Blessed with baking – Bravely pursuing dreams in the east of Taiwan

On July 15, the 2017 Social Enterprise Market opened in Taipei Railway Station, displaying a delicious array of bread and desserts from mobile stalls. A few smiling mothers from the Yu-Ai Happy Women’s Bakery (宇愛幸福婦女烘焙工坊) punctuated the lively throng’s hubbub to hawk their wares. However, these women are not just selling bread, they are also bravely pursuing a dream.

Yu-Ai Happy Women’s Bakery is a service center established by Hualien's International Cultural Educational Foundation (ICEF). Its main purpose is to help disadvantaged women from the region learn skills and build self-confidence. The bakery uses an integrated approach, taking baking as the foundation and augmenting it with production and marketing skills. The workshop cooperates with local schools and the community to help disadvantaged women participate in neighborhood activities, thereby creating a family atmosphere in the community.

Blessed with baking – Bravely pursuing dreams in the east of Taiwan

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(以下是中文對照)

烘焙幸福 後山媽媽勇敢逐夢

2017社會企業市集於7月15日在台北火車站熱烈開賣，色香味俱全的麵包與甜點擺在攤車上，幾位媽媽熱情的笑容與叫賣聲，這是宇愛幸福婦女烘焙工坊的攤位，然而這裡販賣的不只是麵包，而是一個個勇敢追逐的夢想。

宇愛幸福婦女培力工坊，是由環宇國際文化教育基金會在花蓮地區成立的服務據點。主要目的為幫助當地弱勢婦女學習技能及獲得自信。因此，婦女培力工坊以烘焙坊為基本，建立產銷合一的模式，並且與在地學校、社區合作，與弱勢婦女共同參與社區回饋，創造社區一家親的氛圍。