HKYWCA joins the Care for The Elderly Charity Ticket Campaign 2019 (“the Campaign”) to raise fund for the Association’s self-financed elderly services. The fund raised will help to provide comprehensive support to the community through the following three centres, namely Y Care Day Care Centre for the Elderly (Yau Yat Chuen), NWS Y Care Day Care Centre for the Elderly (North District) and YWCA Jockey Club Y Care Elderly Centre. The Association invites your participation to help the needy!

Sinomax organised a Mid-Autumn Festival luncheon for the elderly.

Supported by the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS), the “HS Academy Alumni Club” joined hand with HKYWCA for the first time to organise a home visit programme during the Mid-Autumn Festival, where volunteers made mooncakes and sent blessings to the elderly residents in Kwun Lung Lau at Sai Wan.

Residents of Cheng Pon Hing Care & Attention Home for the Elderly enjoyed a day tour and had fun with Chevalier Group volunteer team.

YF Life volunteer team visited the Association’s Wan Wah Care & Attention Home for the Elderly, to send care and joy to the residents.

Volunteers from Morgan Stanley prepared dainty meals and shared care and joy with seniors living at Cheng Pon Hing Care & Attention Home for the Elderly.

Some seniors with swallowing difficulty can only eat pureed meals. However, unattractive pureed food may spoil their appetite and impact their health in the long run. Hence, volunteers from Morgan Stanley decided to help prepare appetizing meals for the elders.

DreamStarter and students from St. Paul's College initiated the “KOL Project”, and invited Verint Systems (Asia Pacific) Limited and the Association to work together for implementation. The students designed the programme to bridge the communication between generations by promoting life hacks of the solitary elderly to the young people.

Sponsored by SOCAM Development Limited and Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged, HKYWCA Chi Po Neighbourhood Elderly Centre launched a programme to give away insect repellents to grassroots elders in Sham Shui Po, to help them tackle mosquito and pest problems.

The Free Food Coupon for Senior Citizens Programme has served the 7 consecutive years. Underprivileged elders have benefited greatly from the scheme and the Free Food Coupon Shopping Day, co-organised by PARKnSHOP and HKYWCA.

Supported by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the Association set up a new centre in Sha Tau Kok to provide one-stop services for the underprivileged elderly and their care-takers in the district. It provides an integration of healthcare, social support and day care services and aims at arousing awareness on health related issues, and introducing usage of fitness and mind training equipment among the elders. Our staff will also visit rural area nearby to promote health management and the importance of exercise.