Twenty years ago, noticing that our government and the folk did not work for the welfare of patients in a persistent vegetative state (pvs), Mr. Cao-Ching, the founder of G.S.W.F, decided to unify the power of benevolent people by knocking on their doors everywhere in Taiwan . In 1986, with the support of 700 benevolent members, the first home for PVS sufferers was established as a non-profit professional organization which takes care of the PVS sufferers in poverty. Later, in 1994, this organization was transformed into a national foundation, the G.S.W.F.
It pursues two ideals: 1) calling on local people to assist their neighbors in need, and 2) allocating social welfare to the community. With effort, gradually the G.S.W.F have established twelve homes for PVS sufferers located in Taipei , Taichung , Kaohsyung, Hsinchu, Tainan , Banchiao, Chayi, Tao-yuan, Maoli, Fengshan, Hsindien, and Chielung. There are three types of services offered by the foundation: (1) to take care of PVS sufferers in poverty, (2) to look after the elderly, and (3) to care for the homeless. The G.S.W.F aims t o uphold human dignity and to respect lives with compassion. By unifying benevolent people in society, we may accumulate drips of offerings into a huge river of love in action to run social services for impoverished PVS sufferers, the elderly, and the homeless.