Mexican children donate art to typhoon-affected Taiwanese children

墨西哥兒童捐贈藝術品給我國受颱風影響的兒童

By 中央社
編譯:劉耀畬

2009-11-26 00:00:00

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The Taipei-based Mexican Trade Services Documentation and Cultural Office held a charity event Tuesday to mark the opening of its new office in which 26 paintings donated by Mexican children were displayed to raise money for Taiwanese children affected by Typhoon Morakot, which devastated southern Taiwan in August.

台北的墨西哥簽證文件暨文化處十七日舉行慈善活動，慶祝新辦公室開幕。活動中展示了墨西哥兒童捐贈的二十六幅畫，為受到八月嚴重破壞南台灣的莫拉克颱風影響的台灣兒童籌集資金。

"The artworks will remain in Taiwan because the young creators of the pieces have decided to donate them for the benefit of those affected by the recent natural disaster," said Martin Munozledo, head of the Mexican office.

「作品將留在台灣，因為這些作品的年輕創作者已決定將他們捐出，為受到最近的天然災害影響的人盡一份力。」墨西哥辦事處負責人馬丁穆諾利多說。

Over the past few years, artwork created by the children of Mexico's Unidad Ludica Margarita Septien de Nogueras has been exhibited in museums in Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United States, according to Munozledo.

穆諾利多表示，過去幾年，由墨西哥諾格拉的露第卡瑪格麗塔塞普蒂恩協會的兒童創作的藝術品已在加拿大、德國、日本、墨西哥、荷蘭和美國的博物館展出。

In February 2006 they were recipients of the Coming Up Taller Award, which was bestowed by Laura Bush, who was the U.S. first lady at the time.

2006年2月，他們接受勞拉布希頒贈「站得更高獎」，當時她是美國第一夫人。

Munozledo added that proceeds from the sale of the paintings at the exhibition, titled Con los Brazos Abiertos (With Arms Wide Open), will be given to the Da Wu Education Center, mainly for the use of young children and teenagers from low-income aboriginal families who live in Da Wu village, located in southeastern Taiwan's Taitung County.

穆諾利多補充說，名為「雙臂大張」的展覽畫作售出所得款項，將贈與大武教育中心，這個中心主要服務居住在台東大武村的低收入原住民家庭的幼兒和青少年。