Undeterred by the COVID-19 pandemic, an elementary school in Kaohsiung and its counterpart in Japan have formed a friendship, with the Taiwanese students gifting their Japanese peers with handmade disaster prevention hoods.
Students at Kaohsiung’s Jhongsiao Elementary School chose the material, made the template and sewed the hoods, which were sent to students at Kumamoto Prefecture’s Tomioka Elementary School.
Classes on textile art creation and international cultures are part of Jhongsiao Elementary School’s core courses, the Kaohsiung Education Department said in a news release yesterday.
As the students master their craft, the school hopes to inspire them to understand the potential disasters their
By Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff writer, with CNAUndeterred by the COVID-19 pandemic, an elementary school in Kaohsiung and its counterpart in Japan have formed a friendship, with the Taiwanese students gifting their Japanese peers with handmade disaster prevention hoods.