Mr. Huag Chung-chih

To empower others to empower ourselves

　　Mr. Huang is a prototypical activist. He said a successful research project is not just discussing a topic on paper; rather, a most comprehensive report is one in which the researchers have actually gone through the experience in person. Under his leadership, we held seminars in the community, talked to students on campuses, and made a survey of the general public. One step at a time, we have slowly achieved the goal of making the public aware of the health risk of tobacco. Mr. Hwang encouraged us to go from a point to a line, then to an area, to expand on our tobacco control and prevention campaign, so this research project could be stretched into the future indefinitely.

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　　"To empower others to empower ourselves" is the expectation I have for the students. I hope they realize the meaning behind helping others is like helping ourselves. They will learn the essence of "mutual help", whereas they help others break free from the grasp of tobacco products, and they have acquired a lot of valuable knowledge themselves. This is not something that happens overnight; it comes from continually exploring and learning. The team members have learned to create a "win, win" situation through helping others and helping themselves.

Mr. Lu Hsin-kuan

Store confidence, store health, store love

　　Mr. Lu is a very patient teacher. He often tells us, "having problems is the best chance to learn how to solve them". Therefore, whenever something happened and a question came up, Mr. Lu would always discuss with us different ways to solve the problem, or provide us concrete suggestions, enabling us to learn how to think when face with a problem. He is an excellent teacher who garners our respect.

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　　After having led the students on this anti-tobacco research project, I found that when the young generation participates in a public health project, it could raise their self-assurance as they learn from the truth in life, and not just be fulfilled materially. I encourage the children to extend their care for life from Taiwan to every pair of hands in need on the face of the earth. Store confidence, store health, and store love while they are still young.