iPads delivered by helicopter to kids living in stranded mountain communities

NASC Black Hawk helicopter delivering supplies in Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung City

August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment National Airborne Service Corps, Taoyuan District

A helicopter was used to deliver iPads to a remote mountain community in southern Taiwan yesterday, as kids prepare to go back to school in villages left cut-off after roads and bridges were destroyed by floods earlier this month. Forty-two iPads were among the 600 kilogram load of essential supplies airlifted by a National Airborne Service Corp Helicopter yesterday, August 24. The iPads were purchased by the Kaohsiung City Government Education Bureau, and delivered to Zhangshan Elementary School to help

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August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment indigenous people, Kaohsiung City, Taoyuan District

A female indigenous representative is missing after being swept away by a sudden surge of mud, water, and rocks, while crossing a stream in a mountain district of Kaohsiung City yesterday, August 11. Xie Yizhen (謝宜真) had been visiting residents of three villages left isolated after catastrophic levels of rain destroyed roads and bridges in Taoyuan District last week. See previous story: Emergency supplies flown into communities left isolated after disaster-level rain At around 5:40 pm, 54-year-old Xie was crossing