Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation (Chinese: 陽光社會福利基金會; pinyin: Yángguāng Shèhuì Fúlì Jījīn Huì) is a charity established in 1981 in Taiwan to provide comprehensive services for burn survivors and people with facial disfigurement.
Inspired by the book written by burn survivor SHEN Xiao-Ya entitled People Who Shun the Sun, a group of public-minded individuals from the media, business, medical and NPO sectors, joined people with facial disfigurement to launch a fundraising campaign in 1981.
Small donations raised with the public were the basis for the establishment of Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation.
[2] Through social education in schools and communities, and through advocacy, Sunshine seeks greater respect and equal rights for people with facial disfigurement.
Sunshine won second place in the 2005 Asia Pacific NGO Awards organized by Resource Alliance and Citigroup.