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Cindy Sui
SCMP Contributor
‘We found that when we took kids outdoors for activities, the results were very good,’ Gaia Education chief officer says.
Farm the City is charity founded in 2018 by three farming enthusiasts to share benefits of connecting with nature with city dwellers, especially elderly residents.
The Home of Loving Faithfulness provides lifelong care for people with severe disabilities and is among Operation Santa Claus’ beneficiaries.
Kids4Kids also strives to promote ‘three Cs’ – creativity, character and community – to help children become future changemakers.
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Hong Kong Workers’ Health Centre will be able to help 120 people and their carers next year with funding from Operation Santa Claus.
Major philanthropic organisation urges Hongkongers to support smaller, lesser-known charities.
Uplifters and EmpowerU join forces to train domestic workers as community leaders who can support their peers.
Hong Kong Paediatric Rheumatism Association subsidises medicine and provides support for children with rheumatic diseases and their carers.
Mind HK charity to reach more students with mental health support after strong early intervention results with school‑based initiative.
Annual charity drive aiming to raise HK$11 million to support community projects helping the city’s most vulnerable.
This year’s theme, ‘Building Bridges’, calls for using power of compassion to connect people and inspire collective action for a better community.
‘It’s great … the company has given us such a good platform to play ball and at the same time help disadvantaged groups. It’s a very meaningful activity,’ employee says.
Be Priceless will offer courses and workshops to more children with special education needs using funding from Operation Santa Claus.
Kids4Kids equips young people, regardless of their socioeconomic background, with the right skills to create positive change.
Parks and Trails works with wheelchair users to identify wheelchair-friendly trails and Operation Santa Claus funding will help it expand programme.
‘We don’t see this as an ability issue but more of an opportunity issue,’ says head of Love 21 Foundation, selected for annual fundraising drive Operation Santa Claus.
With help of Operation Santa Claus, local charity Grassroots Future will be able to provide donated laptops to needy children.
Community project under Methodist Epworth Village Community Centre set to launch next year with funding from OSC.
Local charity Mind HK will launch the Improving Access to Community Therapies (iACT) project with support from Operation Santa Claus.
Families of SMA Foundation is one of 11 charitable projects receiving funding from OSC this year.
Andrew Ng will launch project which will not only get inmates to work out, but also use the calories they burn to feed people in need.
Silence aims to provide counselling, mental health talks, museum visits and forest outings for its beneficiaries next year.
Discovery Mind Educational Organization shares its secret to being awarded the top school fundraiser by OSC for 13 years.
Wing Ding Squash Charity Tournament, which marked its 25th year, raised more than HK$447,000 for Operation Santa Claus.
Zubin Mahtani Gidumal Foundation’s centre for ethnic minority children offers free therapy sessions to youngsters with special needs, as well as guidance for parents.
Asia Pacific Youth Development Foundation is trying to narrow the ‘widening opportunity gap’ between youngsters in well-off and low-income families.
SLCO Community Resources’ project aims to create community that can communicate with hand gestures and signs.
‘At least we elderly people have more to eat now,’ says a 66-year-old retiree who lives on monthly government subsidy of HK$4,000.
