{"id":954,"date":"2022-02-22T07:25:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T06:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lift.tw\/en\/?page_id=954"},"modified":"2025-12-16T15:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:02:28","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lift.tw\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"954\" class=\"elementor elementor-954\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd66b8a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bd66b8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf6b0f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bdf6b0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-346ddd7 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"346ddd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our History<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03a4dd0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"03a4dd0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0195ce2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0195ce2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7704b95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7704b95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">May 2019<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f2b882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f2b882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>About twenty parents of French students decide to create a new French establishment in Taipei and create working groups, which meet on a monthly basis. Formal contacts are made with the Taiwanese Ministry of Education, the French Office in Taipei and the AEFE.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1c7ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d1c7ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">October 2019<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1167740 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1167740\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The team formalizes the project by creating an association under French law, called &#8220;Association Pour Une \u00c9ducation Fran\u00e7aise et une Culture Europ\u00e9enne \u00e0 Taiwan&#8221; (AEFECET), under the presidency of St\u00e9phanie Froissart.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28a61d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28a61d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">December 2019<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24502f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24502f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the help of the Taipei City Education Office, AEFECET begins to visit different establishment sites that could host LIFT. More than twenty sites are visited. A site to host the establishment was identified and a new working group was created. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chevassus, an architect, takes over the leadership of this group. Negotiations begin with the directors of the foundation of the identified site.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a00f887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a00f887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">February 2020<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd7a9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bd7a9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AEFECET is invited to Singapore for a symposium organised by the Association of Parents from Overseas French School (FAPEE).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-451de3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"451de3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">April 2020<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f22d41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f22d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lee Ming-Han \u674e\u660e\u7ff0 is recruited as a project manager and will hold the position for one month.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11db016 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11db016\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">June 2020<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9e93ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9e93ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A full establishment plan is written by St\u00e9phanie Froissart. AEFECET recruits a management team, consisting of a head of school and an executive director.<\/p><p>Taroko ( under its CEO David Reynier\u2019s impulse) works on a voluntary basis to create the logo and graphic charter of LIFT.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a30b4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a30b4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 2020<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-352e523 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"352e523\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The LIFT establishment plan prepared by AEFECET is submitted to the French authorities in Taipei and Paris, and is then officially validated in terms of both its academic component and its financial projections.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8066f5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8066f5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">September 2020<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-301c6db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"301c6db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An agreement is signed with the Odyssey International group to become the investor and operator of LIFT. Odyssey International recruits Thomas Chaumont, selected by AEFECET as Executive Director, as Project Manager and Yen-Jong Lee as legal advisor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b74af27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b74af27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">December 2020<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1d7abf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1d7abf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An association under Taiwanese law is created in order to organise the future community of parents: UPLIFT (Union des Parents du Lyc\u00e9e International Fran\u00e7ais de Taipei), with thirty founding members. Alexandre Levy is appointed President.<\/p><p>The Kuan Architect firm is selected to design the LIFT premises.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e555a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e555a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">January 2021<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c6b5ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c6b5ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Real estate negotiations fail (in particular because of the cost of meeting anti-seismic safety standards) and Odyssey International withdraws from the project. UPLIFT parents take over the leadership of the project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41164cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41164cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">February 2021<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2086045 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2086045\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The parents identify a new site and a new partner for the LIFT premises and start negotiations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0356317 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0356317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">September 2021<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba75bb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba75bb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A Memorandum of Understanding is concluded with Taibei High School to host LIFT. Jenny Wu \u5433\u5b9c\u771f is recruited as project manager. An executive committee of volunteer professionals was formed, under the authority of the UPLIFT Board of Directors, composed of Alexandre Levy, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chevassus, Me Yen-Jong Lee and Thomas Chaumont. Under the management of the Executive Committee, UPLIFT&#8217;s parent members join working groups to set up LIFT.<\/p><p>David Reynier becomes the first private sponsor of LIFT, and provides a generous endowment to UPLIFT to fund the project management phase.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c43815 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c43815\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">October 2021<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee26696 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee26696\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the gracious backing of the Director of the French Office in Taipei, Mr Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Casabonne-Masonnave, the French business community in Taiwan meets at the Residence to initiate the LIFT fundraising campaign.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e59ab9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e59ab9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">November 2021<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3230fc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3230fc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Under the auspices of the Director of the French Office in Taipei, Mr. Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Casabonne-Masonnave, the heads of diplomatic posts of the French-speaking countries present in Taiwan met at the Residence in order to widen the scope of LIFT to all French-speaking communities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45abbd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45abbd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">November 2021<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2470fbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2470fbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Taibei High School decides to disregard their commitments. The Taipei education bureau offers to the LIFT team 30 new potential locations in public establishments in the city.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04d33b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04d33b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">November 2021<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ef442e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ef442e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>LIFT receives commitments of sponsorship through a \u201cFounding Option\u201d mechanism from large French groups and businesses based in Taipei.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-813095c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"813095c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">December 2021<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff017eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff017eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>LIFT signs a support agreement with the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE), an institution supervised by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. It coordinates and supports nearly 522 schools in 139 countries. The AEFE network welcomes 370,000 pupils and students and guarantees them access to education excellence all over the world. LIFT then benefits from the expertise of their Support and Development Network Division and becomes an \u201cestablishment supported towards the accreditation\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b142a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0b142a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">January 2022<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478b77b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"478b77b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A new site is identified to welcome LIFT. The campus is a public high school, and meets all criteria related to learning experience, security and quality of welcome towards the accreditation. This school is equipped with sports equipment (indoor heated swimming-pool, gymnasium, football field) of very high standards and accessible to LIFT pupils. LIFT enters into negotiation with this establishment and the Taipei Education Bureau to renovate classrooms and administrative areas dedicated to LIFT starting summer 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4b7bc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4b7bc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">March 2022<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c87e003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c87e003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Elementary, administrative and teaching teams are recruited.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-354996e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"354996e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">April 2022<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d7ec78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d7ec78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A rental agreement is concluded for three years with Liu Gong high school to welcome LIFT.<\/p><p>LIFT met its fundraising target to finance the starting costs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6da47e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6da47e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">May 2022<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a297178 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a297178\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>LIFT is officially registered as an experimental educational institution by Taiwanese authorities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fa7752 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fa7752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sincere thanks to LIFT\u2019s forerunners and volunteers: St\u00e9phanie Froissart, Hui Min Huang, Alexandre Paitre, Pierre-Andr\u00e9 Divisia, Alexandre Levy, Stella Petitgrand, Christian Laudet, Nicolas Ng Kon Tia, Virginie de Braquilanges, Cyrille Gosset. 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