Huang was among 6,000 volunteers serving about 40,000 socially disadvantaged people at 16 charity weiyas nationwide yesterday. A weiya is an annual year-end banquet that in Taiwan is traditionally held ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. The annual charity weiya Huang attended was organized by the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation and its two sister groups, the Jen’an Homeless Social Welfare Foundation and the Huashan Social Welfare Foundation. Huang became homeless after losing his job three years ago. That was when volunteers from the Jen’an foundation spotted him and gave him a sleeping bag to keep warm, Huang said.

Source: Taipei Times January 22, 2017 16:01 UTC