By Marie-Claude Pelchat | Project Leader
Going to a job interview can be a nerve-wrecking experience. Whether it’s on our resume or during the interview process, we want to project the best side of ourselves and let the employer be won over by our charisma, our talent and our skills. But what happens when you have a visible facial difference? How do you make sure that people go beyond appearances and appreciate you for your qualities? This is an issue faced regularly by burn survivors when time comes for them to go back to active life and (re)integrate the job market.
Because of their different appearance, burn survivors often face discrimination when they return to their community, their school or when they try to find work. In order to raise awareness about this issue, Sunshine made a short film featuring one of our clients Cai-Yu that is inspired by her experience looking for a job, going to interviews and being “politely” rejected before even getting a chance to present herself once the potential employer saw her scars.
See the video here (you can select English, French or Spanish subtitles).
Sunshine Foundation helps burn survivors and people with facial disfigurement by providing physical and psychosocial rehabilitation services. Another important part of our work is to also uphold their human rights and dignity. It’s one thing to help burn survivors regain physical functions, but if they return to an unfriendly environment that judges them not on their talent and capacities but on their appearance, then we only did half of the work.
Your support is crucial not only in helping burn survivors like Cai-Yu to find the strength to return to a normal life after her injury and participate actively in society, but also in helping us change society’s discriminatory attitudes and beliefs towards facial disfigurement.
Now, during GlobalGiving’s Bonus Day on July 15, you have the chance to maximize the value of your support because GlobalGiving will be matching gifts made to Sunshine Foundation at 30%. This means that your donation of $100 will receive a $30 match!
We invite you to support Sunshine Foundation’s efforts to provide comprehensive rehabilitation services to burn survivors in Taiwan by donating to our project Rehabilitation for burn survivors in Taiwan.
http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/burn-survivor-rehabilitation/ .
Mark the Bonus Day date on your calendar!!!
Taiwan time: from Wednesday, July 15 at 9:00 PM to Thursday, July 16 at 11:59 AM.
US time: from Wednesday, July 15 at 9:00 AM EST to Wednesday, July 15 at 11:59 PM EST
On behalf of Sunshine Foundation and its international partners, a huge thank you for your support!
PS: We encourage you to make your donation early, because matching funds will likely run out before the end of the day.
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