here to work alongside the students as necessary, but it's also an opportunity for them to learn and lead. Most importantly, they want the kids to know, journeying through life is a learning process and someone will be there to guide them through it. After they're finished building, they plan to take a total of 16 canoes across the Dongshan river. TRANSLATED BY：STELLA TU 暑假期間，有很多大學生會選擇出遊、打工等活動。不過在台師大有一群學生，選擇陪伴偏鄉的國小學童共同打造獨木舟，也將實際下水。大學生希望能透過這樣的行動，讓偏鄉孩子知道，「勇敢追夢」的過程，並不孤單。 專注在眼前工作上，就讀國小的余同學，仔細鋸木頭，要打造一艘獨木舟。 ==宜蘭縣東興國小 余同學== 就是要把這個木片 鋸到剩下1公分 等一下再用皮的時候 它才不會把皮刺破 想要學學看 回學校就可以造船 分組合作，整個場域裡傳來敲敲打打的聲音。有人鋸木頭，還有人在船身上綁棉線、上黏膠，10位來自宜蘭偏鄉的小學生，在師大的哥哥姊姊陪伴下，從0到有，讓獨木舟逐漸成型。 ==宜蘭縣東興國小 吳同學== （工作要)鋸木頭 然後剪這個 然後修啊 如果我沒有被選到(參與)的話 我也很想來呀(為什麼) 因為感覺 造舟很好 我沒有划過舟 ==台師大學生 莊同學== 我們以後常常 就是蠻多人都會當老師 現在又可以接觸 然後去教導他們 一些做東西上 要怎麼去幫助我們 暑假期間，大學生們不是出去玩，而是選擇陪伴偏鄉小朋友完成造舟計畫，這幕後推手，是台師大的公領系副教授、謝智謀。 ==台師大公領系副教授 謝智謀== 這些孩子來自失功能 還有需要幫忙的一些家庭 所以我們希望 給他一些補助(募款基金) 讓孩子能夠為家裡面 做一些事情 不只是從家裡拿錢 而能夠有一些經費 能夠支持他 為他自己的家 圓一些夢想 一堂6學分課程，讓大學生學習領導，同時也要讓偏鄉小朋友，了解到在「勇敢追夢」的過程中，還是有人會陪伴。他們將在13號，帶著16艘獨木舟下水啟航，更將前往宜蘭冬山河航行，完成划船壯舉。 記者 曹晏郡 謝其文 台北報導