The award-winning Puzangalan Children’s Choir is in dire financial straits due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is in burning need of funding for its continued operation.
The choir from Pingtung County’s Majia Township (瑪家), who sang the national anthem at President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) inauguration ceremony, was founded to help indigenous children combat poverty and boost their confidence, as well as to provide much-needed educational resources.
The choir over the past 10 years has mainly relied on donations and holding fundraising shows to pay its expenses and for its scholarship programs, and when it thought the most difficult times were over, the