Do you know how to cope with minor ailment such as colds, gastrointestinal upset, apart from seeking medical help or purchasing medicine on your own? Do you know any community pharmacy where pharmacists provide advice on medication?

"Inside Out 2" has been very popular since its launch. This August, Sinomax organised a parent-child movie screening and invited Tuen Mun families to join. All the volunteers, parents and children liked this movie very much. It dispelled misunderstanding of emotions by the general public and encouraged people to face one’s own true feeling. Apart from the movie itself, the debriefing activities on emotion management was also educational.

YWCA publishes the Emotion Education Series to help children and their parents to manage emotions through pair-reading. Previous published picture books Angry Croissant, Crying leaf and Disgusting Hair were highly recommended by clinical psychologists and well received among parents and children. The fourth volume Worrying Otter has just been published in July, and explores the emotion of “worry” through interesting pictures and story.

Verinteers (Volunteers of Verint) invited children from the grassroots living in Sham Shui Po to join a baking class and make chocolate cakes together. They also prepared pastry for grassroots elderly. All children, elderly and Verinteers had a wonderful afternoon.

YWCA Flag Day was successfully held in Kowloon region last Saturday (Apr 13). Thanks to all YWCA members, students and working partners, more than 2,000 volunteers joined the event and helped raise funds for women-oriented services to support underprivileged women. The Association would like to express our sincere gratitude to all participants and supporters who made the event a success. 

YWCA was honoured numerous awards in two award presentation ceremonies last month, including “ERB Outstanding Award for Promotion and Marketing” in “ERB Annual Award Presentation Ceremony 2023 – 24”. Three ERB trainees of the Association were honoured with “ERB Outstanding Award for Trainees” and one was honoured with "ERB Merit Award for Trainees". Another ERB trainee was awarded “Self-improvement for Working Adults Award” in Sir Edward Youde Memorial Awards.

For the third consecutive year, Citybus has partnered with YWCA to organise the Christmas open-top bus tour, aiming to bring more joy to the community during the Christmas season.

Latest study conducted by YWCA indicates a correlation between the amount of time primary school students spending on electronic devices and their parents' usage, while children plays almost twice as much as their parents during weekends, highlighting a strong parental influence on children's behaviors.

Christmas is around the corner! Many people have great ideas to spend their Christmas with family and friends. But some people would like to spread their love and care to people in need in our community. Volunteer team of China Overseas Holdings Limited organised an afternoon tea workshop with YWCA Chiu Oi Wah Nursery School. They spent an enjoyable afternoon tea party with the nursery school students there.

Organised by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, 2023 Best Practice Awards in Social Welfare aims at recognising and promoting innovative, inspiring and forward-looking practical experiences in the social service sector. “YWCA Jockey Club Joyful Transition with Families” grasped two awards including Outstanding Social Service Award and Outstanding Performance Indicators Award (Collaboration & Synergy).