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Starfish Charitable Foundation Limited

Health

Starfish was founded in 2004 with a mission to provide medical treatments and feeding homes to orphans in mainland China. We focus on providing meaningful support and resources to underprivileged children in Hong Kong. Poverty is serious in Hong Kong: nearly every one in five children in Hong Kong is living in poverty. Underprivileged children stuck in poverty cycle: Children who grow up in low-income households tend to have less access to opportunities and therefore are more likely to remain poor in adulthood. Compounded with the lack of space in Hong Kong, underprivileged children are deprived of an environment where they can learn and develop happily and healthily. More than just formal education is needed: The Hong Kong government provides basic subsidies for school fees and supplies, but these are not sufficient. Underprivileged children are often unable to participate in the extra-curricular activities and outdoor activities that develop skills such as resilience and confidence, and ultimately enhance social mobility. It is Starfish’s mission to close the opportunity gap by providing much needed opportunities to underprivileged children in Hong Kong. We do not believe that the underprivileged should ‘lose at starting line’. Starfish’s goal is to close the opportunity gap and equalize opportunities. We strongly believe every child is worth investing in, and only if we invest in our children we can drive societal changes and create a more harmonious society.

Sprouts Foundation Limited, The

Education

The Sprouts Foundation was established in 2008 by the Shuper Family, with a vision of providing underprivileged children in Asia access to better education. Our Vision The Sprouts Foundation envisions a world where all children, especially the underprivileged, receive high quality education that helps elevate their lives and creates a positive future for our world. Our Mission The Sprouts Foundation aims to establish purposeful and effective long-term educational programmes, particularly in the fields of English language and technology skills. We commit to delivering high-quality programmes by closely monitoring the progress and development of our projects with teams of qualified educational specialists, and use the data we analyze from our programme results to offer ideas to education policy-makers in the regions where we operate.

Sowers Action

Education

Established in 1992, Sowers Action is a non-religious, non-political and non-profit-making charitable organization in Hong Kong, committed to promoting educational development and supporting livelihood needs, to help disadvantaged groups around the world.

Sports Change Life Foundation Limited

Education

Scoprts Change Life Foundation is mainly absed in the US and UK, with the primary goal of providing an opportunity for young people to pursue sports related aspirations.

Society of Boys' Centres

Human Services

The Society runs four residential service centres and three schools for social development, namely: Shing Tak Centre, Chak Yan Centre, Un Chau Hostel, Cheung Hong Hostel, Shing Tak Centre School, Chak Mission: Advocate the Society to accept the socially deprived children, provide suitable service to those under our care.

Sik Sik Yuen

Arts and Culture and Humanities

Established in 1921, Sik Sik Yuen (The Yuen) is a religious charitable organization worshipping Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

Sheng Kung Hui St. Christopher's Home Limited

Human Services

Sheng Kung Hui St. Christopher's Home, founded in 1935, began as an orphanage taking care of homeless children. Today, it provides various child-focused social service in Hong Kong. Mission: Following the love of Christ, to create and sustain a caring environment for children and youth to grow, to develop potentials and to live a life of fullness.

Scout Association of Hong Kong, The

Human Services

Mission: To operate an education movement for young people providing them with challenging and progressive training programmes for their physical, intellectual, social, spiritual and aesthetic development. Vision: To be the best voluntary organisation for the development of young people in Hong Kong for the betterment of our society.

Say Yeah Limited

Education

SAY YEAH is a charity organization based in Hong Kong. SAY YEAH is the english Pinyin close to the Cantonese common word 死嘢. Originally, the word ‘死’ is used to describe death, and the word ‘嘢’ is used to describe things or matters. By combining the two words together, 死嘢 becomes a slang with the best suitable meaning of “dead” and “dying soon.” The reason why we chose to incorporate SAY YEAH into our name is to have an emphasis on and remind people that to be afraid of dying is absolutely normal and not big of a deal. Therefore, we should be grateful, and ‘SAY YEAH’ To 死嘢. We aim to bring in innovative approaches, i.e. SAY YEAH education for students, in order to help them understand and experience the true meaning of death, so we can SAY YEAH to a new perspective on death. 死嘢 SAY YEAH is here to provide: 1. The SAY YEAH Hotline The SAY YEAH hotline mainly targets people who have suicidal thoughts and are seeking stress relief, to deliver them a message of: “what it means to cross the boundary between life and death.” 2. Popularize SAY YEAH Culture We intend to host regular events such as concerts, art projects, and stage plays to promote an active SAY YEAH culture to the people. 3. A Living Funeral Have you ever thought of how you would like to say goodbye to your friends and families? “A Living Funeral” offers you an opportunity to customise your “own” funeral. We believe that death is not as scary as it is after all. It will indeed allow you to understand and embrace death from another angle. 4. SAY YEAH Education SAY YEAH education organises various activities such as lectures, day trips, observation camps and it’s mission is to help youngsters to have open, positive perspectives and optimistic thoughts on death. 5. The Perfect Funeral In addition, 死嘢 SAY YEAH offers a unique one-stop funeral service to long-term patients and elderlies in memory of the deceased.

Rough C Limited

Arts and Culture and Humanities

Rough C Limited is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting art culture and healthy living. We organize various activities and trainings to help young people build self-confidence and positive attitudes, and also provide services to disadvantaged groups to promote a caring and respectful society. ROUGH dedicates ourselves to help young people build confidence and a positive attitude and promote a caring and respectful community. Aims : 1. Offer free programs for low-income families; 2. Facilitate youth training and education; 3. Organize community activities to enhance the quality of life of people; 4. Encourage interaction and communication, mutual respect and positive thinking.

Room to Read (Hong Kong) Limited

Education

The Room to Read Hong Kong Chapter is made up of passionate individuals driven by the belief that World Change starts with Educated Children. The vision of the Hong Kong Chapter is to share the work of Room to Read with Hong Kong's community residents and business. We support Room to Read's belief that education is key to breaking the cycle of poverty and focus our goals to help provide access to education to millions of children. Volunteering with the Hong Kong Chapter is not only a great way to help further Room to Read’s mission but also an opportunity to develop new skills and make connections with like-minded individuals.

Read-Cycling Company Limited

Arts and Culture and Humanities

Founded in 2009, Read-Cycling is one of a very few charities in Hong Kong dedicated to books and book lovers. We have been working hand-in-hand with like-minded organisations, schools, corporations and individuals in the past 11 years to bring a second life to used books. We are also committed to organising cultural activities in various formats with an aim to make reading an essential part of everyday life. Since 2009, Read-Cycling has received over198,000 quality used books from book donors all over Hong Kong, helping more than 153,000 of them find new homes and thus, saved more than 1,530 trees. Mission: 1. Foster a green reading culture I. We collect used books from various communities through book donation boxes and counters II. Volunteers help sort the books by genres III. Through different channels, we give the books a second life. 2. Promote the joy of reading We reach out to different communities and curate interesting cultural projects with an aim to nurture more book lovers. In the past years, we have made happen 60 cultural programs and author’s sharing sessions. Add to this 60 activities with primary and secondary schools. Please refer to to link to see latest financial statement

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Project Care

Human Services

Project on Children and Adolescents at Risk Education (Project C.A.R.E.), under the C.A.R.E. Lab of City University of Hong Kong aims at developing innovative interventions with different approaches in reducing and preventing aggressive behaviour and victimisation of school bullying in Hong Kong. This project had adopted Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in group counselling working with the exercise of systematic anti-bullying education to improve the growth environment of schoolchildren and simultaneously address the school bullying issue comprehensively. After succeeding in implementing the Project C.A.R.E., the research team also invented various innovative approaches of intervention to reduce aggressive behaviour of schoolchildren and tackle the problem of school bullying.

Principal Chan Free Tutorial World Limited

Education

Principal Chan Free Tutorial World was established in April, 2011. It is a Non-Profit Organization recognized by the HKSAR Government. (Registration Number: 91/11019) With the support of many generous people in the society who have become our volunteer teachers, we provide absolutely free learning support to the under-privileged children who have financial difficulties. Our scope of services includes the following: One-to-one tutorials Playgroup & pre-school courses Small group learning classes Talent development classes (musical instruments, photography, drawings etc.) Extra-curricular activities (Outdoor visits, parents and children workshops, English summer camps etc.) Our Mission A school is supposed to be for everyone, irrespective of their background; but now it becomes a place which only selects the riches and the best. A school is supposed to be a place where a variety of things could be learned;but now it becomes an examination venue which only focuses on academic results. A school is supposed to be a place which nurtures a student’s personality; but now it becomes a factory which produces “sample products”.

Playright Children's Play Association

Human Services

Playright Children’s Play Association (Playright) is a charity founded by Mrs Marden and other co-founders in 1987 in Hong Kong. Rooted in Hong Kong for several decades, Playright has all along pursued the mission of advocating children’s play because we “Value Children, Value Play.” Mission: We hope to build a society that respects, protects and fulfills a Child's Right to Play, where children can enjoy their childhood. We strive to advocate the value of play and seek societal commitment to meet the play needs of every child at policy, planning and provision level.rn

Pink Alliance Limited

Education

With core values of "Love of Life, Self-Respect and Care for Others", Rainbow Foundation integrates resources from corporations, schools, organizations, and individuals, while partnering with social welfare and charitable institutions to bring love and care to the underprivileged, and to improve social harmony in Hong Kong.

Pentecostal Church of Hong Kong

Human Services

Based on teaching of the Bible, we expand ministry, preach the Gospel, establish churches, provide education, and develop social services. We aim at spreading the gospel and promoting welfare of the Hong Kong community .Mission Statement: Spread the Gospel and Build the Church

Paws Hero Limited

Environment and Animals

Paws Hero is a non-profit organization dedicated uphold the proper attitude to live with animal and eliminate and prevent cruelty to animal Vision: We are different but respect bring harmony & build an inclusive community. We want a better world where there is no more homeless animals and abuse. We hope that everyone in our community is kind to animals, respect and learn how to live with them. Focus: 1. Public Education Programme (PEP) – Interactive storytelling programme with kindergarten student. Teach them about proper attitude to animals, what is adoption & how to respect each other. ​2. Education Hub – A space created and collaborate with other charities, organizations, animal shelters to hold events and educate the public to treat animals with respect. Create synergy to strive the better living with animals

PathFinders Limited

Human Services

PathFinders ensures that the most vulnerable children born in Hong Kong, and their migrant mothers, are respected and protected.

Onesky Foundation Limited

Education

Creating a regional community of professional caregivers while unlocking the potential of Hong Kong’s vulnerable children We know that when communities come together and commit to creating a loving network of care for their young, those children will thrive, their communities will benefit, and our world gets a little bit better. We know this because, for over two decades, we have been training caregivers to provide loving, nurturing care to marginalised children so they can have an equal start in life. And we have seen the results. Our teachable approach transforms young lives. Starting in China’s welfare institutions twenty years ago, we extended our trainings beyond teachers and nannies to reach at-risk communities and families in rural villages and factory zones. As the demand for our services grew, we developed online learning tools and expanded our capacity by teaching caregivers to train others through our Training of Trainers (TOT) program.

Operation Blessing Hong Kong Limited

Education

Operation Blessing is a Christian Organization which cares for disadvantaged communities. Our mission is to reveal Jesus Christ’s unconditional love, support these communities with mercy and a caring heart so that their lives can be improved. Operation Blessing Hong Kong is dedicated to poverty alleviation and community transformation. Since 2007, OBHK has started served the poor and needy in Hong Kong, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hebei, Shanxi and other provinces in China with the vision of “Building rapport with the poor and needy by meeting their basic needs; nurturing beneficiaries’ holistic well-being with Love and Hope.

Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council, The

Human Services

The NAAC, founded in 1968, is registered NGO. We strive to serve the under privileged groups in the society and offer them integrated services for all walks of life. The NAAC operates 87 centres. Mission: With faith, hope and love, NAAC upholds its collective responsibility fulfills its mission with the three 'E' corporate culture: to stimulate the extension of self-help and mutual support

Mother's Choice Limited

Human Services

Mother’s Choice is a local charity serving the many children without families and pregnant teenagers in Hong Kong. We join hands with our community to give hope and change the life stories of vulnerable girls and babies. Our vision is to see every child in a loving family