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Connecting Myanmar Limited vs "True Colours" Autism Support Service

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Key details

Effective date
24/01/2017
22/02/1967
Charity number
91/14878
S09955

About

Description
Every journey has a story to tell. It all started in the summer of 2011, as students back then from various disciplines at the University of Hong Kong, we joined a programme called the Migrant Outreach Education Initiative (MOEI) organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences. In the programme, we were given the opportunity to teach English to a group of Myanmar refugee / migrant children along the Thai-Burma border. While the children absorb knowledge at a speed of a sponge, we volunteers too were given a pair of new lens as we see a world beyond our privileged setting. As we all returned to Hong Kong with a heavy heart, we pondered on how we could give back to this community, a group of smiling faces who took us in almost immediately as one of them - as family. It was then we decided to use what we learnt in University, our knowledge from our respective disciplines, to pay it forward to this land we proudly called our second home. And this has become the spark of our journey. From there on sprang our School Construction programme, Playground Renovation programme, Street Law programme, Journalism Literacy programme, Medical programme and many more. Each year, University students from various disciplines through different summer voluntary programmes head to the Thai-Burma border and various cities in Myanmar to conduct workshops and projects, translating their knowledge into practical use, and along so built strong and lasting friendships with the Myanmar community. From developing programmes and projects, in the year 2017, we also began funding our first batch of Myanmar students to Universities abroad via our Scholarship Scheme - many of which we got acquainted years ago in our summer programmes as participants or members of our local partnering organisations. The journey continues as we explore what lies ahead in the next chapter - and we invite you too to join us as we dream and envision an empathetic world where everyone has the equal opportunity to realise their potentials and aspirations.

Contact

Address
1212E, 12/f Witty Comm Bldg Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Room 2501, Dominion Centre, 43-59 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Status

Subvented
No
Yes
Subsidiary
No
Yes

Categories

Target beneficiaries

Governance & transparency

Directors
Peipei CHEN, Lee Kwan IP, Oi Yin TSUI
Annual report on website
No
Financial audits on website
No
Board of directors on website
No

Sustainable Development Goals

SDGs
SDG10: Reduced Inequality

Social links

Documents & video

Legal documents (audit)
View
Video intro

Aliases & subsidiary

Subsidiary name
"True Colours" Autism Support Service

Organisation structure

Structure
Company limited by guarantee under the Companies Ordinance

Disclaimer

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This comparison is not a legal or professional audit.