A short-term international volunteer service nine years ago gave Lin Zijun, a student in the Department of Economics at National Taiwan University, a wonderful connection with the ancient city of Nepal. The 2015 Nepal earthquake brought him back to the ancient city, which was also the epicenter, and established the non-profit organization Call of the Mountains.

Launch a long-term service plan to transform the local education environment.

Gorkha, the ancient capital of Nepal, was where the Royal Palace of Nepal used to be. Residents have long been accustomed to the coming and going of people from all over the world in the town.

One day, an old farmer asked a local young man passing by: "The Koreans come here to grow this kind of coffee, the Chinese come to grow tea, and the young man next door to you grows something else?" The old farmer was referring to people from Taiwan, National Taiwan University Economics

Lin Zijun, co-founder of the Department and the international non-profit organization Calling from the Mountains, said: "I am here to plant 'education'." Gorkha County is a historical and ancient mountain city, 7 hours' drive west of the capital Kathmandu.

Gorkha has a population of about 200,000. In addition to commercial activities on the tourist street near the palace, Gorkha is a poorer area going up the mountain. After the earthquake in Nepal, it caused a very high dropout rate of 42%.

Taiwan's NGO Yuanshan Calling has targeted two primary schools and one junior high school in local mountainous areas. In 2016, it successfully brought 300 poor dropout children back to school. In 2017, it implemented a one-year "education planting plan" to upgrade primary schools.

The enrollment rate in junior high schools has increased from the original 10% to 98%, which is a remarkable achievement.

The story begins 9 years ago: Lin Zijun, who was a freshman at Taichung No. 2 High School, joined the Nepal service group of the Universal International Volunteer Foundation and visited Gorkha for the first time, the prosperous ancient capital that is now in decline, which made him escape from the oppressive middle school.

Life opened his eyes.

In just 10 days in Gorkha, Lin Zijun and the group members taught the children simple English, organized activities, and did handicrafts. "In fact, we didn't do anything, but the local children gave us enthusiastic feedback, which made me a little more confident and knew

The future career is not just about studying." Before they left, the poor children picked flowers and drew pictures to give to their elder brothers and sisters, and Lin Zijun was given a precious Nepali name Rikash, which means "being.

Blessed people".