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Nov 27, 2006 - The Straits Time, Life!
Yen to help less fortunate
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http://www.nbbbs.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1204&extra=page%3D1
F4 member Jerry Yen enjoys his role as celebrity ambassador for World Vision International
By Kristina Tom, IN MONGOLIA
Yen with one of the children he met in Mongolia. -- WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL KNOWN by most as a member of Taiwanese boyband F4 and for playing the role of hot-tempered Daoming Si in popular TV serial Meteor Garden, Jerry Yen may look the part of a pretty boy.
However, he certainly doesn't act like one. The 29-year-old bachelor recently roughed it out in Mongolia, cramping his lanky 1.8m frame into a jeep to travel the countryside - a bumpy eight-hour ride per day - and settling down at night on a hard bed in a rustic hostel with unreliable hot water.
He even suffered sunburn and a bloody nose from the bitterly cold but sunny weather. Yet, he never stopped flashing his trademark smile and auntie-killer dimples - all in the hope of spreading good cheer to some of the poorest children in rural Mongolia.
He made the trip as part of his newest role as celebrity ambassador for the Asian offices of World Vision International, a Christian relief and development organisation which strives to combat global poverty, dealing in particular with the plight of impoverished children.
Yen is the first such ambassador for Asia, although the Singapore office of World Vision has in the past recruited help from celebrities such as former Nominated Member of Parliament Eunice Olsen, home-grown singer Kit Chan and current World Vision Singapore ambassador and pop star Joi Chua.
In Mongolia, Yen met some of his sponsored children, whom he supports through World Vision with a monthly donation of $45 each a month.
Yen, who shelved his childhood dreams of becoming a professional basketball player years ago, took time out to shoot some hoops with his sponsored child Dorjtovuu Erdenebayar,
The boy's life story struck a chord with Yen. Both grew up in single-parent households and, in the absence of their fathers, started working at a young age to help support the family.
Dorjtovuu's father was imprisoned after stealing animals to feed his family, leaving his wife and five children with little hope for a future until World Vision helped provide jobs, schooling and a new ger (a traditional Mongolian tent).
At the age of eight, Dorjtovuu took on a job: herding animals.
'I can sympathise with the hardship of a single Mum who has to raise a family on her own,' said Yen, who took on a job, packing boxes, at the age of 10.
Aside from visiting the rural poor in Dundgobi province, he also mingled with street children in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar.
During the cold winter months, they seek shelter in underground steam tunnels, where they are vulnerable to disease, attacks by homeless adults and even the occasional burst water pipe, which can prove fatal.
Said Yen: 'I used to complain about life, but compared to the suffering and courage of these children and families, my problems seem so small.'
He is now on a media tour throughout Asia, where he will talk about his week-long visit to Mongolia and the work World Vision does there.
Jerry Yen will speak at the One Child Campaign Event on Wednesday, at Suntec City's Rock Auditorium at 11am. Tickets are priced at $20 and $60. Call 6221-1040 or log on to www.worldvision.org.sg for details
stlife@sph.com.sg
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'I used to complain about life, but compared to the suffering and courage of these children and families, my problems seem so small'
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