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Friends of Taishan International Charity Fund

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Friends of Taishan International Charity Fund seeks to promote great love, promote selflessness, unite all walks of life to support medical research, help the sick, and conquer the harm of cancer as soon as possible.

Hong Kong Young Dentist Federation Limited

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The Hong Kong Young Dentist Federation is a non-profit organization formed by a group of young dentists in Hong Kong. It was established in October 2014 and was successfully registered as a non-profit charitable organization in January 2022. It is committed to promoting and raising the public's awareness of oral and dental hygiene , through dental services to help communities in vulnerable and poor areas, providing various dental services. So far we have carried out more than 50 local social projects, and our footprints are all over Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai, Ma On Shan, Tseung Kwan O, Sham Shui Po, Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong, Tai Wo Hau, Yau Ma Tei, Sai Kung, Tsz Wan Shan, North Point and other areas. We has cooperated with 35 organizations, including Hong Kong Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), Yan Chai Hospital, Elderly Housing Association, Salvation Army, Hong Kong Caritas, Assemblies of God, etc. Our service areas also include mainland China, Taiwan, Nepal, Thailand, the Philippines, and Cambodia. More than 350 volunteers have participated, and the number of beneficiaries has exceeded 4,500. We will continue to work hard to benefit more people in the future. Local Free Dental Service To arrange free dental check-up events, we will work with local organizations or community groups that prioritise helping at-risk populations. We want to promote oral hygiene knowledge and raise awareness about oral care by offering free dental health workshops and basic oral examinations to the public. Overseas free dental service The Hong Kong Young Dentist Federation was founded on the concept of using dentistry knowledge to assist those in need. We hope to help disadvantaged people in far-off places around the world. Our goal is to promote oral hygiene through educational seminars, dental examinations, simple tooth extractions, fillings, and fluoride treatments. Our objective is to raise their awareness of oral health and improve their overall quality of life.

Lifeline Express Hong Kong Foundation

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Lifeline Express Hong Kong Foundation is a registered charitable organization (IRD File No: 91/4895) established in 1997 in Hong Kong, to raise funds to support the operation of the Lifeline Express. Lifeline Express is a well-equipped hospital eye-train, aiming to provide free operations for the underprivileged cataract patients in Mainland China. This purpose-built four compartments eye-train consists of an Examination Room, two Operating Theatres, a Patient Ward, a Multi-function Conference Room and a Living Quarter for medical team. In July 1, 1997, the first hospital eye-train embarked on its mission of light to Fuyang City, Auhui Province, China. In 1999, 2002 and 2009 the second, third and fourth hospital eye-trains come into service.

Heart-to-Heart Life Education Foundation Limited

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Heart to Heart is a Hong Kong-based organization that focuses on life education and promoting open conversations about death and dying. They offer various services and programs aimed at encouraging people to cherish life and face death with greater understanding and acceptance. The organization aims to promote a positive attitude towards life and death, encouraging the cherishing of life and breaking down societal taboos surrounding death. They envision a world where death is discussed openly and without fear, fostering a culture that embraces both life and death.Heart to Heart is a Hong Kong-based organization that focuses on life education and promoting open conversations about death and dying. They offer various services and programs aimed at encouraging people to cherish life and face death with greater understanding and acceptance. The organization aims to promote a positive attitude towards life and death, encouraging the cherishing of life and breaking down societal taboos surrounding death. They envision a world where death is discussed openly and without fear, fostering a culture that embraces both life and death.

How We Started In December 2010, a baby girl was born into an ordinary family in Handan, Hebei. Her parents named her Tongtong (彤彤) in the hope that her life would be smooth and her rosy face always filled with carefree smiles. Tragically, it became evident in her first few months of life that Tongtong was not growing normally. She suffered from a series of ‘Tet spells’ and would frequently become deprived of oxygen, turning blue and passing out whenever she cried or strained. She was slowly dying. Tongtong’s family had extremely limited access to medical care. The local doctor, experienced but lacking advanced medical training, suggested that Tongtong might have a heart condition. Without access to even basic x-ray imaging, it was clear that a more comprehensive examination in a large city hospital was desperately needed. Tongtong’s parents immediately became aware of the cost implication for the whole family. Their options for private healthcare were prohibitively expensive. Basic tests and investigations immediately ran up bills of over 10,000 RMB, already an unthinkable number for a household with a combined income of 2,000 RMB per month. Corrective surgery was going to require further resources in the range of 100-200,000 RMB. Given the sheer hopelessness of their circumstances, Tongtong’s parents initially had no clear plan for treating their sick child. Some members of their extended family even suggested abandoning Tongtong given that she was a girl, a practice which is not uncommon in poor rural areas of China. Jia Liu, one of SSCF’s founding members, had been a colleague of Tongtong’s father before he lost his job. When she learnt of the family’s dilemma, Jia volunteered to help and assembled an informal working team that included Jingjing Zhou and Dr. Christopher Hui. The team then contacted over thirty domestic and international charities on behalf of the family, liaised between the family, doctors and hospitals, and organised fund raising. With the help of many other kind people who donated time, effort and money, they were able to secure access to the best medical resources and raise sufficient funds to save Tongtong’s life. Tongtong underwent successful surgical correction of her condition on July 5th, 2011 at Beijing’s Anzhen Hospital and is now healthy and growing rapidly. Jia and Jingjing paid a visit to the family in September 2011, finding a healthy Tongtong and extremely grateful parents. Why We Are Doing This What is congenital heart disease (“CHD”)? Congenital heart disease exists when there is a defect in the structure of the heart which is present at birth. This causes blood to flow through the heart in an abnormal way, causing the heart muscle to strain and, ultimately, fail. Symptoms frequently present early in life, but it is possible for some CHDs to go undetected for longer periods. It is a spectrum of disease whereby some children may show no outward symptoms, while others exhibit shortness of breath, cyanosis (turning blue due to oxygen deprivation), syncope (collapse), heart murmurs, under-development of limbs and muscles, respiratory infections, and poor growth. Tongtong suffered from a condition known as Tetralogy of Fallot. This is a congenital heart defect which classically involves multiple life-threatening anatomical abnormalities. It is one of the most common cyanotic heart defects, and the most common cause of ‘blue baby syndrome’. It was described in 1672 by Niels Stensen, and in 1888 by the French physician Étienne-Louis Fallot, after whom it is named. Expected survival (if left untreated) is less than 30% at age ten, yet the condition is entirely treatable with today’s technology and medical expertise. In the best cardiothoracic centers, surgery is now often carried out in infants one year of age or younger, with more a greater than 95% post-operative success rate. The best long-term results are achieved when access to surgery is available before the development of heart failure. Why do CHD patients in China need our help? The most striking issue is the sheer magnitude of the problem. China is presently estimated to have over 2,000,000 children suffering from congenital heart disease. It is one of the top causes of childhood mortality below the age of 5. Over 125,000 babies are born with CHD each year, with well over 10,000 new cases of Fallot’s Tetralogy alone. With vast urban migration over the past 20 years, the existing systems of healthcare insurance (based on a series of residency permits) are often limited by access and geography. Alternative provision by private healthcare is prohibitively expensive for the average family. Modern congenital cardiac care is truly a collaborative team effort. It requires sophisticated diagnostic and monitoring equipment, highly trained nursing and technical support staff as well as skilled physicians and surgeons. It also requires a vast and complex hospital infrastructure to support a village of people to attain these capabilities. State-of-the art care involves accurate diagnosis in the neonatal period or at least in early infancy; followed by early surgical repair. This approach has been clearly demonstrated to minimize the secondary deleterious effects of the cardiac problem. One of the more tragic aspects of congenital heart disease is that it usually strikes young families at a stage in their lives when they are not well equipped financially to deal with the costs of cardiac surgery. Indeed, the complex medical expertise and urgent surgery required to correct these cardiac conditions can be so distant and expensive as to be completely out of reach of the vast majority of such families in our society. Aside, from significant difficulties in gaining the best quality healthcare, and access to expertise and financial support, there is often also a limited and poor understanding amongst patient-relatives. They are thus unable to help themselves. Hence there is need for a trusted platform to act as advocate and provide appropriate resources; using central coordination and the leverage of an extensive network of social contacts / technical expertise – to raise necessary funds, screen professionals and gain access to the best medical centers.

Children's Kidney Fund

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The Children's Kidney Fund ("CKF") is a registered non-profit making charitable organization [IR File No. 91/7162] in Hong Kong. It was previously founded under the entity of Children's Kidney Trust Fund in 1996 by an enthusiastic group of doctors, nurses, lawyers, social workers, alongside with parents of kidney patients and concerned individuals. Our objectives are to support the families of children with kidney diseases, and to help them ease their financial burden.

Asian Services & Projects Limited

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Providing relief, love, care and education to destitute children and young people with sheltered accommodation and child sponsorship totally funded by public donations.

Chi Lin Dental Clinic Limited

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隨著香港人口老化，老人口腔健康問題漸受關注，志蓮淨苑在2000年初成功向香港賽馬會慈善信託基金申請資助八百二十萬元，成立香港首間專為長者需要而設的牙科診所，提供優質及價格低廉的牙科診症服務。診所在2000年8月開始服務，它的特色是在設計上減少長者活動的障礙，方便他們接受診治，例如沒有梯級障礙的出入口、扶手、特別購置的牙科治療椅和升降台，方便行動不便的長者上落。診所更聘用有特別訓練的工作人員，向他們提供較充裕的治療時間。為進一歩改善長者口腔的照顧，診所成立自己的資料庫，對長者的口腔問題進行分析，以增加對長者口腔健康的認識。 志蓮牙科診所是政府社會福利署指定牙科診所，為領綜緩人士提供高質素及價錢低廉的全面牙科服務。 牙科診所積極關注長者的牙齒健康及口腔衛生，並採用「社區為本」的服務模式，曾為超過貳仟位長者提供免費檢查，簡單脫牙，補牙及洗牙等治療。同時，牙科診所醫生亦外展到社區中心主講口腔衛生講座及牙齒護理等，目的在加強社區長者對牙齒護理及口腔衛生等知識的預防工作。 •牙科診所 •提供牙齒檢查及治療服務，包括：洗牙、脫牙、補牙及牙托等 •外展服務 •外展到安老院舍、長者日間中心及長者活動中心，提供到户牙齒檢查及簡單治療服務 •健康教育 •教導長者及照顧者口腔護理及牙齒健康的知識和技巧

Body-Mind-Spirit Platform Limited

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鼓勵香港的身心靈工作者，一起放下自我，匯聚力量，清淨無私貢獻社會，堅守謙卑貢獻、集體承擔的大愛精神 使命 1.　資源共享、創造多贏： 讓不同的身心靈中心分享資源，發揮協同效應，提升社會正向感染力。 2.　薪火相傳、培育人才： 資深導師分享經驗，讓大家一起學習，從而壯大香港身心靈社群力量。 3.　攜手結盟、團結力量： 凝聚不同門派的身心靈人才，讓更多生命受惠，創造最大的社會效益。

HEARTCARE CHARITIES FUND TRUSTEES INCORPORATED is a live trustee incorportation incorporated on 6 November 2019 (Wednesday) in Hong Kong as a registered trustees incorporation entity.

Little Life Warrior Society Limited

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The Little Life Warrior Society (LLWS) is a childhood cancer mutual-support organisation aiming to improve the services for and welfare of children cancer patients, children patients having undergone bone marrow transplant and suffering from severe blood diseases. Our Vision Working Together to Win the Battle against Cancer Living a Better Life and Giving Back to the Community Our Mission 1. Promote and improve the services and benefits of childhood cancer patients, child patients received bone marrow transplant and severe blood diseases. 2. Promote communication and foster relation between medical staff, patients and their parents. 3. Educate the general public about childhood cancer, child patients received bone marrow transplant and severe blood diseases through community programmes. 4. Promote exchanges between the management of childhood cancer, child patients received bone marrow transplant and severe blood diseases in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

Asia Pacific Vitreo-retina Society

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The mission of the Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society (APVRS) is to assist the development of the vitreoretinal subspeciality in the Asia-Pacific region, to provide a platform for good integration of skills and knowledge of ophthalmologists in the vitreoretinal subspecialty, and to promote and disseminate eye care information for vitreoretinal diseases and related issues among the general public.

Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society

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Founded by a group of outstanding tele-ophthalmology specialists in the Asia-Pacific region in May 2016, the Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society (APTOS) aims to bring together clinicians, researchers, technicians, institutes and organisations to form an alliance that promotes communication, exchange and collaboration in tele-ophthalmology. It provides a platform on which eye care or tele-medical professionals can share knowledge and collaborate to deliver efficient, accessible and quality universal eye care throughout the region. Through its annual symposium, APTOS brings together like minds for lively discussions about how to apply technological advances in tele-ophthalmology.

Beacon of Love Limited

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Our Mission Is To Save Lives Of Children With Congenital Heart Disease And Make Better The Lives Of Many Families. volunteer group providing financial assistance to life-saving heart surgeries of hundreds of children with Congenital Heart Disease across China. Since 2002, as volunteers of Shanghai Children's Health Foundation, we change lives of many families through a result-oriented life-saving child sponsorship program.