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• Recruitment of Child Mentor and teacher

  Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 10:13AM / Standard Entry

  I've joined a volunteer work mentoring kids in the poverty area of Hong Kong, and recently got assigned to mentor a pair of twin sisters. There names are Ada and Ida. 9 years old, very cute girls.
  

  
  

  1st home visit to the twins.
  

  

  
  

  My role as a mentor is to tutor my mentees, guide them to community resources, give them support in school work and extracurricular activities.

  
  

  Teaching them to play the piano.
  

  

  
  Bring the twins to play games at game center to have some fun!
  

  
  
  

  They love cotton candy!!
  

  
  

  
  Many kids living in the poverty area don't have the chance to visit different places in Hong Kong, because transportation is expensive in Hong Kong, and their parents are usually working and won't be able to bring them around.

  
  

  Last weekend, I've took the kids out to Elements to see the beautiful christmas decorations and spend a few hours at the children's playground.
  

   
  

  
  

  If you would like to help out with the community, give support to the kids and become a mentor to the children, I recommend you to join the Child Mentorship Scheme. Details are as follow:

  
  

  Society for Community Organization (SoCO)

  Child Mentorship Scheme and Community Learning Centre

  Recruitment of Child Mentor and teacher

  [ 22 ^nd round ]

  SoCO is a non-profitable social services organization which was set up in 1972. In cramped and crowded cages and dilapidated private tenements are found, lonely old people, residents in old public housing estates, new immigrants, children living in poverty, street-sleepers, low-paid workers, and common people whose voices are not heard.  They have long been the targets for our service.

  Facing the widening disparity between rich and poor in Hong Kong , the poor struggle each day to survive. Living standards and development opportunities for their children are sadly compromised.  There are more than 380,000 children living in poverty. Among these, some 20,000 children are living in extremely deprived conditions in cubicles and bedspace apartments. They have to do their homework on their beds and earn their living at night collecting discarded paper, cartons and tins, in the centre of affluent Hong Kong .

  There are mainly two levels of interventions for the improvement of the children's condition. On the level of policy advocacy, SoCO reviews the respective government policies and organized the affected children to fight for their rights, such as call for rental allowance, shorter waiting time for public rental housing, children subsidy. Meanwhile, SoCO will mobilize the general public to provide direct services in their daily lives.

  Would you like to be a mentor or teacher for the underprivileged children?

  Join the Child Mentorship Scheme or the Community Learning Centre .(www.soco.org.hk/children/q7_content.htm)

  Mentoring children through tutorials, social contact and community resources on a one to one basis or teach children in the Community Learning Centre in Sham Shui Po..

  Application: Please request by email(soco@pacific.net.hk).

  Enquiry: 2713 9165 / 71103301a /c5677, Miss SZE Lai Shan or Mr Wong Chi Yuen

  Interview and Training will be held for each round every three months.
  

  Details of the briefing meetings on Child Mentorship Scheme are as follows:

   

  Date: December 16, 2009 (Wednesday) Time: 7:00pm-10:00pm Venue: 1/F, 117 Kweilin Street, Sham Shui Po (Sham Shui Po MTR exit C2)

  1st round of Application for mentors First meeting for potential mentors - Introduction for the Scheme - Introduction of SoCO - Clarification of expectations - profiles and characteristics of the children - group interview

   

  Date: December 23, 2009 (Wednesday) Time: 7:00pm-10:00pm Venue: 1/F, 117 Kweilin Street, Sham Shui Po (Sham Shui Po MTR exit C2)

  - child poverty in Hong Kong: policy perspective - professional sharing on the ways of interacting with children: psychological perspective

   

  
  

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• Fiesta Charity sale for CNCF- Christina Noble Children's Foundation

  Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 10:13PM / Standard Entry

  Today helped out with Fiesta Charity sale for CNCF- Christina Noble Children's Foundation at The Gift and Lifestyle Fair in Conrad Hotel.
  

  It was a very packed fair. Many people went there to shop for Christmas gifts!!!
  
  
  
  
  From Left: Allen Lee (Director of 姻緣道 Magazine), Alysha Lee (HK finalist of the Fiesta Charity Ambassador Contest), Me, Cherry Lam (HK finalist of the Fiesta Charity Ambassador Contest), Jane Wong (CEO of Fiesta Global Ltd.)
  
  

  **Jewellery Sponsored by Fiesta Global Ltd.
  **Dress Sponsored by Kanchan Courture.

  
  
  

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  ** To support the charity sale, please visit http://www.u-love-this.com for online jewelery shopping.
  
  

  One of my favorite jewelery collections from Fiesta is the Bulatti collection:
  

  Bulatti Jewellery are all handmade in Holland.

  Illuminate Gold Necklace

  
  Click for product detail
  
  
  

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• Photoshoot - Scott Robert (award winning photographer) HK Tour

  Thursday, Oct 15, 2009 1:51AM / Standard Entry

  2 days of Photoshoot for Scott Robert (award winning photographer)'s HK Tour and his group of 10 professional photographers and 3 models.
  
  Here are some making ōf and behind the scene=D
  
  DAY 1
  
  
  
  
  Dinner after shooting
  
  
  
  DAY 2
  
  
  Scott Robert Lim is an international award winning photographer. His images have been published in many books and magazines read around the world. He is the recipient of the 2009 WPPI Kodak Award- one of the world's toughest print competitions. He has also received the Accolade of Photographic Mastery by WPPI, one of the largest and highly respected international photography organizations.
  
  http://scottrobertgallery.com
  http://scottrobertjournal.squarespace.com/about-me/
  
  

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• 9/24 work+visit Simon+Children Mentorship Program meeting

  Thursday, Sep 24, 2009 7:26PM / Standard Entry

  After having lunch with Josephine, my NYU schoolmate, and working on a project for half a day, I went to Shum Shui Po to visit Simon 仔. I met up with him at 西九龍中心 and we went to take photo stickers :P
  
  Here is Simon's first photo sticker. He was very excited drawing the photos! What do you think about our creative design of the photos :P
  
  
  After playing, it's time to study!! We went to a local cafe for afternoon tea and also help him with English dictation.
  
  
  At 6pm I headed to Soco, Society for Community Organization Center for the 21st round Children Mentorship Program meeting until 10pm.
  
  The meeting today covers:
  Topic 1: Poverty problem and children’s rights development in Hong Kong—Policy Perspective
  Topic 2: Skills for interacting with the children—Psychological Perspective
  
  If you are interested in volunteering few hours a week to mentor the children in poverty please check out the program information here: http://www.soco.org.hk/children/main.htm
  
  Aims of the scheme:
  
  The scheme recruits resourceful and educated volunteer from the community and professional groups to serve as a friend to provide guidance and emotional support to the low income family. Family friend also act as gatekeepers against domestic violence.
  
  The Content of the Scheme:
  
  Training and group activities will be provided for recruited family volunteers to carry out services in an effective way. One volunteer family will closely mentor one low income family, and they are expected to guide or provide the low income with opportunities or resources to improve their problem-solving ability, access to community resources, widening of exposure, improved standard of living, family relationship. Monthly contact is required. The minimum service commitment is one year. Group activities will be organized every three months.
  
  
  
  
  

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• If you are in Vancouver, you are invited to attend...

  Thursday, Sep 24, 2009 12:12AM / Standard Entry

  LUMINA will be screened in Vancouver at the Schema Magazine first FREE iWriteAboutMe.com web writer's workshop!!
  
  Date: Wednesday, September 23
  Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm
  Venue: Victoria Learning Theatre
  Location: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | University of British Columbia 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, B.C.
  
  ALSO at the workshop: Featuring Phil Yu from Angry Asian Man!
  http://www.schemamag.ca/archive2/2009/09/angry_asian_man_in_vancouver_c.php
  
  LUMINA is being featured on SCHEMA Magazine
  http://www.schemamag.ca/archive2/2009/09/lumina_a_web_series.php
  
  
  
  

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