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The Global Elite Leaders Program allows volunteers to help others, challenge themselves, and grow through activities; it is a very meaningful volunteer activity.
On the first day of the 2018 Global Elite Leadership Camp, we went to Daxi Baiji Elementary School with students from Youde International Primary and Secondary School to teach local children about Earth Day - plastic-free living, and told them the importance of environmental protection. In the afternoon, everyone strolled in the Jiaobanshan Image Business District, enjoying the gentle breeze that was different from the flat ground, and chatted with the friendly and humorous tofu pudding shop owner for a long time. In the evening, everyone rested in the Xikou Atayal Tribe, listened to the stories told by the aunts in the tribe, sang and danced together, and drank some millet wine together. Everyone had long forgotten the hard work of the day, and wandered in the quiet mountains and forests with our joyful laughter.
The next day, everyone got up early. Watching the sunrise, we greeted a new day with a happy heart. We first went to the Xinxikou Suspension Bridge to have a bird's eye view of the magnificent Dahan River, and listened to the teacher's explanation of the history of the suspension bridge and the tribe's past on the suspension bridge. Then we returned to the Xikou tribe to experience making mochi; and made our own bamboo bowls, bamboo cups, and bamboo chopsticks, and had lunch with the local elders. In the afternoon, we walked to the farmland next to the tribe, and everyone bent down with seeds in their hands and buried the seeds of cosmos one by one, so that tourists who walk up from the Xinxikou Suspension Bridge in the future will no longer see a barren field, but a beautiful sea of flowers.
The Global Elite Leaders Program has entered its second year this year. I hope that we can continue to grow and thrive like the seeds of the cosmos, and reap the same rich rewards in next year's Global Elite Leaders Program.
Mayor Zheng Wencan's speech video
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