The "Hope for Tomorrow, Love from Taiwan" fund was started by the Government Information Office with the goal of supporting 10,000 children affected by the South Asian tsunami by providing them NT $ 1,000 a month for three years. It began in early 2005 with celebrities raising money through a telethon. In just one week, the fund raised NT $ 400 million in donations.
由新聞局發起，以認養一萬名災童、每人每月 1,000 元，共計 3 年的「一萬個希望」南亞海嘯援助計劃，2005 年初在演藝界大會串、十幾家媒體聯播號召下，創下了短短一週募集新台幣 4 億元善款的「不可能任務」。