A Dignified Farewell

Elderly volunteer attendees at the funeral.

We all know that death will end every life. Over the past 11 years, Jeffrey Andrews, social worker at our Centre for Refugees, has seen at least eight deaths in the refugee community. In Hong Kong, the unclaimed bodies of refugees are cremated and their ashes are simply discarded. That is a sad thought for Jeff’s clients. They naturally wonder if and when they will one day meet the same fate. Jeff says, “Some of the refugees have been here for over 10 years, so we are their family. I had to do something about this careless handling of the ashes.”

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Locating pain online!

Every summer, the team from Hong Kong Baptist University Chinese Medicine (HKBUCM) visits the staff and the teens at our Qinghai Bridge Programme.  They are there to give the staff medical assessments and special-care training. Due to the pandemic, that was not possible this year, so the HKBUCM team hosted an online programme.

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Changing Poverty

The Labour and Welfare Bureau first asked Christian Action to run the Child Development Fund (CDF) Projects in 2008. CA has once again been asked to continue our mentorship programme to support 345 new participants in this project.

Our mentors show our students how to set goals for their personal development. The mentors continue to monitor the progress of our students. Despite the pandemic, Zoom helps us maintain our services and the core activities in small groups.

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Two Are Better Than One

At Christian Action, we often collaborate with different corporations and service organisations to serve the unserved. One is the Rotary Club of Hong Kong Bayview. Admund joined the Rotary Club at Bayview in 2014 and was president from 2016 to 2017, during his term, he organised various charity projects with CA. He continues to be a compassionate, selfless and humble servant to our community, let’s learn more about him and his work with us!

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Update Post-Fire

Our fabulous (and very appreciative!) Centre for Refugees Team. Front row (L to R) Yanmi, Mary, Jeff, Anina and (back row) volunteer Rob. Not pictured: Jonnet, Kalyan, Wilton, and Aime

One month after the awful fire on the morning of August 29, we are well on our way to rebuilding our Centre for Refugees (CFR). Thank you very much for your generosity! Over HK$1.7 million was donated – which was more than twice our initial fundraising target!

I can also report the good news that our wonderful CFR staff have managed to create a new, temporary work space on the 16/F and have been able to resume services to all our refugees!

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