Organised by the Association’s Early Childhood Education Department, “Kid’s Art and Craft Exhibition of Loong” showcased the art works of the children from 11 nursery schools and kindergartens in early March in D‧Park, Tsuen Wan.
YWCA has been concerned about the welfare of the aged. The Association joined the Care for the Elderly Charity Ticket Campaign 2023 to raise funds for our elderly service. The entire Association took initiatives to organise different charity sales and talent shows to raise fund from the public. We successfully raised more than $1,100,000 and became Champion of “Top Fundraising Organisations”. Thanks for all generous supports and efforts made by our working partners and volunteers to advocate elderly’s well-beings.
YWCA has successfully held ChariTea on International Women's Day, i.e. 8 Mar, for 15th consecutive years. The campaign aims to remind people to spread love and care to women around them. Apart from receiving red date tea bags from our volunteers in the morning in different territories, general public can also get the bag bags in more than one hundred spots, including YWCA centres and our partners’ stores.
Strive and Rise Programme is organised through tripartite collaboration between the Government, the business sector and the community. The second phase has started and YWCA is one of the district organisers in Kowloon West. The Association sets up a new service centre in Saxon Tower, Lai Chi Kok and will organise different events for the participants.
Many elders place great importance on Chinese New Year and are usually busy with the preparations. However, it is difficult for elderly living in Cheng Pon Hing Care & Attention Home for the Elderly to enjoy the festive momentum. Miricor volunteer team therefore organised a visit to help the seniors dress up in Chinese New Year outfits and capture their joyful smiles with photos.
Following the establishment of the YWCA Centennial Child UPlace in Tin Shui Wai last year, the Association opened its second child care centre this month in Queens Hill, Fanling. The centre aims to provide quality child care and education service for parents who are unable to take care of their children aged 0 to 3 during daytime.
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.
Ellen Li District Elderly Community Centre organised a one-year cross-generation programme “Amazing Elderly Puppet Show”. Secondary school students and social work university students collected true stories from the elderly and wrote the script for the puppet show. The young and the old also worked together to make hand puppets and performed in front of the public, displaying the passion and energy of the elderly.
As the co-organiser, YWCA worked with Hong Kong Elite Athletes Association, the main sponsor Hong Kong Jockey Club, and the supporting organisation Po Leung Kuk Riverain Primary School to launch the “Together We Care 2023”. Mr. Li Xiao-peng, previous National gymnast, and a group of existing Hong Kong athletes and retired elite athletes attended the event to spread love and care to families in need.
Dreams and happiness are more about how we live than where we live. YWCA Jockey Club Family Wellness Centre recently holds an exhibition in JCCAC, Shek Kip Mei, to showcase how families with SEN children live a positive life in subdivided unit, earning support and respect from community.
If God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. (1 John 4:11)
