Junior high students in Kaohsiung are fundraising for a trip to Sweden, to compete in a major handball contest. The handball teams of Yangming Junior High have long dominated the domestic leagues, in both boys’ and girls’ sections. The boys’ team previously visited Denmark to play against other young people from around the world. Now it’s the girls’ turn to head to Sweden. But will they make up the funds they need in time? Let’s head to Kaohsiung for more.

This group of students is the girls’ handball team of Yangming Junior High, Kaohsiung, and they’re fundraising to go compete overseas.

A member of the public caught this footage and put it on social media, in the hope of helping them raise more money.

Yangming Junior High is famous for both its boys’ and girls’ handball teams, which have won clutches of gold and silver medals at handball tournaments across Taiwan. In 2019, the boys’ team represented Taiwan at the Dronninglund Cup, Denmark’s international youth handball tournament, and went home undefeated after 11 wins. Now it’s the girls’ team who want to go compete in the cup in Gothenburg, Sweden in July.

Huang Meng-yun
Yangming Junior High, Kaohsiung
Altogether eight students and one coach will go together, for about two weeks. Since the pandemic, the expenses for one person will be at least NT$100,000.

When the boys’ team went abroad before, they fundraised on the street too, and this time the girls are raising money, with their parents in support.

Chang Yung-fen
Yangming Junior High principal, Kaohsiung
The Department of Education will cover some of the expenses, NT$25,000, I think. The Sports Administration will also cover NT$15,000. The remainder will of course be the school and parents, and the community, everyone working together. Actually, strictly speaking, they haven’t raised a whole lot of money, but the parents wanted to make the kids realize, it’s not that adults should stump up all money, so they can experience how money doesn’t grow on trees.

These girls are working hard to make their dreams a reality, and whether or not they come home with a trophy, they’ll have plenty to be proud of.

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